Because you are interested in the RED Platform, cryptocurrencies, green energy and you have hope for making a common effort in transforming this world into a better place, you should take a step further: make an account and become a trader on our platform!

Once you have become a trader on the RED Platform you will be able to get an extraordinary experience of the platform’s features: the possibility to offset your carbon footprint, sustainability certificates, transactions with MWAT, and other tokens from your wallet (GTK, ETH, BTC), including NFTS (REO-G, V-LEC franchise token, sustainability certificate token) …or, getting even more involved in RED’s Projects and using the opportunity to become a Supplier, Franchise, Producer, RED Validator or Sustainability Projects developer.

So, it’s a giving and receiving opportunity! Making good deeds and getting benefits.

But first, let’s find out how easy it is to become a trader on our platform. With just a few steps you’ll be able to complete the trader form application and become part of this future journey.

For accessing the trader form application, you need to click Register on the Dashboard or click the Trader Account button on the left menu.

Now, you have to get ready to upload the required documents and complete the basic data.

Criteria for documents

You should upload a valid document ID or passport (that has at least three more months before the expiration date) and the name and address must coincide with the ones you completed in the form.

If the id document doesn’t have the address on it, you will receive a notification email and will have to send extra proof of residence. It can be in the form of an invoice from a different supplier/mortgage/rental contract/public transportation document.

The id document uploaded should have all the data visible, the photo must be clear.

You also need to upload the front and back of the id document. Take into account that you must be at least 18 years old to be accepted as a trader.

In the proof of residence field, you should upload an invoice or a bank statement that has the same name and address as the ones from the application form and that is not older than three months.

It’s very important to check the two fields Reportable for tax and Taxes paid in country, which means that you are registered to pay taxes and you pay taxes in your country.

You have to select the main trading purpose and complete the essential information required if you apply as an individual or as a company. Take into consideration that if you represent a company you must upload two additional documents: Registration certificate and Empowerment.

The last step is to read and agree to the Trader Terms and Conditions and Data Privacy Policy (GDPR) and click on Create Trader.

After taking these quick steps, your trader application will be reviewed by the BackOffice Team. Shortly, you will get notification about the status of your request and in case we need extra information or additional documents we will inform you via email.

Then, if everything is alright we’ll be glad to let you know that you have become a trader on the RED Platform.

The Customer Care team is ready to assist you in every step of the process. Join now!

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How to Become a Trader on the RED Platform was originally published in Restart Energy on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

Last Friday Nov 12, 2021, our CEO Armand Domuta joined the community on the telegram group to offer new insights on the RED Platform project and to make some important announcements. Below, you will find additional information related to what was discussed in the AMA, as well as the edited transcription of the AMA session.

RED Platform First Tokenized CO2 offset system and carbon market were launched on October 1st. Since then, the team has worked continuously to bring to users top sustainable projects from the carbon market, as well as new developments on the platform that will help users and RED franchises to offset their personal and their company clients’ carbon footprint.

RED’s newly launched platform is equipped with everything necessary to allow interested users to open a business in sustainability by helping companies offset their carbon footprint. This opportunity is offered through the acquisition of a RED Franchise. By acquiring a franchise, you have access to the tools for buying carbon credits and offsetting a carbon footprint for any company that desires to do so and use blockchain for the process. Innovative. Traceable. Trustworthy.

Franchises are RED’s business partners in each country. This gives them authority and the capacity to act in the company’s name and remain strongly anchored in a rapid-growing business that is constantly updated with the latest technology related to sustainability.

The future for RED users is not only bright but growing at an accelerated pace through the creation of tools, strengthening of business relationships and partnerships. For the next 3 months, RED is expanding on different fronts:

Business Development

Corporate Carbon Footprint Calculator

A new tool will be made available for companies and franchises. The carbon footprint of a company can be calculated directly on the RED Platform. This will give franchisees an easy-to-use technical tool to provide companies with an accurate calculation of their carbon footprint based on a built-in calculator.

Addition of new projects by project developers

Sustainable projects developers will have access to upload new sustainable projects on the platform and tokenize their carbon certificates. The carbon certificates will be found on the RED platform in the sustainability marketplace with the complete information of the project for the users to be able to trace its origin.

Tokenizer feature

A new feature is scheduled for implementation in 2022, that will allow project developers and franchisees to create new tokens on the platform. Along with this feature, users will also have access to proposing new sustainable token claim schemes based on different tokens than GTK.

Adding new claim schemes

Opening a new option for the platform users to participate in the generation of token claim schemes for sustainable actions, MWAT token holders will contribute actively to the development of the RED Platform.

Team growing

Since the launch of the project, the team has continuously grown our team in different areas. We are expanding in customer care and community management, where we already have 4 people working (surely you have talked to at least one of them already), business development where we are in advanced discussions with future members of the team, sales.

USA and Canadian users to join the RED Platform

Because of the different regulations that are in place in the USA and Canada, users were not able to use the RED platform. The wait is almost over, as USA citizens will be able to join the RED platform as soon as the end of November, followed by Canadian citizens between December and January.

Carbon Marketplace

Casiana, from our partner firm Carbon Expert, as Head of Sustainability and Carbon Offset at RED, is in charge of selecting the best-fit project from the already existing ones on different international platforms. In addition, she will also oversee the new projects’ approval process on the platform.

Financing

STO

This week, we are launching via our swiss holding company, Restart Energy Innovative Technologies AG the First Sustainable STO. The STO is a funding event where the company expects to raise 7.99 million CHF.

You can join the Meet the CEOs event today here: https://app.zoon.ch/en/event/daura-community-event-meet-the-ceos-1.

Edited transcript from the group Telegram chat from the AMA event:

Armand RED: Hello RED’s!

Armand RED: What’s cooking here?

Armand RED: I hope everyone is healthy and safe during these dark times

Armand RED: Our team here in Romania has recently been hit by Covid quite hard including me, but we are feeling better and recovering.

Armand RED: I wanted to give you an update

Armand RED: We’ve had 2 very brutal months unfortunately due to this energy and gas crisis in Europe

Armand RED: Starting with the beginning of the year, some large investment funds started speculating on Carbon prices in Europe

Armand RED: Consequently, CO2 increased 200% to 60 Euro/tone

Armand RED: This made coal power very expensive because coal producers have to purchase 1 CO certificate per ton of CO2 emitted

Armand RED: They have to buy almost 1 certificate per MWh

Armand RED: And the way the energy pricing mechanism works in Europe is that the most expensive energy which is coal and gas is setting the market price

Armand RED: The fast economic recovery created a large demand for power and gas, but gas deposits were empty due to a cold spring.

Armand RED: With empty gas deposits and no gas from Russia, the energy traders in Europe went berserk and bought every molecule of gas they could find from any market.

Armand RED: So what happened is a black swan event in energy, gas increased 500% (more than BTC :))). Such expensive gas made coal power profitable again.

Community member: Sounds like a good time to Double-Down on DER and Solar…

Armand RED: baseload thermal power plants swapped gas for coal in their fuel mix. This added more pressure on CO2 prices. I’m sure you heard many energy and gas suppliers went bankrupt all over Europe. We had similar problems dealing with it in Romania which is fully interconnected with the EU markets. Two of our gas suppliers (one being a producer) acted in bad faith and illegally, denounced our forward contracts preferring to sell their gases on the spot market at higher prices. This in turn led to a lot of problems having to buy missing quantities from the spot market. We are now trying to recover the damage caused by these companies in court.

