Last month Nuon/Vattenfall has won a state tender for the first subsidy free offshore wind park. The construction is due to start in 2022. RECS International interviewed Esther Veldkamp of Vattenfall about this achievement and about the importance of the GO in financing the project, eliminating the need for subsidy. The interview was released on 19/04/2018 and can be read here.

The CertifHy platform (see previous news on this here) has recently been progressing on further developing the GO Scheme, GO issuing, GO commercialisation and the regulatory framework. 

Two new documents have been added to the Position Papers folder regarding RED II developments: 1.       Recommendations on Article 19 of the RED II – by ECOHZ 2.       The joint statement of Guarantees of Origin (previously mentioned in our newsletter here)

A corrected version of the 2017-Q4 statistics of the Association of Issuing Bodies AIB) is now available.

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has recently re-opened the standard documents for reporting on greenhouse gas emissions (14064-1) and carbon footprint of products (14067). RECS International and its partners were concerned when in a draft version, leading up to the final documentation, the market based method for creating carbon inventories was being prohibited. 

The AIB’s 2017 Q4 statistics are now available below. 

The Dutch minister for Economic Affairs and Climate  was questioned by a member of the Dutch House of Representatives regarding the sourcing of electricity by hospitals, universities and museums in the Netherlands.

On 13 and 14 March RECS International held its 8th edition of the yearly REC Market Meeting in Amsterdam. The conference was attended by more than 320 delegates from many parts of the world.

Members of RECS International who were unable to attend the REC Market Meeting can view the presentations with the password below.