On July 2, the General Office of the National Development and Reform Commission and the General Department of the National Energy Administration jointly issued the Notice on the Weight of Responsibility for Renewable Energy Power Consumption in 2025 and Related Matters (hereinafter referred to as the Notice), which issued the weight of responsibility for renewable energy power consumption in 2025 and 2026 and the proportion of green power consumption in key energy-using industries. On the basis of increasing the proportion of green power consumption in electrolytic aluminium industry in 2024,
the Notice will increase the proportion of green power consumption in steel, cement, polysilicon industries and new data centers in national hub nodes in 2025. In 2025, the proportion of green electricity consumption in cement industry in each province will range from 25.2% to 70%, and will increase to 26 in 2026.
So what is green electricity? What basic knowledge does the cement industry need to know about green electricity and green certificate?
2. Due to the homogeneity of electricity, except for special circumstances such as special line power supply (direct power supply) and self-use, after the electricity is connected to the grid, it is impossible to distinguish the type of electricity from the grid side and the user side (I. E. It is impossible to distinguish whether it is coal power or green power), and it can only be distinguished from the power generation side through special identification, so the green certificate emerges as the times require. Green certificate information contains the basic information of the project and power generation information, which can accurately trace the source of green power and correspond to renewable energy one by one. It is a standardized tool to prove the environmental attributes of green power.
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(2) The significance
of green certificate 4. The implementation of green certificate system is conducive to guiding the consumption of green electricity in the whole society. Green certificate is the only certificate to identify green power consumption, and energy-using enterprises or individuals can complete green power consumption by holding green certificate. For example, multinational companies such as Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz, Apple and BASF, which have joined green power consumption initiatives such as RE100, have promised to use 100% of green power, and require their supply chain enterprises to use the corresponding proportion of green power, which can be proved by purchasing green certificates. Second, it is conducive to promoting the development, construction and utilization of renewable energy power generation projects. The generation or transaction of each green certificate means that 1000 degrees of green power has been produced or consumed. By selling green certificates, power generation enterprises can obtain environmental benefits of green power, which is conducive to mobilizing the enthusiasm of project development and construction. By purchasing green certificates, users can prove that they have completed green power consumption or fulfilled their social responsibilities, which is conducive to promoting the consumption and utilization of renewable energy power. Third, it is conducive to supporting the convergence of electricity and carbon, helping to achieve the goal of double carbon and the overall transformation of the economy and society. Green certificate, as an authoritative certificate to trace and prove green power consumption, opens up the key link of electricity and carbon synergy, is an important link to promote green and low-carbon energy transformation and energy conservation and carbon reduction in the whole society, and is of great significance to promote the high-quality development of renewable energy and help achieve the goal of double carbon.
(3) The role
of green certificate 5.6. First, it plays a fundamental role in the certification of green power consumption. Green power consumption certification generally refers to the certification of the proportion of green power consumption of products, organizations and activities (the ratio of the corresponding electricity consumption to the total electricity consumption). Third-party organizations can directly carry out green power consumption certification based on green certificates. For example, large-scale international events such as China International Import Expo and International Energy Change Forum can achieve 100% green power consumption by purchasing green certificates. Second, as an accounting tool, it is included in the assessment of energy conservation and carbon reduction. In January 2024, the Notice on Strengthening the Connection between Green Power Certificates and Energy Conservation and Carbon Reduction Policies and Vigorously Promoting Non-fossil Energy Consumption (FGHZ [2024] No.113) made it clear that the corresponding electricity quantity of green certificate transactions should be included in the assessment index of energy conservation target responsibility of the provincial people's government in the 14th Five-Year Plan. Characteristics
of the green certificate system 7. Since 2017, China has implemented a pilot green certificate issuance and voluntary subscription system, which only issues green certificates for subsidized projects of onshore wind power and centralized photovoltaic power generation. In 2019, the scope of green certificate issuance was extended to wind power and photovoltaic power generation parity projects. In 2021, green power trading pilot projects will be launched in power trading institutions. In July 2023, the policy of full coverage of green certificates was implemented, which made it clear that green certificates were the only proof of the environmental attributes of renewable energy power in China and the only proof of the production and consumption of renewable energy power in China. The National Energy Administration issued green certificates to all renewable energy power generation projects that had been registered. In July 2024, a special chapter on green electricity trading will be issued; in August of the same year, the rules on the issuance and trading of green certificates will be issued, and the notice on the connection between green certificates and the voluntary emission reduction market (CCER) will be issued. In November 2024, the Energy Law of the People's Republic of China explicitly established a green energy consumption promotion mechanism through the implementation of green certificates and other systems. 8.9. In principle,
China's renewable energy electricity can only be applied for and issued with China's green certificate, and the electricity corresponding to the green certificate shall not be repeatedly applied for foreign green certificates and other certificates of the same attribute in the field of electric power. 10.11
At the same time, the user can query the green certificate information traceability through the system.
