UAE's capital to issue clean energy certificate

The Abu Dhabi Department of Energy (DoE)  said it will issue clean energy certificates as part of a new regulatory policy aimed at decarbonising the energy sector. The Regulatory Policy for Clean Energy Certificates are sought to be a foundational step to establish a market for trading renewable and nuclear energy atributes in the emirate.

“The Policy sets out the regulations and principles for implementing a clean energy certificates scheme in Abu Dhabi, as a measure to help reduce the carbon footprint associated with power generation while providing a reliable accreditation system that caters to the growing appetite among corporate businesses and households to contribute to the fight against climate change,” said the department in a statement.

They said that this tracking system is required to validate electricity providers’ and consumers’ claims of using “low or zero-emissions electricity,” hence reducing carbon footprint.

DoE designed the Clean Energy Certificates scheme based on the International Renewable Energy Certificate Standard Foundation (I-REC Standard).