Virtual Energy Attribute Certificate (EAC) Accounts: Say Farewell to Fees With Instant & Borderless Market Access

Your trades are international; but that doesn’t mean your admin should be as well. Operating separate certificate accounts in every country just to trade is slow, expensive, and unnecessary. If you trade Energy Attribute Certificates (EACs) across regions, the obstacle is obvious - fragmentation.

But until now, it’s been a hard problem to solve. That’s because “EAC” is merely an umbrella term for the countless certificate schemes that exist. EAC simply means any recognized, tradable instrument that conveys the environmental attributes of renewable generation. If you’re actively buying and selling in multiple geographical markets, you’re likely dealing with Guarantees of Origin (GOs, used in the EU), Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs, used in the USA), and International Renewable Energy Certificates (I-RECs, used in over 60 countries). That’s not even mentioning quality labels or co-existing national certificates, symptoms of the complexity that exists within standardized & regional schemes - we explored the EU’s quirks in our guide to cross-border GO & REC management. a prime example of how international systems designed to be interoperable are never 100% seamless due to implementation that is challenging at best or ‘creative’ at worst. As a quick note - we’ve got a EU-specific run-down of our virtual accounts functionality here - this article focuses on global certificate management.

So what’s a virtual EAC account and how does it help?

For producers, Soldera already integrates with various registry accounts, provided they have an account and are willing to go through the relevant signup flow for all regions. Virtual EAC accounts are what Soldera is working on to take this idea even further, expanding our account access to the buy-side of the market, too.

To use an analogy of money instead of EACs - you currently own and transact from 1 wallet per currency, even if those currencies are interchangeable. Each of these wallets is in a different pocket that requires a different login to unzip. Sure, you can pay to move your own bank-notes between your own wallets, but wouldn’t it be simpler to just have a single, global, borderless wallet in your pocket, that cost you nothing to use?

Apply this analogy to EACs, and you see the beauty of our solution. Soldera maintains the underlying national registry accounts and protect your volumes internally. When two participants transact internally, we net positions instantly. No physical registry movements until retirement/cancellation, or external delivery.

That singular design choice removes most per‑transfer charges and days of waiting. Fees shrink, access accelerates, and a single source of worldwide truth is maintained for audits - all in one place. Finally, with borderless liquidity increasingly activated with EAC uptake, internal matching finds the other side, while the registries are caught up later - no waiting around.

When will they be ready?

Let’s be honest: you’re not paid to push EACs around; you’re paid to make good trades. If you want borderless access that includes local compliance, our virtual EAC accounts are the practical way forward.

Sign-up below to be among the first notified about virtual accounts. Or, if you’re itching for early access, email our trading inbox at trade@soldera.org and we’ll provide more information on our pilot program.