Alliander Books Borssele 1+2 Green Certificates

Dutch energy network company Alliander and Ørsted have signed an agreement through which Alliander will purchase green certificates from the Borssele 1+2 offshore wind farm.

The agreement takes effect in 2021 and has a duration of fifteen years.

Alliander aims to have a climate-neutral business operation by 2023. The annual CO2-emissions of the company are mainly due to the so-called grid losses that arise during the transport of energy. In this way, Alliander uses 1,500 gigawatt-hours of electrical energy each year. This is comparable to the energy consumption of 500,000 households.

To compensate for these grid losses, Alliander purchases so-called Guarantees of Origin (GoOs), which is proof that electricity has been generated in a sustainable way. The grid operator has now signed a contract with Ørsted that will green between 23 and 28 percent of its grid losses from 2021 onwards.