Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. signed an agreement with Southern Company’s subsidiary Southern Power for its 200 megawatt Reading wind facility in a bid to offset up to 12 percent of the cruise operator’s emissions, according to an October 11 press release. The project, located in eastern Kansas, was originally developed by Renewable Energy Systems Ltd. and will be Southern Power’s eleventh wind facility as well as its first project to be validated as a carbon offset under the Verified Carbon Standard, a voluntary program for the certification of greenhouse gas emission reduction projects. The wind farm is set to begin construction in the second quarter of 2019, to be completed by the second quarter of 2020.