What a REC / I-REC actually is
When your solar system generates electricity, it produces two things: the energy itself, and the “clean” attribute of that energy. A renewable-energy certificate separates the second one so it can be tracked, reported, or traded. One certificate equals one megawatt-hour of renewable generation.
The I-REC (International REC) is the version used across 50+ countries where local markets don’t have their own scheme — common through Asia and the Middle East, which overlap BijliBachao’s markets. Whatever the scheme, the principle is the same: the certificate is a claim about a real, measured MWh.
The evidence a certificate needs
Because a certificate is a claim about generation, the issuing standard requires auditable data on that energy’s origin and generation method — not an estimate. If a company later uses those certificates in its market-based Scope 2 report, the same generation evidence has to withstand assurance.
- Origin: which system produced the energy, and over what period.
- Generation: the measured MWh, from a record that can be checked — not a dashboard total.
- Traceability: a link from the certificate back to the metered generation behind it.
Where BijliBachao fits — the measured MWh
Solar Performance Cloud (SPC) measures exactly what a REC represents: the megawatt-hours a system actually generated, string by string, in an independent and auditable record across every major inverter brand. That is the generation evidence a certificate — and any market-based Scope 2 claim built on it — rests on.
The boundary is the same as elsewhere: SPC is the measurement/source layer. It records the generation; it does not issue the certificate or run the registry. It removes the weak link — unverifiable MWh — from the certificate’s foundation.
