Category: Landowners – Carbon

Landowners Carbon Credits vs. Tax Credits: Financial Incentives for Renewable Energy

Carbon Credits vs. Tax Credits: Financial Incentives for Renewable Energy

Are you interested in investing in geothermal, carbon credits, wind or solar energy? If yes, you might also be wondering about what kind of monetary incentives are available. Read more below to learn about what kind of credits can be available for each type of renewable energy investment. Carbon credits and tax credits are both …

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Landowners Landowners With a Carbon Lease: Restrictions or Implications

Landowners With a Carbon Lease: Restrictions or Implications

A carbon lease is an agreement between a landowner and a company, where the landowner is paid to store carbon on their property through practices like reforestation, soil conservation, reduced tillage, or using a previously drilled oil well. The purpose of a carbon lease is to reduce carbon emissions and combat climate change. Carbon Lease …

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Landowners What are Carbon Credits and How to Buy and Sell Them

What are Carbon Credits and How to Buy and Sell Them

Carbon Credits Explained Carbon credits, also known as carbon offsets, are measurable emission reductions from certified climate action projects. They reduce, remove or avoid greenhouse gas emissions. A carbon credit gives the right to emit one metric ton of carbon dioxide. This is done by assigning an area of land to sequester the carbon, for …

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Landowners Sell Carbon Credits from Carbon Offsets on Your Land

Sell Carbon Credits from Carbon Offsets on Your Land

With a recent spike in green initiatives, the act of removing carbon dioxide (CO2) from our atmosphere is picking up steam. Selling carbon credits from carbon offsets on your land is a way to participate in this new initiative. As pressure increases on corporations to become more environmentally conscious, private land is becoming an appealing …

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Landowners What are the Different Carbon Credit Types?

What are the Different Carbon Credit Types?

Carbon credits are a type of tradable permit that allows the holder to emit a certain amount of greenhouse gasses, typically carbon dioxide. The goal of carbon credits is to incentivize organizations to reduce their emissions of greenhouse gasses by imposing a cost on those emissions. Landowners are able to lease their carbon credits to …

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Landowners Different Resource Leasing Options That Landowners Have

Different Resource Leasing Options That Landowners Have

Landowners have a variety of resource leasing options when it comes to their land’s resources. Leasing land for solar, wind, carbon, water, minerals, mining, and EV charging battery storage can provide property owners with passive income without having to sell any acreage. Here’s a brief overview of some of the options available: Solar Leasing Landowners …

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Landowners Carbon Credit Questions

Carbon Credit Questions

What are carbon credits? Carbon credits are measurable, verifiable emission reductions from projects that reduce, remove or avoid greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Landowners can receive carbon credits relative to the amount of carbon stored on their land and therefore removed from our atmosphere. Carbon credits are purchased by investors that emit carbon in order to …

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Landowners General Carbon Offset Questions

General Carbon Offset Questions

What is carbon storage? Carbon storage is the process of capturing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to reduce its presence in the atmosphere. You may also see carbon storage referred to as carbon sequestration, carbon capture and storage, CO2 storage, or carbon offsets. How does carbon storage work? Land naturally captures carbon dioxide from the …

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Landowners Carbon Capture and Storage: The Role of Pipelines

Carbon Capture and Storage: The Role of Pipelines

The amount of energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) released globally increased 6% in 2021 to 36.3 billion tons, as reported by the International Energy Agency (IEA)*. For power plants that will continue to use coal and natural gas, carbon capture and storage will help to mitigate CO2 emissions. Globally, industrial sources such as chemical, cement, iron, …

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Landowners Pore Space Usage for Storing CO2 Underground

Pore Space Usage for Storing CO2 Underground

At LandGate, we are starting to get a lot of questions from property owners about storing CO2 underground in pore space. They are confused and they have the right to be. They are hearing that surface owners will be paid. They know they can list their surface on LandGate and be paid for leasing their …

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