Renewable energy

[ppppenguin]

I can use Google too - the point is clearly made in the second quote I posted from Bulb's site:

Every unit of electricity we supply can be traced back to a renewable source.

With all due respect, that statement is somewhat ambiguous. A certificate is equally traceable.

I'm not trying to say that Bulb are a bad company - their green credentials are far better than most - but unless they unambiguously state that they buy all their electricity from green sources then they may or may not be using certificates. As it says on the Energy Saving Trust website:

We’ve identified the following suppliers who all clearly list the renewable sources of their energy on their websites. We think these tariffs are as green as they get. Other suppliers may meet the same standard of sourcing direct from UK renewable energy generators but we couldn’t identify this from their websites at the time of our investigation.

I realise this may be splitting hairs, but if a supplier is sourcing all its electricity from renewable generation and not using certificates then this is something they can boast about.