☑️ Why Do We Need Granular Certificates?
Granular Matching is Happening already !!! It is great to see 24/7 carbon-free energy being a reality as the granular certificate market gets more traction with the addition of more than 20 Case Studies across the globe.
Refer to the EnergyTag’s Blog on the Feasibility of Granular Certificates and Getting Started with EnergyTag page.
☑️ How Granular Certificates Work?
Granular Certification System
The figure above shows the overview of all the roles for the Granular Certificate Scheme under The EnergyTag Scheme Standard. The process of energy flows physically from Producer to Consumer and data flow from GC issuer/Consumer to Matcher to Claim verifier is self-explanatory in the figure above.
Brief definitions of each role are as follows:
Producer: The owner of a Production Device which is valid for GC Issuance.
Granular Certificate Issuer (GC Issuer): A Granular Certificate Issuer is an organization responsible for the administration of the Granular Certificates within a Domain for an Energy Carrier, ensuring the avoidance of Double Counting of the Attributes represented by the Granular Certificates it administers throughout their lifetime.
Consumer: The final beneficiary of GC/EAC cancelation and potentially the user of associated consumed energy.
GC Matcher (or GC-Consumption Matcher) (or Matcher): An Organization that matches the Attributes of canceled GCs to a specific quantity of energy consumption of a specific Consumer/Supplier, with a view to determining the content of a GC Matching Claim
Claim Verifier (or GC Claim Verifier): An organization checking that Granular Certificates (GCs) are canceled against the energy consumption measured at one or a group of multiple Consumption Points in compliance with the Matching rules in this standard and the guidelines in the GC Use Case Guidelines.