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Fed back electricity no longer deducts CO₂ from footprint

From April 29, 2022, ‘returned self generated electricity’ in the Envirometer has a factor of 0 kg CO₂/kWh instead of a negative factor for gray power. This also effects existing, older years. If you used the item ‘returned self generated electricity’, the CO₂ footprint in your Envirometer is higher than before.

Years ago, when Stichting Stimular added ‘returned electricity’ to the Envirometer, it seemed logical that you would receive a ‘reward’ in your CO₂ footprint for supplying green electricity to the electricity grid. So solar power supplied to the grid resulted in a deduction from your own CO₂ footprint. At the time, very little green electricity was returned and almost never more than the company used in electricity. Now it turns out that was the wrong choice.

Why no longer CO₂ deduction for returned electricity?

Now this has been changed:

Advice on how to deal with this change

If you have used ‘returned electricity’ for one or more years, your CO₂ emissions for electricity have now become higher. Below are some tips on how to deal with it.

Calculating a CO₂ footprint has thus been improved, in line with the GHG protocol and entering data has become more logical (and therefore easier), especially for companies that produce more green energy than they use themselves.

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