12. In addition, according to the Notice on the Connection between Renewable Energy Green Power Certificate and Voluntary Emission Reduction Market (Guoneng Comprehensive New Energy [2024] 124), during the two-year transition period, deep-sea wind power and photothermal power projects can independently choose to issue trading green certificates or apply for CCER in accordance with relevant regulations. Avoid duplication of benefits.
2. Green Certificate Style and Information
(1) Certificate Style and Information
13. The state issues green certificates to power generation enterprises or project owners according to the amount of renewable energy corresponding to 1000 kilowatt-hours per green certificate unit. After the green certificate transaction is completed, the green certificate transaction voucher is generated for the convenience of power users to display to the outside world.
14. Among them, the main information is recorded on the green certificate page, and the detailed information is recorded in the basic information table of the green certificate (displayed by scanning the QR Code in the lower left corner). 15.16
. For the first 17 digits, from left to right, they represent project type, energy type, technology type, approval (filing) time, address, sequence code and check code. For the last 15 digits, they represent electricity production date, green certificate sequence code, electricity classification and transaction classification from left to right.
(II) Other functional design
17. If the green certificate and transaction voucher in English are required, the transaction entity shall apply separately on each green certificate trading platform according to the process. After the English information is checked, the green certificate and transaction voucher in English will be generated. The style is as follows. The detailed information obtained by scanning the green certificate or the green certificate transaction voucher QR Code is also in both Chinese and English.
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III. Green Certificate Issuance
(I) Issuing Institution and Platform
19.20. It mainly includes five functions: First, green certificate declaration management. If the power grid enterprise and the power trading center are unable to provide the electricity quantity information required for the green certificate issuance, the project owner can fill in the project settlement electricity quantity and other information through this module; the second is the green certificate account management, including the summary and management of the project green certificate issuance information and the green certificate transaction information; The third is the green certificate issuance management, in which the issuing institution issues the corresponding green certificate after verifying the information such as the settlement electricity quantity filled in by the project owner; the fourth is the green certificate transaction management, in which the power generation enterprise or the project owner can realize the distribution of the issued green certificate on the green certificate transaction platform through this module; Fifth, green certificate objection handling, supporting power generation enterprises, green certificate trading platform and other participants to achieve green certificate declaration, issuance, trading and other aspects of objection application and processing.
(2) Issuance requirements and rules
21. In accordance with the Notice of the State Energy Administration on Organizing the Work of Establishing Archives and Establishing Cards for Renewable Energy Power Generation Projects, Renewable energy power generation project filing and card establishment is the process of completing information registration for grid-connected renewable energy projects such as wind power, solar power, conventional hydropower, pumped storage and biomass power generation, and generating project codes for each project, which is the unique identification code for the whole life cycle of the project.
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26.If the power grid enterprise or the power trading center is unable to provide the information required for the issuance of the green certificate, the electricity information and certification materials provided by the power generation enterprise, the project owner or the agency shall be initially verified by the National Renewable Energy Information Management Center, and the green certificate shall be issued after the review by the National Energy Administration Qualification Center. 27.28
. For early renewable energy power generation projects, a transition period will be set. For renewable energy power generation before January 1, 2024 (excluding), the validity period of the corresponding green certificate will be extended to the end of 2025.
29. The green certificate corresponding to the green power transaction is also issued before the transaction. In the transaction process, the national green certificate issuing and trading system transfers the corresponding green certificate from the green certificate account of the power generation enterprise to the green certificate account of the power user according to the green power transaction settlement information provided by the power trading center. 30.31
. Landfill gas power generation projects belong to the category of biomass power generation, and green certificates can be issued. 32.33.34.35.36
. If the power grid enterprises and power trading institutions have provided the information required for the issuance of green certificates, the system shall automatically issue green certificates without the participation of agencies; If power grid enterprises and power trading institutions are unable to provide the information required for the issuance of green certificates, the agency may provide electricity information and other materials on behalf of the project owners and participate in the issuance of green certificates. The agency shall sign an authorization agreement with the subject of the entrusted transaction, submit the scanned copy of the agreement to the National Green Certificate Issuance Trading System for the record, and register the agency account in the National Green Certificate Issuance Trading System.
