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Directive 2012/27/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on energy efficiency, amending Directives 2009/125/EC and 2010/30/EU and repealing Directives 2004/8/EC and 2006/32/EC (Text with EEA relevance)
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Member States shall take measures to ensure that:
the guarantee of origin of the electricity produced from high-efficiency cogeneration:
enable producers to demonstrate that the electricity they sell is produced from high-efficiency cogeneration and is issued to this effect in response to a request from the producer,
is accurate, reliable and fraud-resistant,
is issued, transferred and cancelled electronically;
the same unit of energy from high-efficiency cogeneration is taken into account only once.
The guarantee of origin referred to in Article 14(10) shall contain at least the following information:
the identity, location, type and capacity (thermal and electrical) of the installation where the energy was produced;
the dates and places of production;
the lower calorific value of the fuel source from which the electricity was produced;
the quantity and the use of the heat generated together with the electricity;
the quantity of electricity from high-efficiency cogeneration in accordance with Annex II that the guarantee represents;
the primary energy savings calculated in accordance with Annex II based on the harmonised efficiency reference values indicated in point (f) of Annex II;
the nominal electric and thermal efficiency of the plant;
whether and to what extent the installation has benefited from investment support;
whether and to what extent the unit of energy has benefited in any other way from a national support scheme, and the type of support scheme;
the date on which the installation became operational; and
the date and country of issue and a unique identification number.
The guarantee of origin shall be of the standard size of 1 MWh. It shall relate to the net electricity output measured at the station boundary and exported to the grid.
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