But in order to decrease the financial pressure on our company, we made a strategic decision to give up gas supply entirely and focus on green energy and renewable solutions.

This decision will have a positive impact on our financials for next year and give us the additional resources needed to focus on green energy.

I’m only telling you this so that you have an idea of why sometimes things move slower than we want them to.

Moving back to RED, I’m very proud of our launch, and our team is working as we speak on the following important developments:

1) USA users will be able to join until the end of this month, we are almost ready with the legal side and we already have a pipeline of renewable projects waiting to join brought by our USA Franchise.

2) We have a new valued member of our team, Casiana Fometescu, the Head of the Romanian Carbon Association and the foremost expert in carbon offset and sustainability in Romania. Casiana will take a leading role in our Carbon Offset development!

3) Our IT team is working behind the scene to implement what we consider to be important features and USP for our platform like the Corporate Carbon Footprint Calculator, the ability to list and validate Certified Sustainable Projects on our platform, the NFT Marketplace, the RED Sustainability Launchpad for users and companies to launch their own ESG tokens on RED and of course the Zalmoxis Tokenizer for franchises and NFT PPA’s.

4) The new WP is progressing and will be ready in December.

And now for the big news

Next week we are launching via our swiss holding company, Restart Energy Innovative Technologies AG the First Sustainable STO!!!!

Community member: This is great news @Armand_RED — RED is looking at some unprecedented growth over the next few years! 💪🚀

Armand RED: As you all know and can witness on the platform, renewable energy producers can already tokenize their green energy origin via REO-G tokens either manually or automatically via inverter API.

The next step will be to allow producers to use the Zalmoxis Tokenizer for creating unique Power Purchase Agreements in the form of NFT tokens that can be sold on the marketplace

So the energy contract will be a token that you can buy

Community member: Sounds cool

Armand RED: I’m not really a fan of inspiring our competitors so no more details here :)

Community member: Great update, better than expected 👏

Community member: Well done. This level of ‘Plug & Play’ integration will have a huge impact on adoption and growth.

Armand RED: We have 5 main product lines that will drive future growth for the platform 1) Carbon Offsets 2) Renewable Energy 3) ESG Attributes 4) Franchises 5) SaaS

Community member: Awesome 👌

Community member: Agreed, we’re in solid hands. I think the only FUD left after this is how the use case of MWAT can explode.

Community member: All sounds great, just need to see USA open 😅, will ease my emotions 100% lol

Community member: Armand, will the issue of ST on Kucoin be settled, can we sleep well in this matter? I would very much not want MWAT to be deleted …

Community member: +1 to attract new investors Is needed

Community member: And another question @Armand_RED originally it was said that we as an MWAT-Token Holder can Participate in the STO (with a discount?!)🤔🤓👍

Community member: Hi Armand, any update on the first experience of the non-US franchises?

Community member: Great Update.

Community member: When you mention ESG, I’m assuming it’s for Environmental, Social, and Governance.

Community member: Are there plans to align with institutions such as the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB), the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), and the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) that are working to form standards and define materiality to facilitate the incorporation of these factors into the investment process?

Community member: In other words, will the RED ecosystem eventually have a line of products for the involuntary market meeting regulatory requirements?

Armand RED: Bogdan, Restart Energy was here before and will still be here long after Kucoin. And yes we are working on clearing the ST and on a marketing campaign with them.

Armand RED: Being security under SWISS regulations, it’s not possible to offer discounts

Armand RED: Yes and we are going to work together with the UN on such solutions

Community member: Is this STO accessible for normies like me? Or only accredited investors

Community member: Impressive. You guys think big. Nice to see.

Armand RED: Yes. It’s accessible also for non-accredited

Community member: Any min. requirement investment?

Community member: What an update, the future looks bright

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MWAT RED AMA with CEO Armand Domuta. Nov. 12, 2021 was originally published in Restart Energy on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

After the launch of the RED Platform on October 1st, the team has worked continuously to provide users with the necessary mechanisms to grow their reach to third-party companies and clients as they prepare to get engaged in the purchasing of a new RED Country franchise and develop their sustainability business using blockchain technology.

Within just 1 month from launch, the RED Platform has sold 60 tons of tokenized carbon certificates that come from two sustainable projects with international carbon standards!

The carbon offset process begins with a company’s or an individual’s desire to become carbon neutral. In this process, the company or individual purchases carbon certificates from sustainable projects that avoid carbon dioxide emissions. By purchasing the certificates, the user performing carbon offset reduces its own carbon footprint by participating in projects that are already implementing strategies to reduce carbon.

On the RED platform, we take the carbon offsetting process to a completely new level by tokenizing the carbon certificates. In this way, users only need to purchase tokens from their preferred carbon avoidance projects and use them on the blockchain to obtain a sustainability certificate that shows the offset of their carbon footprint. The process offers transparency and traceability to the organization performing the carbon offsetting.

For example, if somebody calculates his carbon footprint to be 20 tones of CO2 yearly and desires to become carbon neutral, he needs to buy 20 000 GTK for neutralizing 20 000 kg of CO2, meaning 20 tones. After purchasing, in order to offset the carbon footprint, the user will need to generate a sustainability certificate in order to become carbon neutral. When the certificate is generated, the chosen quantity of GTK is burnt on the blockchain in order to avoid double counting. The tokenized carbon certificates can only be used once for offsetting a user’s carbon footprint.

The origin of the carbon certificates on the RED Platform

Carbon certificates are generated on the RED platform as tokens based on 4 typologies:

1. Sustainable projects with an international carbon standard.
2. Already developed sustainable projects without an international carbon standard.
3. New sustainable projects will be calculated and put into implementation after passing through a validation process on the RED platform.
4. Sustainable actions developed by users on the RED platform based on implemented schemes (using green energy, planting trees, using e-mobility, etc.). Users who plant trees, use green energy, or perform other processes that avoid generating CO2 will receive GTK tokens after proving their actions.

As you have already read in our previous articles, RED started to implement this on the Platform. This process is divided into three main parts:

• Claiming GTK or other sustainable tokens (for climate-friendly actions from RED Platform users or getting it from other external sources)
• Trading them on the platform
• Burning them for a Carbon Sustainability Certificate.

From launch, on the RED Platform, all users had available GTK tokens coming from two sustainable projects with an international carbon standard. Casiana, our Head of Sustainability, overviewed the process. Franchises were able to purchase these carbon certificates for their clients and any individual could offset their footprint by using these carbon offsets.

Sustainable projects made available to RED users

Certified by VERRA: the REDD Project in Brazil Nut Concessions in Madre de Dios, Peru.

REDD+ is a United Nations Program on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) in developing countries. The Programme was launched in 2008 and builds on the technical expertise of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). This Programme promotes the meaningful involvement of all stakeholders, including indigenous peoples and other forest-dependent communities.

Certified by Clean Development Mechanism, managed by United Nations Carbon Offset Platform for using the LFG (LandFillGas) in Brasil, the Central de Residuos do Recreio Landfill Gas Project (CRRLGP).

The project is located in the city of Minas do Leão in the south of Brazil. The southern region produces just over 10% of the country‘s urban municipal waste. This particular site stretches across 730,000m2 and receives around 90,000t of waste every month from over 100 municipalities. Before the project, landfill gas was passively flared but the site lacked an active collection system, meaning that large amounts of methane still escaped into the atmosphere.

The project involves the installation of an active collection system, which is connected to an 8.5MW generator. Each year, landfill gas will be utilized to produce 578MWh of clean electricity, which is fed to the Brazilian power grid. When the generator is not running, the gas will be flared.

