Renewable Energy

How NoFootprint is powered, and how we account for the exceptions · Last updated 11 August 2026

NoFootprint runs on hardware Universal Basic Inc owns, powered by our own solar array. This page publishes the actual numbers — including the ones that would be more flattering to leave out.

2.5 MWh

of solar electricity generated and consumed by this service to date.
Our array is off-grid — it does not export to the utility and is not net-metered.

Certificates retired

None purchased — none owed yet

Offset commitment

≥100%

Of all metered utility electricity

Metered utility draw

<1 MWh

Below the minimum retirable unit

Where the electricity comes from

Cumulative electricity used to operate NoFootprint, by source. The utility figure is an upper bound, not a measured total — shown hatched to say so.

Solar — generated on site, measured
Utility — metered on failover, upper bound

1 MWh — a certificate becomes retirable here

Solar · 2.5 MWh · measured

somewhere in here Utility · between 0 and 1 MWh · upper bound, not measured

Solar · 2.5 MWh measured Utility · ≤1 MWh bound

View as a table

Source	Amount	Basis
Solar (on site)	2.5 MWh	Measured
Utility (failover)	<1 MWh	Upper bound; below 1 MWh
Certificates retired	0	Threshold not reached

How a request gets powered

The commitment

We retire Renewable Energy Certificates covering at least 100% of all metered utility electricity used to operate NoFootprint. Not a portion of it, and not at some future date conditional on growth — all of it.

One REC represents one megawatt-hour of renewable generation, and certificates are ordinarily sold and retired in whole-MWh units. That sets a practical floor on when a purchase can first be made — which is why the counter above still reads zero.

Certificates retired

None to date — our metered utility draw has not yet reached one megawatt-hour.

When we do retire certificates, each one will be listed here with its tracking registry, serial or retirement identifier, generation vintage and fuel type, megawatt-hours retired, retirement date, and the usage period it covers — so the claim can be checked against the registry rather than taken on our word.

What we don't claim

We don't claim every request is served by sunlight. Failover to utility-powered hardware happens, and it's metered.
We don't sell, transfer, or otherwise monetise renewable attributes from our own generation. Nothing here is counted twice.
We don't claim carbon neutrality across the business. This page covers the electricity used to operate the service — not manufacturing our hardware, shipping, or travel.
We don't claim a certification we haven't obtained. If we later purchase through a certified programme, we'll name it here.

Why publish this at all

AI services are electricity-intensive, and "green" claims in this industry are usually unverifiable. Our position is that the honest version is the more defensible one: we own the hardware, we own the panels, and when we fall back to the grid we say so and pay it back at a minimum of 100%. If the figures above ever show a balance we haven't settled, hold us to it.

Questions about anything on this page: devteam@universalbasicinc.com.