4. Green Certificate Transaction
(1) Participants in
Green Certificate Transaction 37.38. Buyers are legal persons, non-legal organizations and natural persons who meet the relevant provisions of the state, including government agencies, enterprises and institutions, social institutions and individuals. 39.40
. The agency shall sign an authorization agreement with the entrusted trading subject, submit the scanned copy of the agreement to the national green certificate issuance trading system for filing, and register the agency account in the national green certificate issuance trading system. After the successful registration of the agency account, the operation authority of the entrusted trading entity will be frozen, and the green certificate in the account of the entrusted trading entity will be put on the trading platform or purchased by the agency account.
(2) Green certificate transaction mode and process
41. Green certificate separate transaction (generally referred to as green certificate transaction) means that buyers and sellers only trade green certificates, not bound with physical electricity. The separate transaction of green certificates is not subject to the physical connection of the power grid and is freely traded throughout the country. Green power trading refers to the variety of power trading with green power and the corresponding environmental value of green power as the subject matter. Green certificates are provided at the same time to meet the needs of power generation enterprises, power selling companies and power users to sell and purchase green power. Green power trading requires both sides of the transaction to have a physical channel connection to the power grid. Green power trading is a special form of green certificate trading. Both green certificate trading and green power trading reflect the environmental value of renewable energy green power through green certificate, proving the completion of green power consumption. 42.43
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Listing transaction means that the seller lists the relevant information of the green certificate to be sold on the green certificate trading platform, and the intended buyer checks the real-time listing information through the trading platform to complete the green certificate transaction and settlement by delisting. The seller's listing information shall include the quantity, unit price, project type, project introduction and other information of the subject matter of the transaction.
Bilateral negotiation transaction means that both parties independently negotiate to determine the quantity and price of green certificate transaction, sign a one-time transfer agreement, and complete the green certificate delivery through the green certificate trading platform. Both sides of the transaction can choose to pay online funds on the trading platform, or they can negotiate to pay offline funds on their own. 44.45
. The Rules for the Issuance and Trading of Green Power Certificates for Renewable Energy (Guo Neng Fa Xin Neng Gui [2024] No.67) clearly States that "no unit shall directly or indirectly interfere with the green certificate market by compulsory means, including interfering with the price formation mechanism of green certificate trading and restricting the green certificate trading area".
For separate transactions of green certificates, the transaction price of green certificates shall be determined by the way of negotiation between the buyer and the seller, or by the way of listing by the seller and delisting by the buyer. For green power transaction, the transaction price of green certificate shall be determined by the buyer and seller through negotiation, and shall be specified separately in the transaction contract.
(3) Other regulations and requirements
46. In green electricity trading, the price of electricity and the price of green certificates should be clearly defined. At the time of transaction settlement, the electric energy part of the green power transaction shall be settled separately from the green certificate part, and the green certificate part shall determine the settlement quantity according to the principle of taking the smaller of the contract electricity quantity, the on-grid electricity quantity of the power generation enterprise and the electricity consumption of the power user in the current month, and shall be settled at the green certificate price.
47. Among them, for the direct purchase of energy-using enterprises, the national green certificate issuance and trading system transfers the corresponding green certificate of electricity to the account of energy-using enterprises according to the settlement results of electricity transaction pushed by power grid enterprises and power trading centers; For power grid enterprises purchasing electricity on behalf of users, the national green certificate issuance and trading system will transfer the corresponding green certificate to the provincial green certificate account in the administrative region where the power grid enterprise is located. 48.49
. For projects that enjoy central financial subsidies, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the state, the income of the green certificate corresponding to the guaranteed purchase of electricity by power grid enterprises shall be offset by the central financial subsidies or owned by the state; The income of the green certificate corresponding to the electricity quantity that is no longer purchased by the power grid enterprise or chosen by the project unit to participate in the electricity market is deducted equally when the central financial subsidy is issued.
50. Green power trading can rely on existing cross-provincial and cross-regional power grid channels to carry out cross-provincial and cross-regional transactions. The state guarantees the circulation of green certificates across provinces and regions. In August 2024, the National Energy Administration issued the Rules for the Issuance and Trading of Green Power Certificates for Renewable Energy (Guo Neng Fa Xin Neng Gui [2024] No.67), specifying that no unit shall take compulsory measures to restrict the trading area of green certificates.
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. After the green certificate transaction is completed, in principle, it is not supported to cancel at will, which shall be implemented in accordance with the relevant transaction rules of each green certificate trading platform.
