"The AIB shall be the leading enabler of international energy certificate schemes."
The Association of Issuing Bodies - the AIB - promotes the use of a standardised system, based on harmonised environment, structures and procedures in order to ensure the reliable operation of international energy certificate systems. This standardised system is known as EECS® - the European Energy Certificate System - and is set out in "The Principles and Rules of Operation" (the PRO) and its supporting documents.
Of the 27 countries of the European Union, 14 are now active members, along with Norway and Switzerland: 10 offer internationally transferable renewable energy guarantees of origin (RES-GO), and almost all offer voluntary RECS certificates.
Since 2001, more than three-quarters of a billion (827 million) 1MWh EECS®certificates have been issued, of which 561 million have been used to guarantee to consumers the origin of the renewable energy they have purchased. More than 212 million certificates were issued for electricity produced during 2009, and 151 million were used to disclose the source of energy to consumers. In 2010, 68 million certificates have so far been issued, and 132 million were used as evidence for disclosure purposes.
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Certification
describes in more detail the concept and how certificates can be used, and answers frequently asked questions
Association
gives details of forthcoming AIB events, and describes the AIB setting out its aims, officials, organisation structure and history. Also, there are useful documents, such as annual reports, expert papers, press releases, newsletters, standard contracts and relevant EU Directives.
Operations
contains the regulations for EECS® - the European Energy Certificate System, and its implementation in the different countries in a series of "domain protocols", plus the CHP Model, which calculates the number of guarantees of origin to be awarded for high-efficiency CHP electricity. It also contains market information, comprising:
a list of account holders per domain;
a quarterly report of market activity (issuing, transfer and cancellation of certificates);
details of the registries and the inter-registry Hub;
membership of each EECS Scheme; and
pricing information where available.
Members
lists members and the certificates they offer. Members of AIB can also access a calender of events; detail of consultations; meeting arrangements, agendas, papers and minutes; details of national schemes and document templates.
For more information, or if you would like to join, please contact the AIB secretariat at: info@aib-net.org.
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