GERMANY WANTS OPT-IN TO GREEN ENERGY CERTIFICATES OF ORIGIN SYSTEM – NOT OPT-OUT
April 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE GERMAN government is pushing for changes to the European Union's (EU) renewable energy package so that member states have to opt-into a guarantee of origin green energy trading system, rather than opt-out, as presently proposed. Berlin officials said they were concerned that red-tape required to secure opt-outs could be time consuming, which could create "damaging uncertainty" in the EU renewable energy sector. The next opportunity the Germans will have to formally press for changes to the energy package will be a scheduled EU ...
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