5. Green Certificate Application
(1) Green Power Consumption
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. As the only certificate of green power consumption, green certificate can reflect the information of the amount of green power consumed by users. It is an effective certificate to support the development of green power consumption certification.
57. At present, the National Energy Administration is working with the General Administration of Market Supervision to carry out relevant work, and the relevant standards for green power consumption certification have been established.
58. In June 2024, China Electric Power Enterprise Federation, Beijing Electric Power Exchange Center, Guangzhou Electric Power Exchange Center and National Renewable Energy Information Management Center jointly issued "China Green Power (Green Certificate) Consumption TOP100 Enterprises in 2023". The list covers energy, telecommunications, petrochemical, steel, Internet technology, automobile manufacturing, life services and other industries, fully demonstrating the positive contributions made by Chinese enterprises in various industries in promoting the green transformation of energy consumption and achieving sustainable development.
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First, increase the market demand for green certificates, accelerate the establishment of a green energy consumption promotion mechanism, steadily promote the compulsory consumption of green certificates, gradually expand the scope of green certificate compulsory consumption industries, and increase the requirements for the proportion of green electricity consumption; improve the voluntary consumption mechanism of green certificates, and encourage enterprises to build green supply chains and green industrial chains.
Secondly, we should improve the trading mechanism of green certificates, study and establish the price index of green certificates, guide the price of green certificates to operate at a reasonable level, promote the signing of medium and long-term purchase agreements for green certificates by both parties, support agencies to participate in the issuance and trading of green certificates for distributed new energy power generation projects, and promote the construction of green electricity trading policy for many years, years, months and months.
Thirdly, we should expand the application scenarios of green certificates, establish a green power consumption accounting mechanism based on green certificates, formulate relevant technical standards, rules and labels for green power consumption certification, and promote the convergence of green certificates with renewable energy power consumption responsibility weights and carbon emission accounting.
Fourthly, we should promote green certificates to go out, strengthen international cooperation and exchanges, take green certificates as an important topic in intergovernmental institutional dialogue, incorporate green certificates exchange and cooperation into intergovernmental cooperation documents, and promote the application of China's green electricity consumption standards in international green electricity consumption accounting and certification.
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responsibility for linking renewable energy power consumption 64.0 HTML0 UNK1 65. The next step is to propose green electricity consumption ratio targets for enterprises and data centers in steel, non-ferrous metals, building materials, petrochemical, chemical and other industries, as well as enterprises in other key energy-consuming industries in an orderly manner, so as to promote the steady improvement of green electricity consumption level in the whole society. 0 HTML 0 UNK1 1 (4) Linking up the carbon market and carbon accounting 0 HTML 0 UNK1 266. Offshore wind power and photothermal power generation projects in the deep sea can "choose one from two" in issuing green certificates or applying for CCER according to relevant regulations, and can not benefit repeatedly. 0 HTML0 UNK1 367. 0 HTML0 UNK1 468. A green certificate is a certificate for the use of renewable energy power. In the accounting of carbon emissions of enterprises or products, indirect emissions of electricity can be directly traced to renewable energy with green certificates, and the renewable energy can be deducted in the accounting. 0 HTML0 UNK1 569.2024, the national standard Requirements and Guidelines for Quantifying the Carbon Footprint of Greenhouse Gas Products specifies that life cycle data on supplier-specific electricity production should be used when suppliers can guarantee electricity supply in the form of contractual instruments, including energy attribute certificates, electricity trading contracts, etc. When calculating the carbon footprint, it can be calculated according to the carbon footprint factor of different types of renewable energy power and the corresponding electricity quantity of green certificate. 0 HTML0 UNK1 6 (V) Green Certificate International Application 0 HTML0 UNK1 770. At present, China's Green Certificate has established a basically complete institutional framework, which has realized the traceability of the whole process, avoided double counting, further strengthened its authority and uniqueness, and continuously enhanced its influence and recognition. Recently, we have organized technical exchanges with RE100 to promote the unconditional recognition of China's green certificate by RE100, which has achieved positive results. 0 HTML0 UNK1 871.0 HTML0 UNK1 972.0 The National Energy Administration, together with the relevant departments, will continue to follow the development of CBAM and strive to promote the recognition of China Green Certificate by the European Union as a valid certificate for enterprises to consume green electricity and support carbon emission accounting. 