This will ensure any payments to its energy supplier is funding renewable energy sources only. The green energy market can be complex, with many companies now offering competitive green electricity tariffs for both residential properties and businesses. Unfortunately, not all green electricity tariffs are equal as energy companies can purchase Renewable Energy Guarantee of Origin (REGO) certificates, without directly buying or generating renewable electricity, such as solar energy. Although the council switched to a green electricity tariff in April 2020, there was a potential that some REGOs provided via this tariff were being purchased in a way that may not entirely fund 100 per cent renewable generators.
Karl Tomusk
The UK Green Building Council has published “vital” guidance on ensuring that net-zero buildings and organisations in the UK are truly sustainable, setting out principles around high-quality renewable energy procurement and carbon offsets.
The guidance seeks to ensure that organisations and buildings make credible net-zero claims and avoid “greenwashing” – giving the impression of being environmentally conscious without making a meaningful difference.
Renewable energy is among the key themes in the report, which argues that the procurement of green energy in the UK has a limited impact and, in some cases, no impact at all on emissions reductions for the organisation or for the country.
UK green supplier Good Energy has signed a new subsidy-free agreement for two solar farms in Wales.
The two sites – Flint Landfill and Crumps Yard – are being developed by ENGIE on land owned by Flintshire County Council. Cumulatively the sites have a capacity of 3.5MW from 9,000 400W panels across the two.
Both received planning permission in 2020, and will enter the construction phase now following the financial agreement with Good Energy, which provides financial security to the Council and offers above market rates, the company said.
Solar power will be vital in driving forward the UK’s “transition to clean, green energy and tackle climate change,” said UK energy minister Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP.
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