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.

RECS International is excited to be expanding the secretariat. A list of open positions can be found below. Please use “RECS careers + position title” as the subject of the email.  Associate postion Director postion Intern postion For more information or to apply for these positions, email the secretariat directly at secretariat@recs.org

Please view the press release via the link below for information related to CNMC. RECS International members are encouraged to reach out to the secretariat for more information on this topic. Update 18/12/2017: the suspension of CNMC has now been avoided, see link below.

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

On Thursday 31 December the Association of Issuing Bodies and RECS International jointly organized the annual Open Markets Committee (OMC). It was a very successful meeting, attended by both members of RECS International (mainly market players) and national issuing bodies, regulators and others who work with the EECS Guarantee of Origin.

As was discussed during the General Meeting on December 1st, RECS International will be starting a working group to discuss new IT frameworks, most notably blockchain. 

On 20 November RECS International participated in the first plenary session of CertifHy, a project for designing a EU-wide Green Hydrogen Guarantee of Origin. The plenary session was attended by over 100 stakeholders from industry, policymakers, academia and research and associations.

The Renewables Good Practice (ReGP) guidance document has now been released for public stakeholder consultation. We welcome comments and suggestions on the current version 0.9 to the secretariat before January 15, 2018.

Please register today for the Open Markets Committee (30 November) and the RECS International General meeting (1 December) in Vienna, Austria. The agenda and meeting details are now available here. Registration closes on November 20th 2017.