It is highly likely that following on the heels of the Czech Republic another 3 to 4 countries will also join the European EECS GO standard in 2014.

Journalist and contributor for Energy Post, Karel Beckman, wrote an article about recent Advocate-General final opinion in the Alands Vindkraft v. Swedish Energy Agency Court case.

The Directorate-General for Competition prepared a consultation to review the draft guidelines on environmental and energy State Aid 2014-2020. 

Sixty-nine organizational responses were delivered to the Council for European Energy Regulators’ (CEER) recent green electricity consultation.  The consultation was released as part of CEERs increased focus on European energy consumers.

DLA Piper has released a document explaining the recent European Court of Justice (ECJ) court case. 

Immediately following the RECS Market Meeting in Düsseldorf, Germany on March 18 and 19, the Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHGP) and RECS International will be hosting a workshop to discuss GHGP’s new Scope 2 Guidance draft.

RECS International members are encouraged to read and respond to RECS International’s response to the CEER consultation.

Existing national renewable energy support schemes are, in the opinion of the Advocate General, illegal since they are discriminating against foreign production sources.  This final opinion was released yesterday. The European Court of Justice still needs to provide the final ruling before the opinion takes effect.  This final ruling is at least a couple of months away. 

RECS International will again have a booth at E-World on February 11, 12 and 13.  We have an open request for German speaking members to help at the booth for a few hours during this time period.  In addition we have a limited amount of free tickets for entrance to E-World for interested members.