Clean electricity: International experience on open markets

Clean electricity:
International
experience on open
markets
1/19/10
Contents of the presentation
1. FANC
2. EKOenergy
3. Open electricity markets in EU
4. Success based on trust
5. RES-E Renewable Electricity Standard for Europe
6. How can you participate?
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Finnish Association for Nature
Conservation (FANC)
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The biggest environmental NGO in
Finland.
Active members all over Finland from
Lapland to Helsinki and from the
Russian border to the Western Finland.
Member of EEB, biggest European
federation for ENGOs.
Member of IUCN, the world's oldest
and largest environmental network
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Open electricity markets
in EU enables:
1. all consumers freely to choose their suppliers and
2. all suppliers freely to deliver to their customers and
3. ”green electricity” sales.
* End-users finance the whole sector - companies and
households. What if they decide to stop buying
non-sustainable energy?
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Success of the voluntary green
energy market is based on TRUST!
Green energy purchases must make a
difference like:
• New renewables or
• Making old renewables more sustainable or
• CO2 emissions reductions.
Third parties like NGOs and ecolabels play a crucial role!
Electricity must be tracked and double counting must be avoided Guarantees of Origin!
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An example of a sustainability criteria:
Criteria for sustainable hydro power in EKOenergy
An environmental inventory about each
hydro power station must be supplied to FANC.
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A fish passage is required in order to qualify for EKOenergy
certification. (Exception is made if the fish passage does not
benefit fish or mussel populations on the river or if the fish
passage is impossible to be built.)
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A small amount of money must be paid to the EKOenergy
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Environmental Fund for every kWh sold to end-users.
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O p e n re ta il m a rk e ts fo r
e le c tric ity in E U e n a b le :
1. all consumers freely to choose their suppliers and
2. all suppliers freely to deliver to their customers and
3. ”green electricity” sales.
* End-users finance the whole sector - companies and
households. What if they decide to stop buying
non-sustainable energy?
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O p e n re ta il m a rk e ts fo r
e le c tric ity in E U e n a b le :
1. all consumers freely to choose their suppliers and
2. all suppliers freely to deliver to their customers and
3. ”green electricity” sales.
* End-users finance the whole sector - companies and
households. What if they decide to stop buying
non-sustainable energy?
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If TRUSTED
End users and energy companies are
proud to tell that the electricity they
use or sell is ecolabeled!
There is a good market price for that!
RES-E
Renewable Electricity Standard
for Europe
Why such a system is not
European wide???
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RES-E is giving a birth to a
European wide ecolabel for
energy.
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Joint initiative by EKOenergy
and RECS International.
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”Coalition of the Willing” is
developing the standard.
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Based on Guarantees of
Origin.
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Owned by a fund managed by
energy companies,
environmental NGOs and
consumer associations.
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RES-E
Renewable Electricity
Standard for Europe
Join the ”Coalition of the Willing” at www.res-e.org!
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