What is the RE-DISS project about ?
The RE-DISS project aims at improving significantly the reliability and accuracy of the information given to consumers of electricity in Europe regarding the origin of the electricity they are consuming. Such information is given to all consumers through the regime of electricity source disclosure, which is a requirement on all European suppliers of electricity.
The background of the project is formed by the formal tools of the Guarantees of Origin for electricity from renewable sources (RES) and from high-efficient cogeneration, which are defined by European Directives. The project aims at supporting European countries to properly implement the requirements set out in the new RES Directive 2009/28/EC as well as in the Cogeneration Directive and the Internal Energy Market Directive. The project establishes and supports a group of "Competent Bodies" which have been designated by major European countries and which are dedicated to improve the procedures for Guarantees of Origin and electricity disclosure in their countries.
The RE-DISS project has been launched in mid April 2010 and will terminate in October 2012. The project builds upon the results and recommendations from the E-TRACK project (www.e-track-project.org), which has developed a standard for systems tracking electricity attributes in Europe for the purpose of disclosure.
What are the project objectives?
- To support Competent Bodies across Europe in exchanging experience in implementing GO and disclosure.
- To identify potentials for improvements in current tracking systems and demand for cooperation across borders.
- To agree on a best practice recommendation for tracking systems which can be applied across Europe.
- To support the participating countries in actual improvements of their GO and disclosure systems.
- To promote the Reliable Disclosure approach in other European countries.
Thus in the long term the project aims :
- to reduce significantly the double counting of energy issued with Guarantees of Origin across Europe;
- to increase the accuracy and reliability of disclosure information provided to European electricity consumers; and
- to give additional green electricity production in Europe a true market value?
The project "Reliable Disclosure Systems for Europe (RE-DISS)" is funded by the Intelligent Energy Europe Programme of the European Commission.