Philips Lighting has become the first major international company to secure renewable electricity through renewable energy certificates in the Gulf region, one more step in the company’s goal towards sourcing 100% of its energy needs from renewable energy sources.
Across Europe, consumers are choosing renewable electricity and are doing so on a large scale. Last year, consumers actively chose to buy more than 550 TWh of renewable electricity, roughly equivalent to 20% of all European electricity consumption. Including green electricity that consumers cannot choose to buy because it part … [continued]
Renewable electricity demand in Europe was up 8% in 2015, according to new figures published this week. Figures published by the Association of Issuing Bodies, whose mission is to develop, use, and promote the European Energy Certificate System, showed that renewable electricity growth increased 8% from 2014 to 2015, surpassing … [continued]
Originally published on Energy Post. The European market for renewable energy, documented with Guarantees of Origin, increased by 26.5 % in 2014 compared to 2013. For the first time, the demand surpassed 300 TWh, according to statistics from the Association of Issuing Bodies (AIB). This is nearly one tenth of all … [continued]
