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By building on the achievements of the first phase of the project (01/2005 to 06/2007), which investigated the feasibility of a harmonised standard for the tracking of electricity generation in Europe, Phase II focuses on the specific situation in Member States.
Phase II continues the process of the harmonisation of tracking systems, including the new Guarantee of Origin, awarded to highly efficient cogeneration (CHP-E). The overall objective remains the same, namely to establish a comprehensive, reliable approach to tracking green electricity across Europe. Following the success of Phase I, key elements of the standard have been taken up by a number of countries already. A day-long final conference rounding off phase one brought together 150 attendees from 25 countries.
In this page:
Results
- An updated inventory of the tracking systems and the implementation of Guarantees of Origin and electricity disclosure in European countries
- A thorough revision of the proposed European tracking standard and more refined recommendations on tracking-related policies in Europe, including an overall strategy for the further development of energy-related certification schemes in Europe and their potential integration.
- Integration of the new Guarantees of Origin for electricity from combined heat and power production in the recommendations from the project.
- Improved reflection of the requirements from small and large consumers in the recommendations from the project.
- An intensified effort of advising Member States to make use of the proposed standard and policy recommendations.
Lessons learned
- Preliminary results from the inventory of national policies relating to tracking show that many Member States still have not transposed the current requirements on Guarantees of Origin for RES-E and CHP-E correctly into national regulations.
- On the other hand, there is a number of European countries which have chosen an advanced implementation of GO and/or disclosure, which exceeds the requirements of the respective Directives and in most cases contains significant elements of the E-TRACK standard recommendation of August 2007.
- Some European countries have experienced a debate about the reliability of green power claims of electricity suppliers. Several consumer organisations demand that green power contributes to the development of new installations using renewable energy sources. However, there is no broad agreement (yet) how this additionality of green products should be defined.
Partners and coordinator
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Oeko-Institut e.V. - Institute for Applied Ecology
Germany
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Key documents
- Summary Slides
PDF 125.74 KB
- Articles and Presentations
ZIP 3.07 MB
- Final Brochure
PDF 2.71 MB - Summary Slides
PPT 285 KB
- Synergy Potential of Smart Appliances
PDF 1.82 MB - Briefing Paper - Consumer Organisations
PDF 50.08 KB - Local Energy Smart Appliances
PDF 697.11 KB - Communication Containers for Smart Appliances
PDF 380.23 KB - Best Practice for the Tracking of Electricity
PDF 1.75 MB - Local Energy and Smart Appliances
PDF 682.42 KB - Make the Switch
PDF 3.1 MB - Energy Networks Report
PDF 2.31 MB - Guarantees of Origin in Europe
PDF 1.32 MB - Consumer Acceptance
PDF 360.98 KB - Situation in the NMS with Regard to Tracking
PDF 276.96 KB - Case Studies Report
PDF 95.58 KB - CHP-GO Implementation
PDF 470.52 KB - Costs and Benefits
PDF 846.9 KB - Strategies and Recommendations
PDF 97.32 KB - Situation of Energy Consumers
PDF 1.57 MB - 1st Dissemination Workshops
ZIP 1.98 MB - Energy Related Certification Schemes
PDF 207.53 KB - 2nd Dissemination Workshop
ZIP 2.12 MB - Summary Report
PDF 631.43 KB - Newsletters
ZIP 1.04 MB
In brief
Duration:
01/10/2007 to 30/09/2009 Contract number:
EISAS/EIE/07/102/2007
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