60 tones of Carbon Certificates were purchased by users on the RED Platform: 30 tons from the REDD Project in Brazil Nut Concessions and 30 tons from the Central de Residuos do Recreio Landfill Gas Project.

As stated below, in the transaction receipt we received, the Carbon Certificates RED users purchased have been retired from circulation and are no longer available for purchase.

This process is transparent, backed by the registration on the blockchain of the movements done by users and project developers. The entire process and any operation are traceable at any moment and the sustainable tokens issued on RED Platform are backed by documents that prove their origin.

All these links will be public and available for everyone to verify and monitor all the transactions made on RED Platform, the first decentralized place where sustainable projects are tokenized and traded, followed by an automatic process of sustainability certificates issuance by burning the GTK tokens needed for offsetting the carbon footprint.

The premises for a good future are set, the Carbon Offsetting Tools are continuously improved and more features and services will be added in the near future.

All you have to do is to try the RED Platform for claiming your Sustainable tokens and sell it or calculate your Carbon Footprint, buy the necessary tokens for offsetting and ask for a certificate.

How to offset your carbon footprint step-by-step

1. Register on the RED Platform.
2. Calculate your carbon footprint as an individual.
3. Become a trader on the RED platform.
4. Purchase GTK tokens from the projects you prefer.
5. Offset your carbon footprint by issuing a sustainability certificate.
6. Receive your sustainability Certificate as an NFT token in your RED Wallet.

Franchise owners can offset a company’s carbon footprint directly from their franchisee tools.

If you are ready to discover more about carbon offsetting and the possibility of opening a business in the field, please contact us at support@redplatform.com.

60 Tons of CO2 Certificates Retired from Registry for RED Platform was originally published in Restart Energy on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

Ever wonder how much energy the blockchain industry consumes? Well, the answer is a lot. But there are things you can do to join in the movement to prevent some of the consumption issues, including joining the Restart Energy Democracy sustainability system using the GTK and REO-G tokens. These blockchain solutions are designed to reduce the carbon footprint no matter what size of consumption level you engage in. By joining the platform, you create an opportunity to join a green movement that engages in carbon offsetting to allow for a greener planet. So you may be wondering how it all works?

Well, consider the existing ecosystem of Bitcoin, the largest and most dominant cryptocurrency on the planet, and its algorithm which requires a large-scale network of mining machines to power it. In doing so, there is a tremendous amount of electricity that is consumed. While it is not possible to change the algorithm, it is possible to change how the energy is created. Using non-green methods to power the chain creates large amounts of carbon and pollution, but to offset these problems, greener solutions such as wind, hydro, and solar power can be used. In joining the platform, you become a conscious participant in the energy consumption cycle and grow the opportunity to increase green alternatives for powering the blockchain using renewable energy.

Some of the different categories you can discover when joining include:

• Helping companies and individuals to become sustainable
• Increasing the production of green energy
• Setting incentives to increase the consumption of green energy
• Developing and supporting sustainable projects

By offering opportunities for our users to learn and earn, we can incentivize the development of green energy solutions by using blockchain tokens. This is a fundamental paradigm shift that moves away from carbon-heavy projects like Bitcoin, and into a method of development that is earth-friendly and highly attractive for green development. It is truly revolutionary in its goals and stance towards blockchain development because it focuses on sustainability, security, transparency, and above all, carbon offsetting.

By developing projects with a green understanding in mind, more carbon offsetting can be achieved. This is illustrated by our development to help companies and individuals become sustainable through the production and consumption of green energy and many other sustainable projects to come. Incentivizing CO2 avoidance is the central premise of the blockchain token GTK because it creates revenue through a token economy. Investors and production companies can also purchase GTK and REO-G as a way to offset carbon footprints because some of the fees from funds raised are allocated back to green energy solutions. These include sustainability projects that understand the importance of renewable energy options, which can redirect green energy back to the grid as a way to reduce carbon footprints.

Incentivization for green actions:

1. Reduce your carbon footprint by choosing green, earth-friendly solutions.
2. Register your sustainable actions on the RED platform and receive green tokens.
3. Offset your carbon footprint through an innovative blockchain system.

Restart Energy Democracy: The Green Evolution

To make a change, things need to be established with programs and guides, information, and action, and the RED (Restart Energy Democracy) is the starting point for all these things. Joining the RED platform is the first step towards revolutionizing the way blockchain and energy consumption are handled and opens new doors of opportunity to participate in the many programs. Being as inclusive as possible, and offering a solution for everyone, we encourage you to make your way to the platform and open one of these new doors of opportunity today and make the world a greener place. Whether starting small or going big right off the bat, our solutions are designed to integrate large and small groups in a unified mission towards a greener planet. Join here: https://app.redplatform.com/, pass the KYC process and unlock all the features available.

How to Offset Carbon Emissions Using Blockchain, on the RED Platform was originally published in Restart Energy on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

The RED Platform is now live and as we welcome new users daily, the team continues to work behind the scenes to bring you live tools, partnerships, and new experiences for everyone in order to grow our community and the business.

The successful launch of the platform took place on October 1st. If you have not watched the video, you can do so here:

The RED team has done amazingly well, building this project and attending to our customers and it has been extremely rewarding to be on this journey, together with our community.

We are especially excited about the next steps, about the new projects that we are beginning, and about the perspective that opens before us. Sustainability is not only the word that we use to refer to potential action that we can do in the future but to the NOW and to HERE. A path that is open to everyone who decides to follow it.

The RED platform is the place to go for every individual or business that desires to do something better for the environment and why not, to be rewarded for it.

In our quest to bring direct solutions to companies and organizations that impact their future and our Planet’s well-being, we have made one of the biggest steps into bringing capable specialists to join the platform.

We want to introduce today our ally in this project, Carbon Expert, represented by Casiana Fometescu, whom you have already met at our launch event.

With ten years of experience in emissions of greenhouse gases, renewable energy markets, sustainable development, and energy efficiency projects, Carbon Expert is a group of experts from Romania, Poland, Bulgaria, Germany, Italy, France, Switzerland, and Spain who offer professional expertise in these fields.

Their participation in the last ten years at the United Nations Convention on the Climate Change (UNFCCC), being among the few independent consultants at these international events, recommend them in assisting partners and clients who want to trade greenhouse gases emissions under the EU Emission Trading Scheme, to calculate and offset the carbon footprint or to develop green projects in order to obtain voluntary carbon credits within the international carbon market as well as to foreign partners who wish to address the Eastern European market.

Casiana has already guided the RED Business development team towards the key strategic decisions for future developments.

Casiana is now Head of Sustainability and Carbon Offset at RED and will overview and validate new projects that come to the platform, as well as contribute to the development of features, projects, and strategies related to her field of expertise:

• Analyze and validate the sustainable projects that join the RED Platform thus ensuring transparency and trust to all users and project developers;
• Ensure the optimal calculation and implementation of new projects by providing templates and know-how to RED;
• Assist the RED team in decision-making strategies.

With Carbon Expert, RED users have the access to buying carbon certificates from projects validated by internationally recognized organizations like Verra and Gold Standard.

At the moment we have two major projects on the RED Platform that any user can buy carbon certificates from under the form of GTK tokens:

REDD Project in Brazil nut concessions in Madre de Dios Peru

In the Peruvian Amazon, a company — community partnership is attempting to enhance the livelihood strategies of Brazil nut producers and provide incentives to maintain the forest on which they depend. The initiative, called the REDD Project in Brazil Nut Concessions in Madre de Dios, Peru, was initiated by the company Bosques Amazonicos SAC (BAM) in partnership with the Federation of Brazil nut producers of Madre de Dios (FEPROCAMD).

