A Verra-registered solar carbon credit originator. We turn the MWh your panels already generate into tradeable credits, and split the revenue with you.
Captive Carbon is South Africa's first Verra-registered solar carbon credit originator, with a zero-findings verification audit, now in Verra's final technical review and structurally positioned to bring your sites in under flexible legacy rules.
OUR VERRA JOURNEY
One stage from South Africa's first verified solar credits.
PROJECT TIMELINE
THE OPPORTUNITY
WHY CAPTIVE CARBON
VCS 3659 cleared SustainCert verification with zero unresolved findings.
Verra's pre-2027 methodology lets us register existing solar sites without the stricter rules coming after 1 January 2027. Your 2025–2026 sites are grandfathered for the full 10-year term.
We fund all registration, audit, and compliance costs upfront, and recover our share only from successfully issued credits. If you don't earn, neither do we.
Crediting from Nov 2021, the earliest crediting start date on the Verra registry in South Africa.
THE OPERATIVE DEADLINE
To be included in our next Verra submission, your project must be signed up and documents in our hands by 31 July 2026. The audit process begins at submission.
Late projects roll to a future submission round, and the regulatory backstop of 1 January 2027 limits how many of those rounds remain under flexible legacy rules.
WHAT YOU'LL EARN: INDICATIVE 10-YEAR REVENUE
Indicative figures based on platform calculator using Verra's approved grid emission factor for this project, credit pricing referenced to approximately 80% of forward-looking SA carbon tax rates (rising annually with the legislated tax schedule), 1,500 kWh/kWp annual capacity factor. Actual revenue depends on system performance, credit pricing at sale, and verification timelines. Site-specific projections require commissioning data.
HOW CREDITS BECOME CASH
WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU
Most of this information is already in your EPC or installer's records. We guide you through what's needed.
HOW THE REVENUE SHARE WORKS
EXISTING PORTFOLIO
Sectors include manufacturing, milling, retail, fibre, and ceramics. Specific client references available under NDA.
YOUR JOURNEY WITH US
Send capacity, commissioning date, location. We return a 10-year revenue projection within 48 hours. Free, no obligation.
Standard 10-year revenue share contract. We handle Verra registration, audits, compliance. You handle nothing.
We guide you through the ~30 documents Verra requires via our client portal. Typically 2–4 weeks of light effort.
We submit your project, manage the verification audit, receive issued credits, sell them into the market, and distribute your share. Annual statements with full reporting on credits issued, sold, and revenue split.
No. Carbon credits are a separate revenue stream and do not affect Section 12B/12BA capital allowances or accelerated depreciation.
The carbon credit contract follows the asset, not the building owner. We handle the transition with the new owner.
From signature to first payout typically takes 9–13 months. The bulk is Verra's technical review and the verification audit. After the first issuance, payments are made annually, aligned with the Verra issuance cycle and timed to capture the best market price for your credits.
Credits are sold to South African corporates using offsets to reduce carbon tax liability, and to international corporate buyers meeting ESG and net-zero commitments. Specific buyer references available under NDA.
Credit revenue belongs to host clients by contract, not to Captive Carbon. If we ever ceased operating, your rights to that revenue would transfer through standard insolvency processes.