GreenPower and Large-scale Generation Certificates guide
Buying GreenPower or Large Generation Certificates (LGCs) are 2 ways you can prove you’re buying renewable electricity. Learn your purchasing options and the pros and cons of each.
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This guide outlines what GreenPower and LGCs are and how to buy them.
Takeaways
- Buying GreenPower and LGCs shows you’re actively helping to increase the amount of electricity generated from renewable resources – like wind and solar farms – in Australia.
- GreenPower does the administrative work of ensuring a renewable claim is credible. When you buy standard LGCs, you’re required to do this work yourself.
- You can buy GreenPower through your electricity plan. You can also buy it separate from your electricity plan.
- You can buy LGCs anytime, either in arrears or to cover future emissions.
- A carbon neutral energy plan doesn’t help get more electricity from wind and solar farms made. To reduce your emissions and claim you’re 100% renewable, you need to buy accredited GreenPower or LGCs.
Read how Domain and Gilbert + Tobin switched to GreenPower.
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If you’re buying more than 500MWh of electricity a year, we recommend looking into a renewable power purchase agreement.