Kwh redimidos

English translation: redeemed kwh

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Spanish term or phrase:Kwh redimidos
English translation:redeemed kwh
Entered by: Sonia Maria

08:30 Sep 7, 2020
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Spanish term or phrase: Kwh redimidos
Esta expresión aparece en el siguiente párrafo:

El cálculo de las emisiones del Alcance 2 correspondientes al 2019, incluyen*** los Kwh redimidos** correspondientes a los consumos de las sociedades XXX y YYY derivadas de las garantías de origen de la energía renovable generada por el parque eólico de Graiade, situado en España.

¿Redimidos se podría traducir por "released"? ¿Cuál sería la opción más correcta en este sentido?

¡Gracias!
Sonia Maria
Spain
redeemed kwh
Explanation:
It is easier to look at the annual average in a place like Utah (over the average kilowatt usage per day) because of the dramatic usage peaks in summer and winter.

Strong spring and summer months can produce enough power to provide energy credits that can be redeemed in the winter months, with less solar hours.

Additionally, the EIA estimates that air conditioning was the single largest use of electricity by the U.S. residential sector in 2015, followed by space heating, water heating and lighting.
https://gosolargroup.com/solar-community/what-is-the-average...
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Tigranuhi Khachatryan
Armenia
Local time: 06:25
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4 +1redeemed kwh
Tigranuhi Khachatryan
4 -1offset kWh
Kirsty Stuart
Summary of reference entries provided
Scope 2 Guidance
Althea Draper

  

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offset kWh


Explanation:
See the link about offsetting carbon emissions by using renewable energy sources.


    https://www.phoenixenergygroup.com/blog/how-do-i-offset-my-electricity-usage
Kirsty Stuart
Local time: 03:25
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Althea Draper: Offsetting isn't included in reporting of Scope 2 emissions - it's reported separately (see reference)
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redeemed kwh


Explanation:
It is easier to look at the annual average in a place like Utah (over the average kilowatt usage per day) because of the dramatic usage peaks in summer and winter.

Strong spring and summer months can produce enough power to provide energy credits that can be redeemed in the winter months, with less solar hours.

Additionally, the EIA estimates that air conditioning was the single largest use of electricity by the U.S. residential sector in 2015, followed by space heating, water heating and lighting.
https://gosolargroup.com/solar-community/what-is-the-average...

Tigranuhi Khachatryan
Armenia
Local time: 06:25
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArmenianArmenian
PRO pts in category: 16
Grading comment
Thanks a lot to everybody!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Althea Draper: Agree with translation but not with explanation-"Guarantees of origin are issued...for a controlled quantity of electricity generation, traded and redeemed by suppliers as evidence to their customers of the quality of the delivered electricity"(Wikipedia)
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Reference comments


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Reference: Scope 2 Guidance

Reference information:
The link below is to an publication by the World Resources institute.

https://ghgprotocol.org/sites/default/files/ghgp/standards/S...

It refers to the reporting of Scope 2 emissions. What are the different scopes?

"Direct emissions are emissions from sources that are owned and controlled by the reporting company. These emissions are considered scope 1.

Indirect emissions are emissions that are a consequence of the activities of the reporting company, but occur at sources owned or controlled by another company. These include scope 2 and scope 3 emissions.

Scope 2 includes emissions from energy purchased or acquired and consumed by the reporting company (see Section 5.3 for expanded definition).

Scope 3 emissions include upstream and downstream value chain emissions
and are an optional reporting category in the Corporate Standard.

Scope 2 is an indirect emission category that includes GHG emissions from the generation of purchased or acquired electricity, steam, heat, or cooling consumed by the reporting company.3 GHG emissions from energy generation occur at discrete sources owned and operated by generators that account for direct emissions from generation in their scope 1 inventory. Scope 2 includes indirect emissions from generation only; other upstream emissions associated with the production and processing of upstream fuels, or transmission or distribution of energy within a grid, are tracked in scope 3, category 3 (fuel- and energy related emissions not included in scope 1 or scope 2)."

It gives a range of examples of how Scope 2 emissions should be reported according to the energy mix of a company eg if some is self generated, some purchased from the grid, some from local distribution, some from direct transfer etc..

From what I can see, Scope 2 doesn't relate to offsetting consumption for 'green' energy production as you are not allowed to report your net consumption -

"If an electricity supplier purchases offsets on behalf of their customers, the reporting customers should report the offsets separately from the scopes. The supplier-specific emission rate used for scope 2 should reflect supply only, and not purchased offsets."

Also, it doesn't allow for reporting of net usage,

"For accurate scope 2 GHG accounting, companies shall use the total—or gross—electricity purchases from the grid rather than grid purchases “net” of generation for the scope 2 calculation. A company’s total energy consumption would therefore include self-generated energy (any emissions reflected in scope 1) and total electricity purchased from the grid (electricity). It would exclude generation sold back to the grid."


    https://ghgprotocol.org/sites/default/files/ghgp/standards/Scope%202%20Guidance_Final_0.pdf
Althea Draper
United Kingdom
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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