On March 28th the European commission released a green paper, “A 2030 framework for climate and energy policies”. 

A representative of Swissgird announced Wednesday at the 2013 RECS Market Meeting in Berlin that Switzerland is instituting mandatory full disclosure for all power stations in the country.  This is the first country to make such a step.

An UBA representative at the RECS Market Meeting, Wednesday, March 21st in Berlin, said for the first time publically that the Germany Guarantee of Origin registry will join the AIB-hub in 2013.

RECS members spoke at the RECS Market Meeting last week in Berlin about the need for the voluntary market to support new power – these members said they will both work towards this goal.

On 18 and 19 March more than 450 stakeholders from more than 10 EU-ministries spoke about how to improve consumer legislation.  The topic of energy was presented during a workshop within the conference.

RECS International is excited to again organize the RECS Market Meeting, this year in Berlin.

The Association of Issuing Bodies (AIB), the owners of the European Energy Certificate Standard (EECS), have formal applications from the German and French GO issuing bodies.  Germany has applied for access and use of the AIB hub whereas France has applied for full AIB membership.

A number of European organizations have promoted the harmonized, binding sustainability criteria for biomass on the EU-level.

The Dutch subsidy system (SDE+) now requires certification via Guarantees of Origin (GO) for all producers of renewable heat attempting to claim national subsidy credit.