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NC-2009 EAc6:Green power

New renewable energy that is not double counted - enough?

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Maria Porter
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Skanska Sweden
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Another question for another project: The project has purchased shares in a new solar park, Sweden’s biggest when it’s finished. They have bought 100 % of the project’s electricity need for the next 20 years. The park will be located on an air field (so not in a nature reserve etc), it can by law not be double counted (EU has legislation around this) and also the project will buy the certificates so that they cannot be sold to other companies (project’s electricity will be green for real).

Intent of the credit is for it to be unquestionable (new) green electricity and for it not to be double-sold.

How do I show compliance? If I can show the contract and I show the EU legislation for how it cannot be double counted, is that enough?

Or does it have to be Eko Energy or GoO? Anyone have experience from this?

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