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TerraPass supports a rich variety of domestic clean energy projects that serve to balance out the global warming impact of our customers' cars. See TerraPass' complete transaction history below, with links to project details.

Date Category Tonnes CO2* Project
1/23/07 Clean energy 5000 5,600 MWh of Green-e Certified RECs from Bavarian Landfill in Boone County, KY (map). 3.4MW Facility is first landfill gas-to-energy plant in KY. Program also supported by green power programs across nine counties in KY. See news release. Carbon claim based on local power carbon intensity of 1967 lbs CO2 per MWh.
1/23/07 Clean energy 15,000 17,075 MWh of Green-e Certified RECs from Blue Canyon Wind Farm in OK. Carbon claim based on local power carbon intensity of 1,937 lbs CO2 per MWh.
1/23/07 Clean energy 10,000 11,989 MWh of Green-e Certified RECs Ainsworth Wind Facility. 59MW facility brings jobs and sustainable power to rural Nebraska. Carbon claim based on local power carbon intensity of 1,839 lbs CO2 per MWh. Facility also supported by Audobon NY.
1/8/07 Greenhouse gas 4,600 Bos Dairy Farm and Herrema Dairy, Fair Oaks, IN. Plug Flow anaerobic digestion
12/28/06 Greenhouse gas 1,000 Haubenschild
12/28/06 Greenhouse gas 500 VanderHaak Farms
6/26/06 Clean Energy 3650 Ainsworth Wind Facility
6/26/06 Clean Energy 3000 Viking Wind (Minnesota)
5/2/06 Greenhouse gas 2,900 FPE Manure (pooled credits)
5/2/06 Greenhouse gas 2,100 Haubenschild Manure (pooled credits)
4/28/06 Clean energy 1,342 Mountain View Wind
4/28/06 Clean energy 518 Cabazon/Whitewater Hill Wind
4/28/06 Clean energy 2,140 Catawba LFG RECS
8/19/05 Greenhouse gas 800 UPDATE 11/1: Transaction closed. 400 tonnes of 2005 and 2006 methane based carbon reductions from VanderHaak farms in Lynden WA (dba FPE LLC). Mixed plug flow digester with grid-tied electricity generation. Waste hot water used for onsite needs. Trade registered with CCX through partner ENVCC. For engineering details, see ASHRAE Review.
8/19/05 Greenhouse gas 800 UPDATE 11/1: Transaction closed. 400 tonnes of 2005 and 2006 methane based carbon reductions from Haubenschild Farms, near Princeton, MN. Heated plug flow digester with grid tied electricity and waste hot water used for onsite needs. Trade registered with CCX through partner ENVCC. For more details, see MN state report.
8/17/05 Clean energy 800 959 MWh of Green-e certified Wind RECs from a Ainsworth Wind Energy Facility (pdf). Carbon profile of 1839 lbs/MWh. Split into two equal installments of 2005 and 2006 vintages.
8/17/05 Clean energy 1,500 1,798 MWh of Green-e certified Wind RECs from Garwin McNeilus wind farm (pdf) in Dodge Center, MN. Carbon profile of 1839 lbs/MWh.
5/18/05 Clean energy 500 583 MWh of Green-e certified Wind RECs from Garwin McNeilus wind farm (pdf) in Dodge Center, MN. Carbon profile of 1890 lbs/MWh.
5/18/05 Greenhouse gas 250 11 tonnes of methane TRACs from installation of anaerobic digestion system. Methane captured by converting open manure pools on Joseph Gallo Dairy Farm in California to controlled manure process.
3/4/05 Clean energy 100 274 MWh of Green-e certified Wind RECs from High Winds Projects (pdf), Solano County, CA. Local sheep and barley farmers receive per-turbine lease payments. Carbon profile of 805 lbs/MWh.
2/1/05 Clean energy 292 350 MWh of Green-e certified Wind RECs from Garwin McNeilus wind farm (pdf) in Dodge Center, MN. Carbon profile of 1890 lbs/MWh.
2/1/05 Greenhouse gas 750 34 tonnes of methane TRACs from installation of anaerobic digestion system. Methane captured by converting open manure pools on Joseph Gallo Dairy Farm in California to controlled manure process.

* Offsets are measured in metric tons (2,204.6 pounds) of CO2 equivalent.