At the request of Gasgrid Finland Oy, the Energy Authority has issued decision 16/071001/2023 (hereafter the “Energy Authority’s decision”) concerning taking energy for own use and auxiliary energy into account in determining the eligibility of gas energy for guarantees of origin. The Energy Authority’s decision, including rationale, can be found here (only in Finnish).
Summary of the Energy Authority’s decision
Under the Energy Authority’s decision, guarantees of origin for renewable gas may not be issued for renewable gas that is consumed in the production process of renewable gas. In the register of guarantees of origin for gas, the process gas at the production installation is divided into the gas produced and the gas consumed in the production process. The Act on Guarantees of Origin for Energy and the government proposal state unequivocally that it is not possible to issue guarantees of origin for gas consumed in the production process. Consequently, issuing guarantees of origin for gas that is consumed in the gas production process would be contrary to the Act on Guarantees of Origin for Energy and the preliminary work on the Act regardless of whether the gas originates in the production process or in a process outside it as in the case of fossil gas. This is why the gas consumed in the production process must be deducted from the amount of gas produced in determining the amount of gas eligible for guarantees of origin.
The requirements for the issue, transfer, cancellation and invalidation of guarantees of origin must be in accordance with the future CEN EN 16325 European guarantee of origin standard. The standard will regulate more precisely the taking into account of the energy consumed in the production process and its auxiliary devices in determining the energy eligible for guarantees of origin. Because the standard is still being updated and is thus not yet valid, the requirements in the national Act on Guarantees of Origin for Energy are complied with.
More information:
Service Manager Heli Haapea, customerservice@gasgrid.fi, tel. +358 40 352
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Taking energy for own use and auxiliary energy into account in determining the elegibility of gas