Association of Issuing Bodies
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The Association of Issuing Bodies - the AIB - promotes the use of a standardised system, based on harmonized environment, structures and procedures in order to ensure the reliable operation of international energy certificate
systems. This standardized system is known as EECS - the European Energy Certificate System
- and is set out in "The EECS Rules" and its supporting documents.
Of the 27 countries of the European Union
, 15 are now active members, along with Norway and Switzerland. Since 2001, more one billion (1,068 million) 1MWh
certificates have been issued, of which 817 million have already been used (cancelled)to guarantee to consumers the origin of the renewable energy they have purchased. In 2010, more than 232 million certificates were issued, and 211 million of these were cancelled.
Energy certificate
An energy certificate is a transferable certificate, record or guarantee, in any form in relation to the amount of a specific type of energy or material goods consumed by an energy conversion device in the production of a quantity of energy or material goods and/or the attributes of the method and...
systems. This standardized system is known as EECS - the European Energy Certificate System
European Energy Certificate System
The European Energy Certificate System is a commercially funded, integrated European framework for issuing, holding, transferring and otherwise processing electronic records...
- and is set out in "The EECS Rules" and its supporting documents.
Of the 27 countries of the European Union
European Union
The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...
, 15 are now active members, along with Norway and Switzerland. Since 2001, more one billion (1,068 million) 1MWh
MWH
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certificates have been issued, of which 817 million have already been used (cancelled)to guarantee to consumers the origin of the renewable energy they have purchased. In 2010, more than 232 million certificates were issued, and 211 million of these were cancelled.