Energy Certificate

Definition

An Energy Certificate is a transferable record or guarantee related to the amount of Energy or material goods consumed by an Energy Transformation process.

A certificate may be in any form, including electronic, and lists attributes such as method, quality, compliance, and tracking.

Examples

• Green tags
• Guarantee of Origin (GO)
• International REC Standard (I-REC Standard)
• Renewable Energy Certificate (REC)
• Renewable Energy Credit
• Tradable Instruments for Global Renewables (TIGR)
• Tradable Renewable Certificate (TRC)
• Tradable Renewable Energy Certificate (TREC)

See Also

• EPC Rating