As energy attribute certificate markets are maturing, market players are now shifting their focus from tracking the origin of electricity to tracking other energy sources. The CertifHy project, undertaken by a consortium led by HINICIO, is bringing together a large group of stakeholders to jointly develop a GO scheme for hydrogen. 

The European Commission has published a “Notice to Stakeholders” regarding the “Withdrawal of the United Kingdom and EU rules in the field of Guarantees of Origin of electricity from renewable energy sources”.

RECS International has co-signed a joint statement to draw attention towards several crucial articles on the use and implementation of the Guarantee of Origin. 

On Tuesday 13 March 2018 the REC Market Meeting will open its doors in Amsterdam at the Krasnapolsky hotel.

The I-REC Standard has announced an Advisory Group meeting on March 14, 2018 from 15:00 - 16:00 at the Krasnapolsky Hotel in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The Advisory Group meeting will take place after the REC Market Meeting conference. To learn more go to the I-REC Standard news item here. 

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.