RECS International is pleased to release the Renewables Good Practice (ReGP). 

RECS International is pleased to welcome a new member: Gaia Environment from Singapore.

On 8 February 2018 the I-REC Standard is organizing a seminar "Los Certificados de Energía Renovable y Acción Empresarial para el Cambio Climático" (Renewable energy certificates and business action for climate change). The seminar will be held in Bogotá, Colombia.  The seminar offers an introduction to energy attribute certificates (EACs) and market overview for Latin America, as well as expert insights from market players in the region. The seminar will be in Spanish. For information and registration, go to the I-REC website and specifically the news item seen here.

Over the last months the international ISO Standard has been working on a specification for principles, requirements and guidelines for quantifying and reporting the carbon footprint of products. Initial draft versions of the ISO 14067 standard guidelines proposed an objection to the market-based framework (ie. reporting through tracking mechanisms such as the Guarantee of Origin) for purchased electricity. This would have resulted in conflicting guidance to other well known existing standard frameworks, notably the Greenhouse  Gas Protocol Scope 2 Guidance.

RECS International will be starting a working group to discuss new IT frameworks, most notably blockchain. 

RECS International is expanding! Are you looking to be part of an energetic team supporting the transition to renewable electricity? Then let us know! Take a look at the open positions on our website here and on LinkedIn here.

Recs International welcomes three new members: GGNE, Optiment and SCB Group.

RECS International is pleased to see the large interest in the yearly conference, the REC Market Meeting. This shows that the significance of the role of consumers in the renewable energy transition is being recognised by actors throughout the industry, from producers to traders to consumers and other stakeholders. 

Those who work with the Guarantee of Origin are anxiously following the developments of the upcoming Renewable Energy Directive (REDII). The European Commission, Parliament and Council have now moved forward into the next phase of the negotiations: the trialogues.