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NC-2009 EAc6:Green power

Additional requirements - Guarantees of Origin (GOs)

The European ACP for EAc6 states: "Guarantees of Origin (GOs) are an acceptable equivalent to the Green-e program for electricity if additional requirements are met with regards to location of power generation, hydropower and biomass in Europe." Does anyone know what these "additional requirements" are? It seems I can't find any reference to that nor any specific requirements.

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Marcus Sheffer
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Thu, 10/06/2016 - 13:37

You have to read those portions of the Green-e Standard and demonstrate that the green power you are purchasing is equivalent. http://www.green-e.org/getcert_re_stan.shtml

Mon, 10/10/2016 - 07:52

Thanks Marcus. Sounds to me like we are to show the equivalency of local green power and Green-e, which was introduced by addenda in mid 2012 independent of GOs. I thought there would be a more streamlined compliance path based on the full official ACP rating system from 2014, with either EKOenergy or GOs; and having less to demonstrate when we use GOs.
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FABIO VIERO
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Mon, 02/19/2018 - 10:29

Hi Jens, any update about that? Thank you in advance.

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