English FAQ
What is the difference between green certificates and green power?
Simply put, green power means consuming electricity together with its green environmental attribute, while a green certificate is an independent environmental attribute credential. Green certificates can be traded separately, or procured together with green power through a retail electricity company. We can help you calculate the optimal combination based on your electricity consumption structure.
What is a green power consumption certificate?
A green power consumption certificate is a document recording your green electricity consumption, serving as proof of actual green power or certificate usage. It helps you meet downstream supply chain audits and various compliance requirements. We issue corresponding certificates after procurement, making your carbon reduction results verifiable.
We do export business. Can green power and certificates help us with carbon barriers?
Yes. Green power and certificates prove that you use green electricity and reduce product embodied carbon emissions—an important tool for addressing export carbon barriers like CBAM. However, to truly complete the compliance chain, this needs to be connected with carbon accounting and product carbon data. We can help you link these steps together for smoother exports.
Are the green certificates Pengfeng provides authentic and reliable?
All green certificates we procure are obtained through official trading channels per national regulations and are legally valid. Each procurement's corresponding electricity volume and certificate number are documented in trading vouchers, enabling you to complete internal record-keeping. You can use them with full confidence.
How do we conduct carbon accounting and carbon inventory?
Corporate carbon inventory typically starts with defining the accounting boundary, then calculating Scope 1, Scope 2, and Scope 3 emissions using emission factors. We can assist you with the inventory and connect the results with green power and certificate procurement to form a complete carbon reduction pathway. Understanding your baseline first allows targeted action.
What are carbon assets?
Carbon assets mainly include carbon allowances and CCER (China Certified Emission Reduction) environmental rights, which can be traded in carbon markets or used for compliance and offsetting. For key emitting enterprises, managing carbon assets means managing a significant cost. We can help you organize and leverage these assets.
How should we plan our dual-carbon goals?
We recommend planning along two tracks: energy side and management side. On the energy side, allocate green power/certificates, solar, and storage. On the management side, conduct carbon accounting and decompose targets, then break them into annual tasks implemented in phases—both feasible and measurable. Green power and certificates can be arranged alongside retail procurement. We will create a clear roadmap for you and accompany you step by step.
We want to build a zero-carbon or low-carbon park. How?
Zero-carbon or low-carbon parks typically combine solar, storage, green power, energy efficiency retrofits, and smart energy management to achieve systematic carbon reduction. Our Anyu near-zero-carbon park is a practical case of this approach (specific carbon reduction data per project disclosure). We welcome you to schedule a site visit to see how this solution can be replicated at your park.
How large is the green power and certificate market in Southern China/Guangdong?
The Southern Region is one of the most active green power and certificate trading markets nationally, with trading volumes growing significantly in recent years. Guangdong's annual green power trading scale is also steadily expanding. The larger the market, the more options and bargaining room you have. We will keep you updated on the latest market conditions.
We work on ESG. What role does green power consumption play?
Green power consumption directly increases your renewable energy usage ratio, providing quantifiable carbon reduction results to support ESG disclosure. This is both important content in reports and helps convey a green responsibility image to investors and customers. Through Pengfeng's services, we can provide you with green power consumption data.