RECS Lessons learned

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RECSLessons learned

• Peter Niermeijer
• General Secretary RECS
• (Ecofys NL)

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Outline presentation

• Who is behind RECS?
• Key issues
• Harmonisation certificate systems
• Harmonisation demand side certificate market
• Trade aspects
• Climate change aspects

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Who is behind RECS?

• Stakeholders are
• Market players
• Consumers (industry, commerce and domestic)
• National and European political stakeholders
• Non-governmental environmental organisations
• 150 members from 18 countries
• All of EU except (Portugal), Greece and
  Luxembourg
• ..also USA, Australia, Japan and New Zealand.
• ..interest expressed from 44 other countries
• Supported by EC
• No-one, no organisation, no country dominates
• Chaired by Italy (was Netherlands, then Germany)

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Structure of the RECS Group
Presidium
RECS Bureau
Governmental group
Association of Issuing Bodies
Trade Group
PR Comms
National teams
Members
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Key issues
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Harmonisation systems
Demand
Supply
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Certificate System
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No Harmonisation Incompatible Systems
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Compatible Systems
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What can you do with RECS?
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Voluntary Green Tariff (NL)
Demand
Supply
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Green labeling
certificate market
electricity

market
Demand
Supply
IB
Issuing Registration
Redeeming
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Mandatory systems
electricity

market
Demand
Supply
IB
Issuing Registration
Redeeming
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Feed in systems
electricity

market
Demand
Supply
IB
Issuing Registration
Redeeming
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Import green energy
RECS forum or Governmental meeting
certificate market
electricity

market
Demand
Supply
IB
Issuing Registration
Redeeming
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Summarizing

• Voluntary green tariffs
• Green labeling
• Mandatory systems
• Feed in laws
• Import and export
• Certificate of origin (art. 5 RES Directive)
• Monitoring

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Key issue trade aspects

• Legal status of a certificate
• Size of certificate MWh
• Different eligibility in countries
• Different validity dates
• Variety in products wind, hydro, solar, etc
• Different penalties
• National targets
• Banking and borrowing
• Market places price index?

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Climate change

• Concept of the jewel box
• Is the certificate traded?
• How much CO2 was in it?
• Are you allowed to take it out?
• Trade between companies or parties
• Does it fit in Kyoto mechanism?
• Building registries
• CDM/JI

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RECS strategy
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Some remarks

• 1. Creating certificate systems is one thing,
• 2. Buying certificates is an other thing
• Who is paying?
• Is international trade necessary?
• Is this according subsidiarity principle?
• Cost-efficient
• Operational . Now!

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