Powernext Publishes The French Residual Mix For 2013 - Following The Directives Of The Energy And Climate Authority (DGEC), Powernext Publishes Information About Renewable Energy Consumed In France In 2013

Following a formal request from the Energy and Climate Authority (Direction Direction Générale de l’Energie et du Climat or DGEC) relative to the tracking of renewable energy, Powernext, as the National Registry for electricity guarantees of origin, is publishing the French residual mix and is releasing information about the consumption of renewable energy in France [1]. Within this framework, Powernext will publish disclosure a best practice guide for information disclosure toward suppliers relying on this residual mix.

96 TWhof the 545 TWh of electricity produced in France in 2013 originated from renewable sources (69.5 TWh from hydroelectricity, 15.8 TWh from wind, 6.2 TWh from biomass and 4.6 TWh from solar) [2]. The share of renewable energy in the production mix amounts to 17.64% in 2013.

The French consumption mixis the production mix adjusted with imports and exports of renewable electricity followed by a reliable tracking mechanism. The guarantee of origin mechanism insures a reliable tracking of renewable energy consumed in France and in Europe. During this period, France exported 15.350 TWh and imported 2.257 TWh of renewable electricity through the guarantees of origin. When adjusting the mix with the imports and exports of guarantees of origin and the physical flows on a European level, the share of renewable energy in the total French consumption mix amounts to 16.03%.

The French residual mix[3]is the consumption mix from which are removed the guarantees of origin used in France to certify the consumption of renewable energy in the context of green electricity offers. In 2013, 11.502 TWh of renewable electricity were certified with guarantees of origin. The share of renewable energy consumed in standard offers amounts to 14.05%.

The residual mix enables the suppliers to measure the share of all sources in the electricity they receive when it is not accompanied with a guarantee of origin., This is the case when it is purchased via an organised market for example. The power exchange EPEX SPOT recommends its members to use the French residual mix published by Powernext when qualifying the origin of the electricity bought through contracts with delivery in France.

“Making energy markets more transparent is the core of the Powernext group’s activities, as energy exchanges or National registry of guarantees of origin” declares Jean-François Conil-Lacoste, CEO of Powernext. “As such, we are delighted to be associated with this new crucial step in consumer information”.

The French residual mix was calculated by the RE-DISS team [4], in particular using Powernext data on guarantees of origin. The European project RE-DISS works on the reliability of data provided to power consumers on their consumption mix. RE-DISS calculates the residual mix from all European countries, from data originating from grid operators and Registries of guarantees of origin, and insures their full consistency.

[1] on its website www.powernext.com/residual-mix
[2] ENTSO-E data
[3] the residual mix concept was created and distributed by the European project E-Track team, active today within the RE-DISS project. For more information, please refer to the RE-DISS website
[4] http://www.reliable-disclosure.org/