FuelSwitch
  • About Fuel Switch
    • Team & Founding Companies
    • Our Technology
  • User Guide
  • Manage your Account
    • Create a Fuel Switch Account
    • Connect your account to a Broker or Customer
      • What is a Broker?
  • Manage your Projects
    • Register your Project
    • Add a meter
    • Upload energy data
      • Data format & validation
      • Manual energy data uploads
      • API energy data uploads
    • Get RECs
  • Manage & Redeem your RECs
    • View your active RECs
    • Redeem RECs & download your Redemption Statement
  • Trade your RECs
    • Submit a Sell Order
    • Submit a Buy Order
    • Market orders & Limit orders
    • Orderbook
  • Your Wallet
    • How to deposit or withdraw funds
  • Fuel Switch API
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  1. Trade your RECs

Submit a Buy Order

The Fuel Switch marketplace enables offtakers and brokers to buy RECs at market-related prices

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Last updated 2 years ago

You can submit a buy order up to the amount of ZAR in your wallet.

You will need the following in place to buy RECs:

  • A

  • A REC Registry account linked to FuelSwitch

  • Sufficient available in your wallet

  1. Select ‘Trade’ on the side menu (or hamburger menu on mobile)

  2. Indicate in whose name you are trading. If you are a broker, select your customer from the drop-down menu. If you are trading on your own behalf, select “Myself”

  3. Select the type of renewable energy you are purchasing (Solar/Hydro/Wind/Biomass/Geothermal)

*On a wider screen you will see Buy and Sell simultaneously. On a mobile screen you will see Buy and Sell as two options in a toggle.

Market orders & Limit orders

  1. Select ‘Limit’ or ‘Market’.

  2. For a Limit Buy Order:

    The Orderbook will provide a live record of market data. You need to have sufficient funds in your wallet to place the order.

    • Define the maximum price you are willing to pay

    • Select the quantity of RECs to buy

    • Click ‘Submit Buy Order’

  • Select the quantity of RECs to buy

  • Click ‘Submit Buy Order’

  1. A pop-up will confirm the order summary. Click ‘Confirm’.

Your funds will be withdrawn from your digital wallet once the transaction is complete. Your RECs will then show in the My RECs section.

For a Market Buy Order: The will provide a live record of market data. You need to have sufficient funds in your wallet to place the order.

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