You can read the details of this project and their documentation here: https://www2.cifor.org/redd-case-book/case-reports/peru/redd-project-brazil-nut-concessions-madre-de-dios-peru/

https://registry.verra.org/app/projectDetail/VCS/868

Central de Residuos do Recreio Landfill Gas Project (CRRLGP)

This CDM project activity encompasses implementation and operation of a pioneer initiative promoting collection and destruction/utilization of landfill gas (LFG) at the landfill site named Central de Resíduos do Recreio that is located in the city of Minas do Leão — Rio Grande do Sul State, in the Southern region of Brazil.

You can find more details here:

https://offset.climateneutralnow.org/central-de-res-duos-do-recreio-landfill-gas-project-crrlgp-648-

Companies and organizations can now easily offset their carbon footprint, in just a few clicks on the blockchain. Check your possibilities and decide which project is right for you.

We welcome Carbon Expert to RED and together we want to strengthen our positions and grow our reach for a greener planet.

Join us here: https://app.redplatform.com/.

Stay up-to-date with the latest information on our announcements channel: https://t.me/restartenergydemocracy.

RED Platform and Carbon Expert Join Forces was originally published in Restart Energy on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

Carbon offset has been a prevalent concept among prominent industries in recent years. To put this system into action, major industries are actively encouraging it. While reducing your carbon footprint is beneficial to both businesses and the environment, there are a few questions that need to be asked. How can firms avoid large supply chain disruptions while implementing new carbon-reduction measures? How can we ensure that our accounting is accurate? What strategies will businesses use to capitalize on the new opportunities? Is it possible to develop new, long-term work possibilities beyond the climate transition?

Well, there are governmental and societal attempts to lessen our carbon footprint, but the focus of this article is on accurate carbon emissions reporting and business potential since carbon credits encourage innovation and create new markets. The main purpose of these new marketplaces is to boost the liquidity and accessibility of surplus carbon credits for resale to other businesses.

Prioritization in the context of climate change entails developing new habits, paying attention to new details, and gaining a greater awareness of the significance of our activities. Use of renewable energy, recycling, limiting plastic usage, planting trees, taking public transit, and decreasing food waste are just a few examples of measures that can be taken to help reduce CO2 emissions.

Change is always associated with growth. It will be difficult to change the structure of our industries, as well as the way we see and perceive the world. Changing ourselves and our way of thinking is the most difficult thing of all. To meet our goal, each industry must be examined separately, and solutions for lower or zero CO2 emissions must be found for each.

At RED, the offset you will be able to purchase comes from verified and validated sources. Our crew has gone over every one of them, so all you have to do now is determine your carbon footprint and the quantity of offset you need to cover to become neutral. Motivation, we believe, is essential for a successful game plan modification. It may be of interest to you to learn that your efforts to live a greener life can be rewarded in this system based on blockchain. So, without much further ado, let’s briefly discuss what carbon offset is all about.

What is a Carbon Offset?

To clarify what a carbon offset is, it is a concept that involves compensating for greenhouse gas emissions, such as CO2, that are unavoidable in daily life and economic activities by investing in greenhouse gas reduction activities that are equivalent to emissions. There are lots of things we do in our everyday activities that consume energy and emit carbon emissions which include driving, flying, heating buildings, to mention but a few.

Carbon offsets allow you to take part in projects that promote green energy production, tree planting, and food waste reduction, among other things. Companies and people may boost their green energy production and reduce carbon emissions even more with your efforts, thanks to a more complete participation approach and increased awareness. Companies face huge challenges in totally reducing their carbon impact. Balancing output, earnings, and sustaining the same number of employees can be difficult depending on the industry. Carbon offset allows them to operate at full capacity while simultaneously contributing to a cleaner environment.

How to Offset Your Emissions

STEP 1

Calculate your emissions: The more accurate your calculations are, the more effectively you can reduce your carbon footprint. Calculating your carbon footprint can assist you in prioritizing the activities you may take to reduce it by finding the most significant reduction opportunities.

STEP 2

Start decreasing your emissions: Emissions can be reduced by driving more efficiently, inspecting your tires, and using cruise control on long travels.

STEP 3

From our portfolio, select an offset offer: The credits come from a variety of carbon reduction and avoidance efforts throughout the world. With this, you have the option of selecting an offset offer on our platform, by buying GTK and REO-G tokens and claiming your sustainability certificate.

Why Carbon Offset?

Offsetting is a method of reducing GHG emissions most cost-effectively and efficiently possible. In the fight against climate change, offsetting is critical. At RED, we believe that climate change can only be resolved if everyone, including individuals, corporations, and governments, takes reasonable efforts to decrease CO2 emissions as much as feasible and then offset the remainder.

Read Also: Restart Energy Democracy Token Ecosystem

Become Sustainable with the RED Platform

Follow along to see how you can contribute and make a difference, whether you have been thinking about the influence your everyday choices have on the environment or if you believe something needs to be done to combat climate change but aren’t sure what it is. Every situation is different, but regardless of your circumstance, you can lower your carbon footprint: small or large consumers, manufacturers, and businesses may all benefit from a system that compensates for their emissions.

Restart Energy Democracy (RED) is a blockchain-based platform that simplifies the CO2 offset issue by turning it into a simple process that anybody can follow via a mobile app anywhere in the world. The RED platform’s offset system benefits its members and the community, making it easier for new users to get started. Another feature of the RED ecosystem is that it does not necessitate the construction of new infrastructure or any changes to existing law.

RED has remained loyal to its green energy roots, making it easier for energy producers and users who desire to participate in CO2 offset.

Let’s take a look at the specific tokens that are used on the platform for the offset system.

REO-G Token

The REO-G token is an ERC-721 token that allows energy producers to prove the origin of their energy. The token can be used to claim certificates of origin based on the energy that was produced within the previous 12 months. 1 REO-G represents the production of 1 MWh of renewable energy. It can be traded on the RED Exchange and transferred to other users on the RED Platform. REO-G can also be withdrawn to third-party exchanges and personal Ethereum wallets. It will function as a blockchain-based Guarantee of Origin for green energy, ensuring untampered traceability.

GTK Token

GTK is a unique ERC-20 token that tracks CO2 offsets. By purchasing 1 GTK, you are removing 1 kg of CO2 from the atmosphere, or the equivalent in other greenhouse gases. When a user makes a validated “claim,” RED mints GTK. It’s possible to share it with other RED Platform members. It can also be traded on the RED Exchange and withdrawn in Ethereum Wallets and third-party exchanges. As a blockchain-based CO2 offset monitoring system with untampered traceability, GTK can be used to prove your sustainability and carbon footprint.

Final Words

The RED ecosystem is designed to let its users construct, trade, expand, and thrive in their projects, whatever they may be. We are convinced that assisting all parties in being successful in their respective trades will create a system that will support long-term growth. What makes us the happiest is that by working together, we can promote green energy consumption, reward green energy producers, boost CO2 offset, and contribute to energy democratization.

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Offsetting your Carbon Footprint on the Blockchain was originally published in Restart Energy on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

We all want our planet to prosper, to be able to enjoy more opportunities and developments. If our dreams for a better future are to be fulfilled, net-zero emissions by 2050 are already a necessity. Europe has already closed an agreement to reach climate neutrality in 30 years and the entire world is looking for new solutions for the imperative change that is so needed for our planet. To reach our target, each industry needs to be addressed separately and find solutions for lower or zero CO2 emissions for each one of them.

