Consumers are able to offset their carbon emissions by purchasing credits to fund projects which avoid or reduce emissions, such as biomass generation plants and wind farms. (politics.co.uk)
This is expected to shift biomass generation to winter but only raise total biomass output by perhaps 1 %. (carbonbrief.org)
As a result, $ 12 billion has gone to more than 72,000 projects in the U.S., including solar and wind installations, hydrokinetic projects in rivers, and biomass generation plants on farms. (energynews.us)