Portugal – Legal context
"The GO system for thermal and electric energy from renewable energy sources (GO-FER) derives from Directive 2009/28 / EC, of 23 April, on the promotion of the use of energy [...]
June 2020
Portugal – EEGO – What are Guarantees of Origin?
"Guarantees of Origin (GO) are electronic certificates that are intended to prove to the final consumer the share or amount of energy from a certain source through a certain technology, [...]
April 2020
Sembcorp – What are RECS?
"A Renewable Energy Certificate (REC) is a market-based instrument that certifies the bearer owns one megawatt-hour (MWh) of electricity generated from a renewable energy resource." Source: https://a.pgtb.me/hSSlgV
January 2020
Singapore – What is the status of renewable energy in Singapore?
"Renewable energy (“renewables”) is energy generated from natural resources that can be replenished. These include solar, wind, geothermal and hydro. In Singapore, we have limited renewable energy options. There are [...]
South Korea – Can environmental attributes be stripped and sold separately?
Persons engaged in new and renewable energy generation business can receive RECs issued by KEA (through its New and Renewable Energy Center) in respect of electricity generated by new and [...]
South Korea – Who is operating the RECs market?
MOTIE is also in charge of overseeing regulatory authorisations for electricity business and thus supervises the allocation of permits needed for generation business, except for any generation business with a [...]
South Korea – Who is certifying and issuing RECs?
The New and Renewable Energy Center also takes the role of certifying and issuing RECs by reviewing the REC applications submitted by parties that conduct new and renewable energy generation [...]
December 2019
Mexico – What is a Clean Energy Certificate? (CEL)
"The Electric Industry Law (LIE) defines in its article 3, section VIII, the Clean Energy Certificates (CEL) as that title issued by the Energy Regulatory Commission (the Commission) that accredits [...]
Mexico – How much will the CELs be worth?
"Since CELs are a market instrument, their price is not fixed, but depends on supply and demand; Market Participants may submit offers to sell CEL at any price, as well [...]
Mexico – Which technologies are entitled to receive CEL for their generated energy?
Those technologies that are considered clean as defined in Article 3, section XXII of the LIE, namely: Wind; Solar radiation, in all its forms; The oceanic energy in its different [...]