Jackgreen Energy and Planet Ark

Why buy Green Energy?

If you are ready to do something about Global Warming, switching to green energy is one of the most effective ways you can personally help stop Climate Change.

The largest component of most people’s personal greenhouse gas emissions is the coal burnt to produce their electricity, commonly called ‘black energy’, being well over half of their household emissions.

The major way you can reduce your climate change impact is by purchasing ‘green energy’ which is electricity generated from renewable sources such as wind, solar and water. Clean, renewable sources don’t produce greenhouse pollution and don’t create the other environmental impacts that mining coal does.

What’s the difference between green energy & GreenPower?

There is a lot of confusion over the terms ‘green energy’ and ‘green power’.

Green energy, also referred to as renewable energy, is derived from sources that cannot be depleted or can be replaced, such as solar, wind, biomass (waste), wave energy or hydro. These clean, renewable sources don’t produce greenhouse pollution.

By contrast the fossil fuel energy we call coal, which we burn to generate ‘black energy’, is non-renewable. Once our reserves are used up, they cannot be replaced.

GreenPower is a government-accredited scheme that independently audits energy retailers to ensure their products are sourced from ’new’ renewable energy sources such as solar, wind, hydro or bio-waste. ‘New’ renewable energy is sourced from generators (eg: wind farms) that have been built after the 1st of January 1997.

When a consumer buys a GreenPower product, the energy supplier commits to buying an equivalent amount of energy from renewable resources, avoiding coal-fired or ‘black’ power.

A GreenPower product may contain anywhere between 10% to 100% ’new’ renewable energy accredited under the scheme.

So when an energy retailer says that they sell ‘GreenPower’, they are talking about the government-accredited scheme that guarantees that you are making a difference. The higher the percentage of GreenPower, the more difference you are making. Simple!

Why does Planet Ark endorse Jackgreen Energy?

Planet Ark was formed to work with business to create positive environmental change. Planet Ark has a solutions-based approach to all its partnerships – we are motivated by achieving environmental change on a mass scale for the benefit of all.

Jackgreen is a recent addition to the energy scene and is a fully licensed energy retailer currently operating in NSW, VIC, SA and QLD (from April 2007)

When you switch to Jackgreen you will personally begin to alleviate your impact on the serious problem of Climate Change.

Why do Planet Ark support Jackgreen Energy over other power companies?