how does buying renewable energy from a third party supplier work?

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how does buying renewable energy from a third party supplier work?

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You’re essentially buying the amount of energy you used from a clean source. For example, if you consumed 100 kwh of energy, the clean energy supplier then replaced that 100kwh of energy in the grid using a clean source. You’re still usually using the same energy you would’ve used if you hadn’t bought it through a third party supplier meaning it could’ve come from nonrenewable sources, but the nergy you used is offset by clean and renewable energy pumped back into the grid elsewhere.