Requirements and possibilities for an EU-wide standardisation or harmonisation of guarantees of origin and disclosure systems

The project “Requirements and possibilities for an EU-wide standardisation or harmonisation of GO and disclosure systems“ commissioned by the German Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt – UBA) strives to develop proposals for the further development of systems of guarantees of origin and disclosure on a European level. Therefore, the European and national regulatory situation for GO and electricity disclosure was analysed from the legal perspective and from the perspective of energy markets, and concrete proposals were developed in coordination with UBA and the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (Bundeswirtschaftsministerium – BMWi). A focus was placed on the relation between voluntary markets for RES-E and public support systems and the accounting of supported RES-E. The progress of the recast process and the different versions of draft regulations by the relevant EU institutions (Commission, Council, Parliament) was closely followed. UBA and BMWi were supported on an ad-hoc basis with analysing the drafts and adapting appropriate proposals.