This is a worked example for a 4.2 MW grid-connected plant in Gauteng. Every figure is indicative and the numbers below are illustrative — your own result will differ. Run your plant to get a verdict for your project.
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This plant looks like a strong candidate for a carbon project.
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On these answers your plant lands on VCS v4.7 — behind the meter. That is the highest-value route available to you.
The qualification matrix
Indicative, based on your answers. Tap any row for a plain-language explanation.
How much of your generation goes to your own load versus the grid decides which route can even apply. We confirm this for your project.
How we read this plant
Five factors that decide whether a project stands up. Indicative, and never all high.
Weighted against six years of projects we have taken through the process ourselves — including the ones that did not make it.
Indicative value
R4.46 million to R5.15 million
Indicative value · 4.6 years remaining on our project · at 4.2 MW
Our project credits until March 2031. Every month before you join is a month you can't get back — roughly R22k per megawatt.
The period is renewable twice, so it could run to 2045. Renewal isn't guaranteed, so we quote what's certain.
- Yield: 1,500 kWh/kWp (conservative)
- Emission factor: 0.94 tCO2e/MWh (South Africa)
- Carbon price: R234–270/tonne (tax-linked, conservative forecast to our current sale price)
- Owner share: 70% (indicative)
Monitoring period 3 is open until 30 November 2026.
Miss it and your plant waits for the next period, which runs a full twelve months.
How long you earn
We quote the first crediting period. Renewal is upside — it depends on the project still qualifying when the time comes, so we never headline it.
| Route | First period | We quote | Renewable to |
|---|---|---|---|
| VCS v4.7Yours | 7 years | 4.6 years(remaining) | 21 years(if still qualifying) |
| VCS v5.0 | 5 years | 5 years | 15 years(if still qualifying) |
| I-REC | 1 year | annualised | rolling(if still qualifying) |
| DER | 12 months | annualised | rolling(if still qualifying) |
A behind-the-meter joiner inherits what's left of our project's crediting period, not a fresh term — currently 4.6 years.
What it adds up to.
Cumulative value across the 7-year first period. Dashed bars are renewal upside — real, never guaranteed.
What is missing
Proof of who holds the environmental attributes
You can only sell attributes you actually hold.
First-generation date evidence
This date decides which route, and which deadline, applies.
Historical generation data
Verification is far easier with historical data.
Confirmation the generation is not already claimed
Generation counted elsewhere usually cannot be sold again.
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- · We read your ownership documents and confirm who actually holds the rights
- · We read your PPA or wheeling agreement and confirm whether the attributes travelled
- · We connect your generation data and assess it against what verification will need
- · We run the additionality benchmark on your real financials, not on assumptions
- · A named next action from a person, and a file you can hand to a verifier
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