Advance, growth, and performance are three of the pillars on which our society relies to develop and continue to grow. An advanced society gives us one of the most important privileges: living a longer and fuller life.

We need to do whatever is in our power to live our lives to the fullest. True joy and comfort come exactly from the things that we love most. We are usually prone to prioritizing the activities that we enjoy and we do not find them hard to accomplish. But success comes from knowing how and when to prioritize our activities, even when do not enjoy them. When trying to improve our lives, we usually have to learn something new, improve a certain skill, and sometimes even give up on a damaging habit that prevents us from achieving our goals.

Prioritization related to climate change means adopting new habits, paying attention to new details, and better understanding our actions’ importance. You might already have implemented new habits that will help reduce climate change: using renewable energy, recycling, reducing plastic usage, planting trees, using public transportation, and reducing food waste are just some of the many examples of actions that can be taken to reduce CO2 emissions.

Growth always comes with the effort of change. Modifying the structure of our industries, the way we are used to seeing and understanding the world is going to be hard. And the hardest part of all is changing ourselves and our way of thinking.

At RED, we believe that motivation is key to a successful game plan change. What if we told you that all your efforts to live a greener life can be rewarded and made easier through a transparent, simple CO2 offset system built on blockchain technology?

Why CO2 Offset?

If each one of us could reach carbon neutrality through our daily actions, then the environment would be saved and we will not need to worry about climate change ever again. But let’s face the truth: recycling, eating less or no meat, installing solar panels will never take us to net-zero carbon emissions by themselves. There will always be some food waste, some plastic that we buy, and some of many things equal a great impact in the end.

Offsetting the carbon dioxide that we produce in our day-to-day is, along with other green actions the way to reach personal carbon neutrality. We will never be able to completely offset it by ourselves.

CO2 offset makes it possible to participate in projects that support green energy productions, tree planting, food waste reduction, etc. Through your contributions, the companies or individuals can increase their green energy production and lower even more carbon emissions through a more thorough participatory process, and raising awareness.

The difficulty level for companies to completely reduce their carbon footprint is enormous. Depending on the industry, balancing the production, profits and maintaining the same number of employees can be hard. CO2 offset helps them maintain their full capacity and also contributes to a greener planet.

We all need to participate. The question is how.

Become Sustainable with the RED Platform

If you have been thinking about the impact your daily choices have on the environment, or you think something must be done to stop climate change and you do not know what, follow along and find out how you can participate and make a difference.

Every case is different, but you can reduce your carbon footprint independently of your situation: small or big consumers, manufacturers, and companies can all have access to a system that compensates for their emissions.

Restart Energy Democracy is a blockchain-based platform that simplifies the CO2 offset issue and translates it into a simple process that anyone can follow, anywhere in the world, from a mobile app.

If you have heard about the CO2 offset programs, you might also know that making sure the project is 100% completed and offsetting the intended quantity of carbon emissions is rather hard to calculate, since it has to be done in a certain amount of time and quantity.

One of the solutions for this problem is to buy more offset than you produce, making sure that you covered your carbon footprint.

Even imperfectly done, offsetting CO2 is better than not taking action. But how about a system that allows you to know exactly how much CO2 you produce and how much you offset? Not only that but your CO2 offset purchases will always be registered on the blockchain, helping you to also inspire others to do the same! The offset system on the RED platform is profitable for its members and the community, allowing an easier adoption for new users.

The Structure of the RED CO2 Offset System

Decentralization

The sustainability system on RED is built on a decentralized platform that allows its users to interconnect to reduce their carbon footprint, offer and solicit services, benefit from and promote green actions and products.

Incentivization for users, producers, energy consumers, companies that sell green products and services plays an important role that binds together the different profiles on the platform.

Collaboration for growing, opening new opportunities, and the use of top technology combine in a ready-to-use environment.

Blockchain

Blockchain technology is the structure behind the RED platform that offers transparency, rapidity, and secure transactions. It is available all over the world and it has the decentralized environment needed for developing projects that bring different users together to contribute and collaborate.

Smart Contracts

To close different agreements between the participants on the platform, RED uses smart contracts that ensure a layer of transparency, automatization, and security to the movements on the platform.

Sustainability, CO2 Offset, and Green Solutions

RED’s Unique Proposition comes in the form of a platform that brings together different users who seek sustainable solutions, products, and services. By creating the space for these interconnections to take place, the ecosystem that is created within it offers green solutions to everyone involved.

RED Franchises

The franchises on the RED platform have a big impact on the CO2 offset system as they are one of the main integrating parts of the process.

They offer companies CO2 offset solutions, green energy supply contracts, collaboration proposals, and consultancy services.

Green Energy

Green energy producers come to the RED platform to register their energy production for the past year and receive green certificates of origin for their energy production. These certificates not only offer transparency for the type of energy produced, the producer’s details, quantity, etc. Producers also have the chance to offer them to other users interested in offsetting their carbon footprint, by preparing an offer on the platform.

The certificates of origin for green energy producers are ERC-721 NFT tokens called REO-G and they are minted on the blockchain. These tokens can be stored inside the RED platform or offered to purchase by users who desire to reduce their carbon footprint. By purchasing the tokens, users will contribute to increasing renewable energy production and encouraging others to do the same.

Owning 1 REO-G token means 750 kg of CO2 were avoided to be released into the atmosphere (according to the EU Origin Guarantees standards).

Green energy consumers receive rewards in the form of GTK ERC-20 tokens based on the quantity of green energy consumed. If your supplier is already on the RED platform, you will receive these tokens automatically. All platform users, from all over the world, can claim the tokens based on their energy invoice.

Owning 1 GTK means 1kg of CO2 was avoided to be sent into the atmosphere.

Choosing a 100% green energy supply contract will allow any user to reduce their carbon emissions even more and create more opportunities for users, energy producers, and suppliers.

CO2 Footprint Calculator

To offset your carbon footprint, you first need to know the quantity that you produce based on your habits. You will be able to do so by using the CO2 footprint calculator inside the RED platform. You will be guided through the process and given a solution for your emissions, all in the same process.

CO2 Offset

Anyone can offset their CO2 footprint by purchasing REO-G and GTK on the RED platform and claiming a sustainability certificate based on the tokens they own. When the certificate is issued, the tokens are burnt from the owner’s wallet.

Companies can offset their carbon footprint on the platform by creating an account and buying tokens, or by using the specific services of RED Franchises.

All the actions that are performed on the RED platform regarding CO2 offset are registered on the blockchain, offering transparency and accountability.

Green Actions

Another way to participate in offsetting CO2 is by performing earth-friendly actions: reducing food waste, using an electric car, or planting trees. For every action, based on standardized calculations, any user around the world can claim GTK tokens.

Green Products and Services

If you are a company that offers green products or services, you can incentivize your customers by allowing them to receive green tokens based on the products or services they buy.

RED Franchises can assist you in making this a reality for your business and becoming a RED partner.

Sustainability Is Key

More green services, actions, and products equal more growth, more production, and the creation of an even more sustainable environment.

For us, at RED, the focus is on promoting sustainability, help sustainable businesses grow, and help businesses become sustainable.

When you join RED, you will enter an ecosystem that will bring you closer to becoming sustainable, offering better solutions to your clients, and growing your business.

