Clean energy tax credit futures


Clean Energy Tax Credit Futures

ICYMI: We announced a strategic partnership with ZERO13, the COP28 award-winning international carbon exchange, to introduce the first clean energy tax credit futures contracts.

We will utilize our tax credit platform with ZERO13's expertise to provide the benefits of digital derivatives contracts to the clean energy tax credit market. By unlocking the pre-sale of clean energy tax credits, the capital burden to clean energy developers could be lifted by as much as 50%, marking a huge step forward for green finance and ultimately serving as an accelerant for more and faster investment in the clean energy transition.

As Lawrence Rufrano, Secured Carbon Co-Founder & VP of Capital Markets explains, "Clean energy tax credits are currently sold after a project is completed. By selling the tax credits before a project is started using a standardized futures contract, developers can use the sales proceeds as a down payment for a loan to build a project."

This week's project spotlight: Tackling plastic pollution waste with pyrolysis technologies

Secured Carbon is working with a partner aiming to expand its operations to West Virginia where it will lease, re-equip and expand a 50,000 sq. ft. building to divert plastic waste from landfills and/or incinerators and convert it into clean, environmentally friendly, circular fuel. The firm has licensed advanced recycling technology (pyrolysis) with a proven 10 year track record of successful industrial use. The project has secured land for the plant, long-term feedstock agreements, and offtake agreements with a major U.S. petrochemical company.

If your company is interested in exploring this investment opportunity, drop us a line.

Tax Credits on Secured Carbon

Whether you represent a family office, large corporation, or a property developer, you can use clean energy tax credits to offset tax liabilities while funding the clean energy transition. Secured Carbon creates, transfers and insures tax credits of all sizes. Below is a sampling of available credits.

Large Credits

$31-$70M

Wind Project Across Multiple States

  • Range: $31M
  • Credit year: 2025
  • Status: Operational

Solar Farm in Texas

  • Range: $35M
  • Credit year: 2024
  • Status: Under construction

Residential Solar

  • Range: $40M
  • Credit year: 2024
  • Status: Operational

Battery Storage in Texas

  • Range: $40M
  • Credit year: 2024
  • Status: Under construction

Solar Farm in Texas

  • Range: $44M
  • Credit year: 2024
  • Status: Pre-construction

Battery Storage in California

  • Range: $70M
  • Credit year: 2024
  • Status: Under construction

Secured Carbon is a streamlined risk management platform that unlocks clean energy tax credits to save the planet. Our software harnesses the power of the tax code to enable standardized and scaled investment in the clean energy transition.

The company is founded by entrepreneurs hailing from the world’s most renowned financial institutions including Standard Chartered Bank, Lloyd’s of London, Citi, Merill Lynch, Bank of America and Wells Fargo.

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Secured Carbon

Secured Carbon is a streamlined risk management platform that unlocks clean energy tax credits to save the planet. Our software harnesses the power of the tax code to enable standardized and scaled investment in the clean energy transition.

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