General Information

This project is not owned by Offset The Rest | Te Apiti is a wind farm located north of the Manawatu Gorge on 1,150 hectares of farmland, and importantly is the first wind farm in New Zealand to supply electricity directly into the National Grid. Te Apiti consists of 55 turbines, each capable of generating 1.65 MW, or enough power for 900 average homes. Total capacity of the wind farm is 90.75 MW, providing clean, renewable energy to 45,000 average homes per year. Te Apiti is expected to continue generating at this level for the next 20 years.

Quality

- Yes, NCOS compliantAbatementA reduction in the amount or intensity of greenhouse gas emissions as a result of actions taken by a company or individual. that is compliant with the National Carbon Offset Standard. NCOSNational Carbon Offset Standard. The National Carbon Offset Standard was released by the Commonwealth Government in November 2009, to come into effect on 1 July 2010 coinciding with the cessation of the Government’s Greenhouse Friendly program. It is intended to ensure that consumers have confidence in the voluntary carbon offset market and the integrity of the carbon offset and carbon neutral products they purchase. It provides guidance to businesses who wish to make their organisation carbon neutral or develop carbon neutral products in a way that achieves emissions reductions, through the purchase and retirement of carbon offsets that are beyond those achieved by the CPRS and achievement of Australia’s national emissions reduction targets. compliant abatement currently includes Certified Emissions Reductions (CERsCertified Emission Reductions are credits generated under Kyoto's CDM. One CER unit is equivalent to the reduction of one metric tonne of CO2e. They are designed to be used by industrialised countries to count towards meeting their Kyoto targets. They can also be used as part of domestic targets, for example EU companies and governments use them as offsets against their emissions under the EU Emissions Trading Scheme.) except long term (lCERs) and temporary (tCERs); Emission Reduction Units (ERUs); Removal Units (RMUs); Voluntary Emissions Reductions (VERsVerified Emission Reductions or Voluntary Emissions Reductions are tradable credits for greenhouse emission reduction activities generated to meet voluntary demand for carbon credits by organisations and individuals wanting to offset their own emissions. VERs can be generated from projects to which a range of circumstances might apply, including:
- are either based in a country that has not ratified the Kyoto Protocol (e.g. USA) or does not have the infrastructure to support CDM project development;
- have not yet been registered under the CDM;
- fall outside the scope of the CDM;
- are too small to warrant the costs of CDM approval;
- are specifically developed for the voluntary market.) issued by the Gold StandardA certification standard for carbon offset projects. Initiated by WWF, SSN and Helio International, the Gold Standard for CDM projects was launched in 2003 after wide-ranging stakeholder consultation among key actors of the carbon market as well as governments. For more information see here.*; Voluntary Carbon Units (VCUs) issued by the Voluntary Carbon StandardThe VCS Program includes the standard (VCS 2007) and the Program Guidelines 2007. The VCS Program provides a new global standard and criteria for validating, measuring, and monitoring voluntary carbon offset projects. For more information, see here., however where VCU credits are issued for reduced emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDDReducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) and other agriculture forestry and land use (AFOLU) projects, they must apply methodologies approved under the NCOS Standard. abatementA reduction in the amount or intensity of greenhouse gas emissions as a result of actions taken by a company or individual.