Carbon Credit Financial Markets and Feasibility Research
Department
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Major
Environmental Engineering
Research Advisor
Burken, Joel G. (Joel Gerard)
Advisor's Department
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Abstract
Carbon credit markets are an emerging financial tool for controlling the release of greenhouse gasses to the atmosphere. A major focus of this research is compiling information on the process to bring carbon credits to market, especially for small businesses, municipalities, and state agencies. Analysis of current carbon credit markets and pricing is an integral part of making GHG mitigation projects feasible, as is making this information available to smaller entities, particularly farmers and agribusineses. In general, ‘Carbon Economics’ or ‘Greenhouse Gas Equivalents’ are completely foreign to these smaller entities that are already over-whelmed with a myriad of legal requirements such as business permitting, tax law, and environmental regulation.
Biography
Sarah Seigfreid is a fourth-year student studying Environmental Engineering. She has interned with Peabody Energy for the past three summers. During the summer of 2008, she researched carbon credits especially as they applied to coal mine methane and attended a conference on emerging carbon markets.
Research Category
Engineering
Presentation Type
Poster Presentation
Document Type
Poster
Location
Upper Atrium/Hallway
Presentation Date
08 Apr 2009, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Carbon Credit Financial Markets and Feasibility Research
Upper Atrium/Hallway
Carbon credit markets are an emerging financial tool for controlling the release of greenhouse gasses to the atmosphere. A major focus of this research is compiling information on the process to bring carbon credits to market, especially for small businesses, municipalities, and state agencies. Analysis of current carbon credit markets and pricing is an integral part of making GHG mitigation projects feasible, as is making this information available to smaller entities, particularly farmers and agribusineses. In general, ‘Carbon Economics’ or ‘Greenhouse Gas Equivalents’ are completely foreign to these smaller entities that are already over-whelmed with a myriad of legal requirements such as business permitting, tax law, and environmental regulation.