Are you ready to learn more? This is our website: http://platformared.ro/en/. You can also write us an email if you have any questions.

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CO2 Offset and Sustainability

The RED platform is built to be the central point of encounter for users inside and outside the energy sector, especially in the green energy field. The focus of the members inside the platform may be different for each one of them, but the string that holds everything together is the interest and participation in the first CO2 tokenized offset system.

The sustainability system inside the RED platform is based on different types of users who, by coming together, participate in building a structure meant to reduce CO2 emissions in a completely new and transparent way.

What RED does through its platform is to allow any user to participate in CO2 offset, increase awareness regarding the planet’s need for decarbonization with new blockchain technologies, in a secure, untampered, transparent, and accessible way: a mobile application.

The mobile app allows users to calculate their CO2 footprint and offset it. Producers will register their green energy production and will receive Green Certificates of Origin.

Users will be able to create new franchise businesses in the field of energy. The platform also allows suppliers to find new clients, and any user will be able to join, trade, or earn Green Tokens based on their green energy consumption, or other actions that avoid greenhouse gas emissions.

The system that helps companies and individuals to reduce their carbon footprint begins with the participation on the platform of green energy producers.

Green Energy Producers

While focusing on developing more solar and wind parks, as well as other renewable energy sources is for sure one of the ways to reduce CO2 emissions, building them is not cheap, nor easy. Needed investments in this area are still high and the sector is not growing in all countries at its full potential.

Restart Energy, the company behind RED, is increasing its own renewable energy production capacity by 100 MW yearly and desires to reach 500 MW production by 2026. Being involved in this sector, RED understands the struggles, as well as the high points of renewable energy production and supply.

Sustainability is not just a trend anymore. It has become imperative to act according to this new reality that has shown us that new technologies need to be put in place and new operating systems to be built to succeed.

As sustainable energy comes from renewable sources, RED offers green energy producers the possibility to register their energy production on the platform and receive free Certificates of Origin in the form of NFT ERC-721 tokens called REO-G. These tokens can be sold to individuals and companies who desire to reduce their carbon footprint. Their value will depend on offer and demand.

Green energy producers will have the possibility to register their production for the prior 12 months.

Owning 1 REO-G means that 750 kg of CO2 or equivalent greenhouse gas emissions have been avoided to be sent into the atmosphere.

More detailed information about how producers can join and register on the platform, here.

RED Franchises

RED is offering a new type of opportunity for any user on the platform to open a new side business or a new source of income through green energy and sustainable offers:

Help individuals and businesses to become 100% sustainable.

RED Franchises have multiple and growing opportunities inside RED. They will be encouraged and supported to start their virtual green energy and sustainability business by bringing new customers to the platform and earning a percentage of their consumption, becoming validators, and earning from claim fees, certifications, and consultancy.

Business development, raising awareness on sustainable actions, CO2 offset for companies, and helping to develop other sustainable projects are incredible opportunities for new businesses to grow and prosper.

A user who desires to acquire a RED Country franchise must pay the cost of 100.000 MWAT. 50% of that amount is held by RED in payment for the franchise rights, and the franchisee receives in exchange an ERC-721 NFT token called V-LEC. This token will contain the franchise information and it can be sold like any other business. You can read more about franchise fees and opportunities here.

Franchises are the link point between consumers, suppliers, companies who desire to offset their CO2 emissions, and other sustainable projects that can be developed on the RED platform.

Suppliers on RED

If you are a supplier, green energy supply can become a more affordable option for your clients through the opportunity of acquiring it directly from producers in the RED platform. The elimination of intermediaries in the supply chain will bring tariffs at a fair level for producers, suppliers, and consumers.

Growing as a supplier means increasing the number of clients. How about earning new clients at a fraction of the fee you are already paying to your salesforce? Becoming a partner on RED means new clients and new opportunities as the platform expands and brings new users on board.

By joining RED, you will be able to access new clients brought by the franchise operators in all your supply area. Users will be able to choose their preferred supply offer and change suppliers.

All your clients will receive rewards in the form of Green Tokens called GTK, based on their green energy consumption. These tokens will be received for free, your clients being able to sell them on the RED exchange to individuals and companies who desire to reduce their carbon footprint. More information about the suppliers on the RED platform can be found here.

Users and Energy and Gas Consumers

Why would consumers choose RED? The answer is quite simple: because they will find better options, new possibilities, and unique systems that will make a difference in their lives. From calculating their carbon footprint, offsetting it, and fulfilling their sustainable and socially responsible actions.

The CO2 offset system on the platform allows consumers to actively participate in the process by earning GTK tokens based on their green energy consumption, electric car recharges, and other sustainable activities. These tokens can be sold on the RED platform to other users or companies who desire to reduce their carbon footprint.

Consumers will be able to switch suppliers through the offers provided by franchises, choose the best option for their needs. They will also receive GTK tokens based on their green energy consumption, calculated from their supplier’s power mix.

Buy energy directly from your favorite green energy producer? Yes, you will be able to do so from V2 of the platform. Your supplier will supply the energy to your physical location.

Find out more about consumers on the RED platform in our article.

The Tokens Used on the RED Platform

All functionalities on the RED platform will depend upon owning MWAT. The platform will also have its own exchange. All the tokens available in the RED exchange will be paired with MWAT and exchange fees will be zero. The possibility of acquiring MWAT with Fiat, BTC, or ETH will bring the token closer to the users.

REO-G are ERC-721 NFT tokens that will bring producers the possibility to sell their Certificates of Origin. When an individual or a company buys REO-G and requests a Certificate of Sustainability, the tokens are burnt in order to avoid double counting. Owning one REO-G means 750 kg of CO2 were avoided to be released into the atmosphere.

GTK, or Green Tokens, are ERC-20 tokens that can be earned or requested by any user, from all over the world. They are issued based on green energy consumption, electric car usage, and many other eco-friendly actions.

V-LEC tokens are ERC-721 NFT tokens that are minted for franchise owners. Each token contains the specific information of the franchise for which it was issued. They can be sold to another user just as any other business.

Find out more details about the tokens on the RED platform here.

Why Join the RED Platform?

The RED platform is an easy-to-access, comprehensive and strong system for reducing CO2 emissions and giving users the possibility to open their own business. Why do you need to become a partner?

• Be a hero, take part in the mission to reach climate neutrality: help increase awareness regarding CO2 emissions and give valid solutions for every client who desires to offset their carbon footprint.
• Stay on top of your game with top solutions: modern, top-technology solutions through blockchain.
• Influence, make your voice heard: you will create new opportunities for your contacts, friends, and clients and contribute to reducing greenhouse gas emissions at the same time.
• Offer complete solutions, clear and to the point: closed, visible, transparent, and untampered synergic system that shows you clear numbers and solutions that you will be able to follow from beginning to end.
• Fast delivery of solutions: secure system with low fees and access to multiple extra options that will bring value to your clients. From reducing CO2 to consuming more green energy in a few steps.

Everyone will have access to new solutions and opportunities to live a more sustainable life and contribute to CO2 offset.

Become a partner. Raise awareness. Offer solutions.

Begin by opening an account on the RED Platform.

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What You Need to Know about the RED Platform Right Now was originally published in Restart Energy on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

A new way of understanding energy consumption has opened with the energy markets’ decentralization. This event has opened a new era for consumers in many EU countries. They are not blocked with a supplier anymore, tariffs are established by supply and demand and new opportunities come up along the way.

