The EKOenergy board, creating a standard for renewable electricity in Europe, has approved criteria in which the standard will be based upon the Guarantee of Origin.

In mid-2012 RECS International took part in a consultation put out by DG Competition in order to modernize State aid guidelines by the end of 2013. 

The Foundation Renewable Energy Transition (FRET) published a press release titled, "Preliminary Reference made to the ECJ on EU Law Compatibility of National Support Scheme for Renewable Energy".

Carbon Disclosure Project released the first public version of their scope II accounting technical notes. 

At a February 1st energy seminar in Berlin, Henk Kamp, Minister of Economic Affairs for the Netherlands requested that Europe work together to stimulate renewable energy production.

RECS International has been following the case between Alands Vindkraft AB and the Swedish Energy Agency (Energimyndigheten) for quite some time. The local Swedish court recently asked input from the European Court of Justice (ECJ). The ECJ has now officially issued a case number in response to this request from the Swedish court.

According to a press release of January 29th the French issuing body will be compliant with AIB rules to have an EECS standardized GO.

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RECS International invites you to read the first edition of the RECS Magazine.  This includes articles such as: ·   Cover story: Purchasing low-carbon electricity ·   Interview with Markus Schmid of WISE ·   RECS Market Meeting news ·   News items ·   Broker's column, Max van Meer