0HTML0 UNK2 073. Considering the strong social repercussions caused by the current draft, the National Energy Administration will continue to follow up the requirements of the latest rules and strive to promote the green certificate to play a greater role. 0 HTML0 UNK2 174.0 HTML0 UNK2 275.0 HTML0 UNK2 3 VI. Green Certificate Verification and Cancellation 0 HTML0 UNK2 4 (I) International Green Certificate Verification and Cancellation 0 HTML0 UNK2 576.0 HTML0 UNK2 677. For example, the international green certificate I-REC issues a formal certificate after the user applies for the green certificate cancellation, stating the name of the buyer and seller, the corresponding electricity production time and application scenarios; the second is to download or screenshot the green certificate cancellation information in the official green certificate system, such as the EU GO and the US green certificate REC, and the information involved is basically the same as the first type of display. 0 HTML0 UNK2 778. The EU GO write-off method is generally similar to the international green certificate I-REC. The user submits the application scenario information in the issuing system, and the issuing institution writes off the corresponding green certificate and displays the write-off status information in the system. 0 HTML0 UNK2 8 (II) Cancellation of green certificates in China 0 HTML0 UNK2 979. First, green certificates valid for more than 2 years will be automatically cancelled; second, green certificates used to declare green power consumption or carry out green power consumption certification will be cancelled; Third, the corresponding green certificates of offshore wind power and photothermal power generation projects that have obtained the issuance of China Certified Voluntary Emission Reduction (CCER) will be cancelled. 0 HTML0 UNK3 080. For the green certificate that has declared the completion of green electricity consumption, the national green certificate issuance and trading system shall cancel the green certificate submitted by the enterprise. For the green certificate corresponding to the emission reduction registered in the CCER market, the national green certificate issuance and trading system is interconnected with the CCER registration platform, and the corresponding green certificate is cancelled according to the registration information pushed by the registration platform to the national green certificate issuance and trading system. After the holder of the green certificate declares the consumption of green electricity, he can submit the application for cancellation through the trading platform where the green certificate is located or the national green certificate issuance trading system. 0 HTML0 UNK3 18 1. The information table displays the basic information of the green certificates, such as the number, quantity, type (tradable green certificates or self-use), corresponding project name, project type (such as wind power, photovoltaic power generation, etc.), as well as the circulation information of the green certificates in the whole process from issuance, transaction to verification (including certification), and the verification information table is stamped with the special seal of the National Energy Administration for green certificates. 0 HTML0 UNK3 282.0 HTML0 UNK3 383.0 HTML0 UNK3 4 VII. Green Certificate Issuance Trading System 0 HTML0 UNK3 5 (I) Green Certificate Account 0 HTML0 UNK3 68 4. Register a green certificate account in the national green certificate issuing and trading system. The buyer can register a green certificate account in the national green certificate issuing and trading system, or submit registration related information through any green certificate trading platform, and the registration related information will be automatically pushed to the national green certificate issuing and trading system and generate a green certificate account. 0 HTML0 UNK3 785. As a green asset, green certificates need to be standardized and informationized, so as to support the use of green certificates in various scenarios and statistical accounting needs. 0 HTML0 UNK3 886.0 HTML0 UNK3 987.0 The special account for green certificates at the provincial level realizes three core functions, namely, receiving the free transfer of conventional hydropower green certificates in stock; associating with the trading accounts of various green certificate trading platforms to receive and manage the purchased green certificates; and displaying the overall situation of the issuance, transfer and trading of various green certificates in the province. 0 HTML0 UNK4 088. 0 HTML0 UNK4 1 (II) Filing and Card Establishment System 0 HTML0 UNK4 289. 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(3) The National Green Certificate Issuing and Trading System
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that the National Energy Administration Qualification Center will follow the objection handling process. Organize relevant parties to confirm the objection data, which shall be verified by the Power Trading Center and put forward suggestions on the adjustment of the number of green certificates, verified by the relevant agencies of the National Energy Administration, and confirmed by the Qualification Center of the National Energy Administration to complete the objection handling. For projects that push less or more on-grid electricity, the corresponding number of green certificates shall be reissued or deducted according to the on-grid electricity production month, and more sold green certificates shall be issued. All trading platforms and users shall cooperate with the withdrawal of corresponding transactions and write-off operations.
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100. green certificate trading is carried out by relying on four trading platforms, among which, China Green Power Certificate Trading Platform Consulting Service Telephone: 010- 51973333; Beijing Electric Power Trading Center Green Certificate Trading Platform Consulting Service Telephone: 010- 53726100; Guangzhou Electric Power Trading Center Green Certificate Trading Platform Consulting Service Telephone: 020-36623066; Inner Mongolia Electric Power Trading Center Green Certificate Trading Platform Consulting Service Telephone: 400-9039795.
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