Grid-connected generation is the network's original, most straightforward category. The network doesn't weight one energy source over another — a solar farm and a gas peaker plant follow the same verification standard.
Renewable power generation accounts for roughly $665 billion a year of global energy investment — solar (~$365B), wind (~$200B), and hydro (~$75B). A generation project's output is usually already metered for utility billing, which makes it the most direct fit for FTDAO's current verification pipeline: a meter export or utility statement is a reasonable, low-friction ask.
That's also why this category doesn't need the privacy-preserving ZK-dMRV layer as urgently as AI data centers or oil & gas operators do — there's rarely a commercially sensitive reason to withhold a solar farm's monthly generation total.
A project reports production data through a submission form. Review runs in two stages before anything is published.
Meter export or utility statement, plus reporting period.
Cross-checks figures against documentation, flags inconsistencies.
A human makes the final call before anything publishes.
No renewable project has completed onboarding as of this writing. This page describes how the category is designed to work within the network.