One of these opportunities is the option to consume green energy, become aware of the importance of sustainable energy and other green choices that are available for everyone. Reducing food waste, making sustainable fashion choices, and using an electric car is for sure some of the most popular opportunities available if you want to contribute to CO2 reduction.

What if we told you that consuming green energy can be rewarded within a complete CO2 offset system based on blockchain technology? It sounds fancy, but the system is easy to use, customer-oriented, and completely free. You will use energy every day, why not do it in a way that can benefit you in the long run?

Green choices become more available for people in their day-to-day life. If we have learned something until now is that we need to act responsibly, take action and not be indifferent to climate change. Even if we know that we have to change our habits, most of the time we fail to do it because we do not know how to start, and how to make the most of our actions.

At RED we have thought about how we can help our customers to be more focused on their decisions regarding green energy consumption. It has become clear to us that by rewarding consumers for their green choices, they will be more determined to choose a higher percentage of green energy in their electricity consumption. Access to new technologies, suppliers, and a system that will help to reduce CO2 emissions represents just the beginning of a great journey.

Let’s dive into the importance of the consumer on the RED platform and their multiple opportunities.

Green Energy Supply for Consumers

Free GTK Tokens for consumers

Rewarding green energy consumption and production is the central piece of RED’s sustainability system of CO2 offsetting. We believe that reaching climate neutrality needs to be profitable in order to succeed.

This is why all consumers on RED will receive free GTK tokens based on the percentage of renewable energy they consume throughout their energy contract with the supplier of their choice.

All producers are rewarded with Certificates of Origin in the form of NFT REO-G tokens, that can be traded on the RED Exchange. Companies and individuals will be able to offset their CO2 footprint by buying REO-G and GTK and requesting the issuance of a Green Certificate to prove it.

Sustainability on the RED Platform

CO2 offset

The RED platform has built on the blockchain the first tokenized CO2 offset system that not only gives its customers access to high-level technology, but also allows them to offset their carbon footprint in a transparent, traceable, and untampered environment.

As many of you know, all movements that are registered on the blockchain are transparent and can be checked at any time by anyone. This feature, added to the carbon offset system, is an important piece that proves the contribution of companies and individuals in a clear, transparent way. In many other CO2 offset projects completion is almost impossible to follow as it takes years to develop.

The CO2 offset system begins with the producers on the RED platform. They can register their green energy production for up to 12 months prior. Based on the green energy production, they can request Certificates of Origin through the minting of NFT REO-G tokens that contain the producers’ information. Once the minting is completed, the tokens can be sold to companies and individuals who desire to reduce their carbon footprint.

REO-G follows the EU Origin Guarantees standards. Owning 1 REO-G means that 750 kilograms of CO2 were avoided to be released into the environment.

As we mentioned before, all consumers on the platform will receive free GTK tokens based on their supplier’s power mix. In addition, all users on the platform will be able to request the minting of GTK tokens based on the green energy consumption on their electricity bill, electric car recharges, food waste avoidance, CO2 absorption, etc. After their claim is approved by a Validator on the platform, they will also have access to sell their tokens to companies and individuals interested in offsetting their CO2 emissions.

GTK is a new carbon offset system created by RED that anyone can access in a digital format. Their minting on the blockchain and validation by a third party confers them the necessary transparency to prove CO2 offset.

Owning 1 GTK means that 1 kilogram of greenhouse gas emissions was avoided to be released into the atmosphere.

Companies and individuals who are looking to offset their carbon footprint can buy REO-G and GTK tokens on the RED exchange and ask for the issuance of a Green Sustainability Certificate that states the quantity of CO2 that was offset based on the tokens they hold. When this certificate is issued, tokens are burnt from the wallet where they were held in order to avoid double counting.

The offset actions are registered on the blockchain and will be available for anyone to check their authenticity.

Freedom of Choice

If you are a consumer in a decentralized country you may have more options than you think. Choosing between two suppliers may be a difficult decision sometimes, but when you are offered extra advantages, decisions are usually easier to make. The right supplier may not always mean the cheapest option on the market, but the smartest one. Dig a little deeper into the company’s plans to expand, investments in green energy developments, and growth business plans. These three answers will help you choose the right supplier. Because even if it is easy to change suppliers on the RED platform, you will want to be assured that you make the best choice.

What Does Freedom Mean to You?

It might be that you feel free just by having the possibility to change suppliers. Some people have higher expectations from their freedom choices and others just need to be assured that they are in good hands. It doesn’t matter in which category you fit on this matter, RED has a solution for your concerns.

RED is for you if you believe green energy is the future

We are convinced that you already knew that changes need to be made to how we produce energy, how we consume it, and how we supply it. If you are determined to make changes in your energy consumption or desire to be a part of a system that will promote green energy production and consumption, you are in the right place.

RED platform consumers have access through franchises to different offers from suppliers that include a percentage of green energy or have 100% green energy supply included. The bigger the quantity of green energy that you consume, the higher the number of GTK tokens that you will receive. By selling the tokens to companies or individuals who desire to reduce their carbon footprint, you are promoting green energy consumption and participate in RED’s CO2 offset system.

From the V2 of the platform, you will be able to buy your renewable energy directly from the producers of your choice and have it supplied to you through your trusted supplier on the RED platform.

RED is for you if you only need a good supplier

Good suppliers are the ones who adapt to the market changes and listen to the real needs of their customers. When choosing RED, a supplier does not only demonstrate its capacity to adapt, but it also shows its interest in high-tech products, advances, and opportunities. If you find an offer on the RED platform, you can be sure it is coming from top performers in the market.

On the RED platform, suppliers will have access to a number of tools and functionalities that will help them to better understand their clients’ needs and consumption. This will allow them to adapt to the changes in the market and offer you the best solutions for your needs.

RED is for you if you need variety in payment options

You will be able to pay your bills online in fiat or tokens (MWAT, ETH, BTC, etc.) and choose the best option for your needs. The reduction and elimination of taxes through the RED exchange will also contribute to a higher level of adoption of cryptocurrencies among consumers.

RED is for you if you need a change

The energy market is not one known to move fast. The RED platform will bring producers, suppliers, consumers, and simple users together. The users have different opportunities based on their needs and they will be able to use the different options for growing and enjoying lower prices. The advance brought to the market through the platform will have an impact on all the parts of the energy chain.

By choosing RED, you will have access to the ecosystem that brings energy closer to consumers and gives them the power of choice.

RED is for you if you need transparency

The registration on the blockchain of different actions on the platform helps to have a clearer view of the process and offers transparency and thrust in the offset, produced energy, and supply systems.

RED is for you if you like rewards

Who doesn’t like to be acknowledged for their actions? If you think that change is the answer to progress, you will enjoy your experience on the platform. By choosing suppliers with a higher green energy supply mix, you will receive automatically more GTK tokens each month.

RED is for you if you want options

Freedom translates into having options. Options to choose, to buy, and to operate according to your needs. You will find your energy and has supply options on the platform where you will have access to multiple offers and options.

Trading for RED Consumers

Trading on the RED platform is open to anyone. If you are a consumer, you will have access to the RED exchange, after you fill out your registration. You will be able to buy the cryptocurrencies available on the exchange, trade, and participate in staking actions according to your needs.

Opportunities and Transparency

You already are an energy and/or gas consumer. You will need these basic services for a long time. Why not make sure you get the best out of your monthly payments to the supply company?

