Eugene Green Energy Standard
The Eugene Green Energy Standard was an
Dismantling
On 2 February 2009, EUGENE’s General Assembly voted in favour of its dismantling. It was agreed that the members and board would continue to work together to promote green energy in Europe, but that the EUGENE standard and the association (ASBL) under Belgian law would cease to exist.[3]
The standard
The standard confirmed that energy supplied under the accredited schemes:[4]
- Is produced from genuinely sustainable energy sources.
- Will result in a real increase in renewable generation beyond the requirements imposed by government ('additionality').
- That the demand from consumers is matched by renewable generation.
Two variations of the standard, 'gold' and 'silver', differentiated between schemes depending on the additionality of new renewable energy supplied. The development of the standard was aided by the European Union's CLEAN-E initiative during 2005 and 2006[5][6]
Accredited energy labels
National energy labels formerly accredited by EUGENE included:[7]
The organisation also recommends certain other national schemes that are progressing towards accreditation, including:[8]
- Finland: EKOenergy
- Netherlands: Milieukeur Archived 2007-06-13 at the Wayback Machine
- Sweden: Bra Miljöval
There was no Eugene accredited scheme in the
The Eugene Standard had also been adopted in Chile,[10] while a pilot scheme is in progress in France.
The Eugene Network
The standard was managed by the Eugene Network (formerly the European Green Electricity Network), an international membership-based
Full voting membership of the Network was open to 'citizen organisations pursuing not for profit activities with the objectives of promoting green electricity but with no direct interests in the generation and supply of energy services'. Organisations outside this scope but which do 'have a commitment and interest in creating a viable
As of June 2007, the members of the Eugene Network were:[14]
- World Wide Fund for Nature [1]
- Chile: Instituto de Ecología Política [2]
- Finland: Finnish Association for Nature Conservation [3]
- France: Comité de Liaison Energies Renouvelables [4]
- Germany: EnergieVision [5]
- Spain: Asociacion para la Defensa de la Naturaleza [6]
- Sweden: Swedish Society for Nature Conservation [7] Archived 2007-06-09 at the Wayback Machine
- Switzerland: Association for Environmental Friendly Electricity (VUE) [8]
- Switzerland: Swiss Federal Institute for Environmental Science and Technology (EAWAG) [9]
See also
- EKOenergy
- Electricity retailing
- Energy conservation
- Energy policy
- Energy quality
- Environmental concerns with electricity generation
- Global warming
- ISO 14001
- Low-carbon economy
- REN21
References
- ^ Eugene Standard - Technical Document, Eugene, accessed 2007-06-07
- ^ Eugene Standard - Letter from Board about dismantling Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine, Eugene, accessed 2010-02-26
- ^ Eugene Standard - Letter from Board about dismantling Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine, Eugene, accessed 2010-02-26
- ^ Vision, Eugene, accessed 2007-06-07
- ^ CLEAN-E project has supported Eugene, Eugene, accessed 2007-06-07
- ^ Intelligent Energy Europe Archived 2007-06-03 at the Wayback Machine, European Commission, accessed 2007-06-07
- ^ Certify your product, Eugene, accessed 2007-06-07
- ^ The Eugene Standard Archived 2007-02-21 at the Wayback Machine, WWF European Climate Change & Energy Unit, published 2006-05-31, accessed 2007-06-07
- ^ Final Green Supply Guidelines Ofgem, accessed 2010-02-26
- ^ Eugene Standard adopted in Chile, Eugene, published 2004, accessed 2007-06-07
- ^ WWF launches European green energy standard Archived 2007-09-26 at the Wayback Machine, Edie, published 2002-06-26, accessed 2007-06-07
- ^ History, Eugene, accessed 2007-06-07
- ^ Membership, Eugene, accessed 2007-06-07
- ^ List of members, Eugene, accessed 2007-06-07
External links
- GreenLabelsPurchase.net: Eugene Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
- Present and Future Development of Bra Miljöval-labelled electricity (2005-02-14)
- Additionality in renewable energy Archived 2007-08-12 at the Wayback Machine
- Association for Environment Conscious Building: The Green Electricity Illusion
- Eugene Standard entry at ecolabelling.org
- In the media
- 1 January 2007, Leonardo Energy: Green Power labels not yet at full power Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
- 2 October 2002, World Wildlife Fund: Green electricity that really is green