Total Carbon RemovedThis is the absolute quantity of carbon removed from the atmosphere. This can take form ascarbon sequestered and thus removed from the atmosphere. Sequestration is the actual removalof atmospheric carbon into a carbon sink for long term storage, removing it from the over balanceexisting overall.Sequestration is critically important at the current advanced state of climate change. While there is stillexcess carbon in the atmosphere, sequestration is necessary and the only means in which to reducethis and restore the carbon balance.Quality of Removal/Avoided CarbonThe quality of removal ensures good practice. Offsetting and sequestration projects must be truly‘additional,’ well-managed and have continued upkeep to prevent inaccurate and overestimation ofcarbon removal. Removal methods should also ensure that operational and embodied carbon of theremoval project is accounted for as well.Rate of Carbon Emitted & RemovedCarbon reduced, avoided, and sequestered now has greater “ecological” value than carbon later. Asthe effects of climate change are increasingly more detrimental with every degree of global warminguntil irreversible warming conditions ensue, efforts now have the greatest impact.A Declining Curve – A Sign Of Carbon Neutrality Or Even Carbon Capture?••••A declining curve doesn’t necessarily mean a carbon neutral or carbon negative corridor.It just means that the annual balance of carbon emissions and carbon credits (“avoided” gridelectricity emissions from PV yield + carbon sequestration from trees) is negative. The driver of thecredits in the CNC are the PV yields, not the sequestration.A negative yearly balance doesn’t mean that carbon is not emitted the respective year. Thereare very likely still carbon emissions happening in the wintertime when there are typically lessrenewables in the grid mix. But in the summertime, the surplus PV yield helps to provide customersoutside of the CNC with “cleaner” electricity.One way to move even further into the direction of a truly “carbon neutral” corridor would be tolook into long-term storage solutions to cover energy use during periods of the year that have lessrenewable energy availability.APPENDIX TOWARD A CARBON NEUTRAL CORRIDOR121
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