The Solar Energy Industries Association has entered into a partnership with a green energy solutions provider to offset the carbon emissions from the group's office operations, staff travel and events.

Every year, WGL Energy will provide SEIA with 373 solar renewable energy credits and 554 certified carbon offsets after calculating the approximate emissions the association generates to run its Washington, D.C, office and events, as well as the emissions resulting from staff travel, commuting and event-attendee travel.
The solar credits are sourced to an 8-megawatt solar facility in Danville, Va., and a 2-megawatt solar facility in Hagerstown, Md.

"This partnership was a no-brainer for us," SEIA CEO Abigail Ross Hopper said. "As a trade association representing an industry that reduces CO2 emissions by 71 million metric tons annually, we are committed to embodying that sustainability in the way we power SEIA's day-to-day operations and off-site events."

The association is using the partnership to highlight solar renewable energy credits, which it says is the fastest-growing option for businesses and organizations that cannot install solar at their facilities. The credits provided to SEIA over 2018-2019 are the equivalent of taking 237 cars off the road for a year, or not consuming 124,676 gallons of gasoline. http://bit.ly/2NXMsn4

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