Remote operations have historically run on diesel because it is portable and financeable. Both of those advantages have eroded as hybrid solar, storage and grid connection projects have become bankable on a fifteen-year horizon.
The economics stopped being a trade-off
When a power purchase agreement lands below the delivered diesel cost, the emissions reduction is a by-product of a procurement decision. That is the only version of decarbonisation that survives a downturn.
What to check in the disclosure
Contracted versus installed capacity, the share of load actually displaced, and whether the reported reduction is measured or modelled.
