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* [[Guarantee of Origin]] (GO) | * [[Guarantee of Origin]] (GO) | ||
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* [[Renewable Energy Certificate]] (REC) | * [[Renewable Energy Certificate]] (REC) | ||
* [[Renewable Energy Credit]] | * [[Renewable Energy Credit]] | ||
Revision as of 09:56, 2 June 2023
Definition
An Energy Certificate is a transferable record or guarantee (Certificate) 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. Energy certificates issued under national legislation typically provide evidence of compliance. Electricity producers, suppliers, or consumers use these certificates when required to use a specific type of energy or to qualify for financial support. Qualifying plants often produce electricity from renewable sources.
Examples
An Energy Attribute Certificate is a generic form for energy certificates used in electricity production and consumtion. Some specific examples:
- Green Tags
- Guarantee of Origin (GO)
- International Renewable Energy Certificate (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)
- Levy Exemption Certificate (LEC), certificates used in the U.K. to provide energy suppliers with evidence needed to demonstrate to HMRC that electricity supplied to U.K. business customers is exempt from the Climate Change Levy.
European Union
The European Union created internationally transferable guarantees of origin: It provides proof to consumers of the source of their electricity, as required by Internal Market in Electricity Directive[1]. Electricity suppliers use these guarantees when calculating the proportions of energy sources (fossil fuel, nuclear, etc.) in their supplied energy. Governments use them to calculate the Residual Mix - the blend of electricity sources produced in a country, adjusted for imports and exports.
Directive 2009/28/EC and Directive 2012/27/EC require a guarantee of origin for Renewable Energy and highly-efficient co-generation. The Association of Issuing Bodies uses the European Energy Certificate System to facilitate issuing, using, and transferring of these certificates.
Issues and Challenges
- When energy certificates are tradeable and unbundled from the actual electricity delivery it is possible for an entity to acquire enough certificates to account for all of their purchased electricity. This enables eliminating reported Scope 2 GHG Emissions on sustainability disclosures.
See Also
References
- ↑ Directive 2009/72/EC
