On 21 July 2022 (16:00 CET/10:00 GMT-5), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) is hosting the webinar Carbon-free Electricity Procurement: Will Technology Help Make the Electricity Sector More Transparent and Accountable?
The energy sector is the largest contributor to global carbon emissions, so searching for ways to reduce this impact is very important. To do so, it is relevant to quantify the specific contribution of any initiative at the project, corporate or governmental level to the reduction of emissions. In the case of electricity generation, many different approaches to this have been used over the past years, but the emergence of new technologies has given rise to new methodologies for quantifying emissions reductions.
This webinar aims to give some clarity on recent developments in the field. It will also discuss the challenges of implementing these new methodologies at the institutional, regulatory and data availability levels.