Is it possible for people to source or certify sustainable Bitcoin? Since there is a transaction chain, can you choose to buy or boycott “dirty coins”?
[1] https://www.hydroquebec.com/data/documents-donnees/pdf/compa...
Multiple providers are working like this in Europe at least. They partner with many local solar/hydro/wind producers. It's approximate of course they can't predict exactly the amount required in advance but in the grand scheme of things it works by supply/demand mechanics..
You could trace btc to a reward allocated to a miner on a renewable electricity contract. Then you know an equivalent amount of energy used to mine these coins was produced sustainably.
It's all just accounts with balances.