Here’s what to expect from your first conversation with us through to your first payout. The typical cycle is 9–13 months from contract signing to first payout. The steps are predictable.
Commercial deadline: Projects signing before the end of July 2026 will be included in our current PAI submission batch. After this date, new projects join a later batch and first payout shifts accordingly.
Stage 1: Quote and qualification (week 1–2)
You submit a quote via our website or contact us directly. We confirm eligibility based on your installation details and send you a detailed proposal with revenue projections, contract terms, and your revenue share tier.
Stage 2: Contract (week 2–4)
You review and sign the Client Agreement. No payment from you: we fund all upfront costs. The contract specifies your revenue share tier, the duration of the engagement, and termination provisions.
Stage 3: Technical due diligence (months 1–3 from contract)
We collect your installation’s technical specifications, generation data history, ownership documentation, and monitoring access. Anything missing or unclear gets resolved here, before submission.
Stage 4: Project documentation (months 3–4 from contract)
We prepare your Project Description for inclusion in our next Verra submission. Verra groups solar installations into batches called Project Activity Instances, or PAIs. Depending on timing, your installation either joins an existing PAI or is held for the next PAI submission.
Stage 5: Validation (months 4–8 from contract)
Our submission is reviewed by an independent VVB. Validation confirms the project design meets the methodology’s requirements. This stage is largely paperwork, no action required from you.
Stage 6: Verification and issuance (months 8–13 from contract)
A separate VVB audit confirms actual emission reductions against the project design. The auditor reviews your generation data for the monitoring period. Once verification is complete, Verra issues credits to our registry account. Subsequent verifications happen on annual cycles and are faster.
Stage 7: Sale
We sell credits into the voluntary market, prioritising buyers offering the best price and quality alignment. We don’t fix a timeline here because we optimise for the best price.
Stage 8: Payout (within ~1 week of sale)
Your share is paid in ZAR via EFT within approximately 1 week of the credit sale. Payments are annual: once Verra issues credits for a vintage period and we sell them, your payout follows shortly after.
What happens in subsequent years
After the first issuance, the cycle repeats annually. Verification audits get faster (typically 2–3 months), credits issue, and we sell when market conditions support the best price. Once you’re in the cycle, the cadence is annual.
Why does the process take 9–13 months?
Carbon credit registration is heavily audited. That’s exactly what gives the credits their value. The timeline reflects the rigour of independent validation and verification. If anyone could just claim emission reductions and sell them, the credits wouldn’t be worth anything.
This isn’t a quick-cash product. It’s designed to monetise generation that would otherwise go uncompensated, over the operational life of your installation.