Trading
What is the Fuel Switch Exchange?
Fuel Switch operates a digital exchange that connects buyers and sellers of carbon offset instruments. Our platform lets you trade easily, transparently, and at a low cost.
Why Fuel Switch?
We remove the complexity and high costs that usually prevent organizations from participating in carbon markets. Fuel Switch makes it simple, fast, and affordable for anyone – businesses, developers, and individuals – to trade environmental instruments with confidence.
What can you trade and how does it work?
- Type-based/Volume-based Issuance – helping generators create valid, registry-approved instruments
- Management – keeping track of holdings, transfers, and audit trails
- Retirement – ensuring proper documentation to support your environmental claims
Fuel Switch provides a streamlined, end-to-end solution so you can buy, sell, and retire environmental instruments with ease.
Frequently Asked Questions
Fuel Switch Exchange supports trading in Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) and carbon credits. RECs are available through zaRECs and I-REC. All instruments are blockchain-verified with an auditable record.
Yes. Fuel Switch Exchange launched in October 2025 as Africa's first open blockchain-enabled REC exchange.
Register at app.fuelswitch.io, browse available carbon credits or RECs, purchase the volume you need, and retire them against your reported emissions. No broker fees, no high minimum requirements, full blockchain documentation provided.