Methods and systems for managing sale and purchase of solar credits

A method for managing a sale and purchase of a plurality of solar credits as a commodity, the method comprising:

• enabling a plurality of users to interact with the system via a user interface;
• maintaining, by a storage module, information about the plurality of users, a plurality of computing devices associated with the users, a plurality of suppliers of the solar credits, the plurality of solar credits, the information comprising one or more credentials of the plurality of users, a plurality of computing devices, and past history of solar credits for each of the plurality of users;
• enabling, by a buying module, the plurality of users to buy one or more of the plurality solar credits, wherein each of the plurality of solar credits comprises a trade certificate issued to at least one user in form of at least one of a plurality of points, megawatt of solar energy used, and a plurality of solar panels installed;
• enabling, by a selling module, the plurality of users to sell the one or more of the plurality of solar credits;
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• generating, by a trading information output module, at least one of a soft copy and a physical copy of a solar credit trading information for each of the plurality of users according to one or more compliance and usage regulations set up by a governing system.

A system for transacting renewable energy credits online, the system comprising:

• an online trading system comprising:
• a storage module configured to store information about a plurality of users, a plurality of computing devices associated with the users, a plurality of suppliers of the renewable energy credits, and a plurality of renewable energy credits, wherein each of the plurality of renewable energy credits comprises a trade certificate issued to at least one user in form of at least one of a plurality of points, megawatt of renewable energy used, and a plurality of panels installed;
• a buying module configured to enable the plurality of users to buy one or more of the plurality renewable energy credits;
• a selling module configured to enable the plurality of users to sell the one or more of the plurality of renewable energy credits;
• and
• a trading information output module configured to generate at least one of a soft copy and a physical copy of a renewable energy credit trading information for each of the plurality of users;
• and
• a computing device comprising a user interface configured to enable the plurality of users to interact with the online trading system;
• and