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VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 10/16/09 — ERA Carbon Offsets Ltd. (TSX VENTURE: ESR), through its wholly owned subsidiary, ERA Ecosystem Restoration Associates (”ERA”), is pleased to announce its second delivery of 100,000 tonnes of Verified Emission Reductions ( the “VERs”), and receipt of an $850,000 payment as specified under the Verified Emissions Reductions Sales Agreement (the “VERSA”), with the German energy company HEAG Sudhessische Energie AG (”HSE”), as previously announced on June 10th, 2009.
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Posted on October 18, 2009
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The FINANCIAL — Crédit Agricole purchased carbon credits on 2 September 2009 to offset the emission of 7,100 tonnes of CO2. The purchase covers the entire irreducible energy consumption of Group facilities in the Paris metropolitan area in 2008.
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Posted on September 12, 2009
· in Europe
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We are pleased to announce the launch of Gold Standard Version 2.1. The new version will come into effect on July 6, 2009. GSv2.1 is simplified and improved, providing further clarity and guidance to all market actors. GSv2.1 also incorporates the new Gold Standard tool for crediting pre-CDM VERs and the SoP fee structure.
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Posted on July 7, 2009
· in USA
VER trading activity intensified over the week with continued optimism buoying the market. A widening of VER credit types and of methodologies combined with the growing assumption of inclusion in the proposed US federal cap and trade scheme is driving activity in the market as evidenced by the increase of test trades in the relevant registries. Demand persists for recent vintage, issued RE VCUs from SE Asia, South America and increasingly Africa at $4-4.50 levels.
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Posted on July 6, 2009
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ERA Carbon Offsets Ltd. (”ERA” or the “Company”) (TSX VENTURE:ESR) is pleased to announce that they have been accepted by TZ1 Limited (”TZ1″) to register the Company’s EcoNeutral® carbon credits product on the TZ1 Registry. Through its Environmental Registry, TZ1 offers a robust, fully integrated financial market infrastructure platform for environmental commodities.
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Posted on June 20, 2009
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Dublin – June 2009: EcoSecurities, a leading company in the business of sourcing, developing, and trading carbon credits from greenhouse gas emission reduction projects, announces the registration of the Rotor Elektrik Uretim wind farm in Osmaniye, Turkey, under the Gold Standard in May 2009.
Zorlu Enerji has constructed the first phase of the project which currently has 15 turbines already operating generating 37.5 MW of electricity. During the course of this year and into 2010 a further 39 wind turbines will be installed resulting in 54 wind turbines in total, generating 135 MW of electricity and saving around 300,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO
2) per year.
For more information contact rachel.mountain@ecosecurities.com or visit www.ecosecurities.com
Posted on June 18, 2009
· in Press Releases
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On June 2, 2009, ERA Carbon Offsets Ltd. (ERA) (TSX VENTURE:ESR) executed a Term Sheet with an established European Power Company for the purchase of 500,000 tonnes of Verified Emissions Reductions (VERs).
The transaction, which is subject to due diligence and entering a formal Verified Emissions Reductions Sales Agreement (VERSA), would deliver 300,000 tonnes of validated VERs in 2009, and 200,000 tonnes of VERs in 2010. The VERs being transacted will be validated and verified to the ISO 14064-2.
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Posted on June 16, 2009
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MUMBAI: With the US engulfed by recession, bilateral trades in the voluntary market for carbon offsets in India are said to have almost come to a naught.
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Posted on October 22, 2008
· in Carbon Market News, Global, Top Stories
