Following a decision of the Association of Issuing Bodies’ (AIB) General Meeting, Slovakia will officially join the AIB in January 2020.

Sponsorship packages are now available for the 10th edition of the REC Market Meeting, which will take place at Hotel Okura Amsterdam, the Netherlands on Tuesday 31 March and Wednesday 1 April 2020.

RECS International, in cooperation with consultancy agency VaasaETT, is publishing the 2018 GO Monitoring report.

On 8 November 2019 RECS International will host, in collaboration with CEZ, a one-day workshop on the implementation of Article 19 of the recast Renewable Energy Directive (RED-2).

As in previous years, RECS International is collaborating with the the RE-Source platform for the event taking place in Amsterdam on 2 and 3 October 2019. The RE-Source event gathers leading experts to discuss the latest trends in PPAs and the corporate sourcing of renewable energy.

In recent months RECS International has worked to establish a dialogue between the European Commission, the Swiss Government, RECS International and the AIB with the aim of ensuring a clear and effective process for the mutual recognition of GOs between EU Member States and third countries.

Nationally imposed conditions for trade, expiry and cancellation of guarantees of origin can differ between member countries of the Association of Issuing Bodies (AIB). To provide transparency on these conditions, the AIB has created a document which provides an overview of the different rules and regulations of the AIB members.

As in previous years, on 28 November 2019 the Association of Issuing Bodies (AIB) and RECS International are jointly organizing the Open Markets Committee (OMC). On 29 November 2019 RECS International will be organizing the RECS General Meeting (GM). Both meetings will be held in Luxembourg.

The International REC Standard, together with SP Group, are organizing a one-day forum about the International REC Standard, the associated market and national regulations and best practices in Singapore.