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Home › Investors › Carbon Friendly Credits

An investment incentive

In support of this important move by companies and individuals, Alkane Energy has set up a unique new scheme for investors to calculate the notional carbon credits attached to owning Alkane shares. A typical family of four, owning two cars, would emit approximately 10 tonnes of carbon dioxide - this could be mitigated by owning 2,300 shares in Alkane. This calculation is worked out on the basis that in 2005 there were 92 million Alkane shares in issue and the company saves around 400,000* tonnes of CO2 per year by capturing methane and turning it into green energy.

Using these figures, the carbon dioxide emissions saved would be 4.3 kilos per share per year. An investor with a 5% stake in Alkane would be entitled to value its contribution to reducing climate change at the equivalent of 20,000 tonnes of CO2. This would balance yearly emissions from 7,400 vehicles or allow a tour operator to mitigate around 8,000 return flights from Heathrow to Los Angeles and still claim to be operating in a Carbon Friendly manner.

* The climate change mitigation effect will increase proportionately as Alkane increases its electricity generating capacity fuelled by methane emissions.

Carbon calculator

To help you work out your carbon emissions more precisely why not try this carbon emissions calculator? The calculator will also tell you how many Alkane Shares you require to mitigate your emissions.

Once you have done that you can download our Carbon Friendly certificate to show others how you are investing in the future of the planet, today.

Carbon facts:

• Air travel has one of the highest carbon 'costs'. A return flight from London to Los Angeles 'costs' 2.45 tonnes of carbon. Owning 564 Alkane shares, over a one year period would notionally mitigate this.
• Return flights from Edinburgh to Southampton produces 0.12 tonnes of CO2 per year, which could be offset by owning just 28 Alkane shares
• Driving 7,500 miles in a typical petrol engine car produces 2.7 tonnes of CO2 per year which could be offset by 621 Alkane shares

Terms

1. Carbon Friendly certificates have no monetary value but give an idea in day to day terms of the quantities of carbon dioxide mitigated by your having shares.
2. Alkane Energy plc accepts no liability or responsibility for how individuals or businesses use the Carbon Friendly logo.

Alkane will mitigate more than 400,000 tonnes of CO2 in 2005.