Transparency is a new approach in the field of energy and gas supply. Consumers were not always aware of changes in the supply services before the decentralization took place. Adding to this positive change, at RED we desire to give our customers free access to the first CO2 offset system on the blockchain, to energy producers and to transparency, lower prices, and new opportunities.

Every part of the application is built to be user-friendly and intuitive. All users will feel comfortable using it on a daily basis and check on their consumption, bills, and payments. A new level of usability and access for everyone.

Are you ready for new opportunities? Join now.

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The Consumer’s Journey on the RED Platform was originally published in Restart Energy on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

We think Earth Day should be every day. The only way we can make a difference is by understanding that our daily actions have a great impact on ourselves and our planet. This is why constant action is key and development and improvement of already existing structures will take us closer to our goal: CO2 offset.

An offset is an accounting mechanism that allows companies and individuals to calculate the impact of their actions on the environment. Since climate change is a problem all over the world, what matters is to contribute to CO2 reduction, being of less importance the place you choose to do so.

The idea behind the participation in CO2 offset programs is precisely this: you can help reduce CO2 where you cannot eliminate producing it in the first place. Air travel is a perfect example: if you cannot avoid traveling by plane altogether, you can participate in CO2 reduction projects involving air travel.

There is always something to do towards a greener, more sustainable future, as many influential voices already pointed out. Choosing wisely the items we buy, the type of energy we use and our alimentation will have a huge impact on the supply and demand market. If users buy more green products, their prices will decrease and they will become more affordable.

Nevertheless, reducing your carbon emissions should be just one part of the entire action plan to reach climate neutrality. Investments in zero-carbon technologies, acquiring offsets, and updating old systems with new, greener options should add up to your sustainable living plan. On the other hand, governments targeting to lower the costs of zero-carbon alternatives and charging for the hidden costs of pollution is another way of reducing CO2 emissions.

What we have to focus on are new ways to generate and store green energy, manufacturing, transportation, and growing food without greenhouse gas emissions. To reach this enormous improvement, we need to take small, but secure steps towards it.

At Restart Energy, we are moving towards a greener energy supply scheme. The company's business plan involves the supply of 100% green energy to all its customers by 2026. In order to reach this ambitious project, the company has closed partnerships and planned 500 MW green energy projects to be completed in the next 5 years.

Yesterday, April 21st, the European Commission has reached an agreement for one of the core elements of the European Green Deal: the commitment to becoming the first climate-neutral continent by 2050. Reaching climate neutrality by 2050 has an intermediate target of reducing net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by 2030 (compared to 1990). Negative emissions after 2050 are another part of this agreement, along with a commitment to developing sector-specific roadmaps that will draw the path to neutrality in different areas of the economy.

Joining forces has proven to be the right approach when discussing climate change, countries working together and extending the scale of an offset program can have a larger impact on the environment.

We need a global, easy-to-use system for tracking and rewarding CO2 offset by individuals and companies. Saving the Planet needs to become profitable to succeed.

What RED brings to the table through its platform is to address the CO2 emission problem from three different perspectives at the same time:

1. It offers incentivization to green energy producers through the CO2 offset system by offering free Certificates of Origin.
2. It gives any user rewards for making the right choices towards CO2 reduction. Actions like using green energy and making green choices in users’ day-to-day will increase when being rewarded.
3. It opens the opportunity for companies to reduce their CO2 footprint by supporting green energy producers and, also, change their energy supply to 100% green energy, reducing their carbon footprint even more.

The system gives access to its participants to a worldwide base of energy producers and offsets offers, allowing users to choose from a large variety.

CO2 Offset through Green Energy Production and Consumption

There are many ways to reduce your carbon footprint. At Restart Energy we help you offset your CO2 footprint through green energy production incentivization and consumption. An entire CO2 offsetting system based on blockchain technology, transparency, and a traceability system that will allow you to get proof of participation and exact calculations on the reduction of carbon.

The offset system is thought for both companies and individuals to reduce their carbon footprint.

The CO2 Offset System Structure on the RED Platform

The tokenized sustainability system flow inside the RED platform begins with a Carbon Footprint calculator that will allow the users on the platform to calculate their exact carbon footprint based on their habits. In a second step, the user will find CO2 offset offers available on the RED platform for purchasing.

CO2 Offset Offers

RED allows green energy producers to claim Certificates of Origin for the energy they produced. Producers can register on the platform the quantity of produced energy for the past 12 months. The certificates that producers receive are ERC-721 NFT tokens called REO-G and follow the EU Origin Guarantees standards.

These tokens contain specific engraved information related to the type of produced energy and the producer on the blockchain.

Owning 1REO-G means that 1 MWh of renewable energy has been produced and it is the equivalent of 750 kg of CO2 being offset (this number is different in each EU country).

After the producer registers its energy production, he/she can claim their tokens on the platform. When the claim is made, it has to be validated by a designated validator on the Platform. The validator is a third-party franchise owner who has passed a special test related to renewable energy knowledge. When the claim is approved, the Certificates of Origin are minted on blockchain and are deposited in the claimer’s account on the RED platform. This process allows complete transparent traceability of the energy.

Not only producers, but anyone on the platform will be able to claim green tokens based on their green energy consumption, electric car charges, etc. The tokens that any user can receive are called GTK and they are ERC-20 tokens, minted on the blockchain by Restart Energy Democracy.

Owning 1 GTK means that 1kg of CO2 was avoided to be released into the atmosphere.

All energy consumers on the RED platform will receive GTK tokens for free based on their suppliers’ power mix.

Owning REO-G and GTK means you are already contributing to CO2 offset. If you prefer to own a certificate to prove it, you will be able to solicit one in exchange for the owned green tokens (REO-G and GTK), that will be burned on the blockchain in order for the certificate to be issued (avoiding this way double counting the green tokens).

These green tokens owned on the RED platform can be sold to companies and individuals who desire to reduce their CO2 footprint. Having a global reach, interested users will have access to buy REO-G or GTK tokens from any user around the world, growing the reach and availability for all users.

The CO2 offset certificate can be issued based on both REO-G and GTK tokens owned. The combination between the two of them and the exact calculations will determine the quantity of CO2 avoided being released into the atmosphere and this quantity will be inscribed on the certificate.

For our planet to be able to regenerate and stop global warming, we need to target NET ZERO CARBON. We can reach our goal by issuing 40 trillion GTK/Year that would offset the current 40 billion tons of CO2 emissions globally.

By doing so, we not only prevent climate change but empower people and companies globally to act behaviorally and reap the benefits of trading GTK Tokens.

Reducing carbon emissions translates into easing the way for producers, consumers, and companies who participate in offsetting programs to reach their objectives faster, in a transparent, untampered, structured manner. The movements of token acquiring and certificates issues are transparent for every user on the platform through blockchain.

The process is fast, secure, and does not require additional monitoring for completion, as other CO2 offset programs do, since it is 100% registered on the blockchain and available for verification at any time.

Offsetting CO2 is evolving and adapting to new technologies. Bringing offsets closer to all types of users will grow their implication and concern for the environment, allowing anyone from household users to companies to reduce their carbon footprint.

Carbon offsets play a big role in the reduction of CO2 emissions and at Restart Energy Democracy we desire to be part of the movement that will change the way we consume energy and reward the positive actions of users on the RED platform. Join us now and begin your offset journey on the blockchain!

Download the app and create your account:

Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.red.platform

IOS: https://apps.apple.com/ro/app/new-red-platform/id1532401271

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Celebrating Earth Day with the First CO2 Tokenized Blockchain Offset System on the Market was originally published in Restart Energy on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.