A CCEE (Electricity Trading Chamber) launched, this week, in São Paulo (SP), the first Brazilian platform to centralize renewable energy certifications in the country.
The solution promises accelerate the development of the market RECs (Renewable Energy Certificates), increasing the credibility of the assets issued and contributing to attracting investments from companies committed to the green economy.
O service will concentrate data from companies and certifying entities and will have the ability, from this information, to do the tracking the origin of the energy used. One of the functions of the platform will be to avoid double certification of the same energy.
Currently, the CCEE estimates that around 93% of the electricity produced in Brazil comes from renewable sources, such as solar, wind, hydroelectric and biomass plants. However, by 2021, less than 2% was certified.
The following year, the percentage rose to 4% and, in 2023, it rose to 6,9% – an indicator still considered very low by CCEE, which projects that this result could reach up to 50%.
Alexandre Ramos, president of CCEE Board of Directors, assesses that the platform launched help to the country in this sense, attracting investors, expanding business and job creation, in addition to enhancing the insertion of Brazilian green products into the international market.
“We believe that the Brazilian platform for renewable energy certification will be a factor in market growth, a differentiator for the development of our economy and an effective boost for Brazil to play a leading role in the global energy transition, occupying its rightful position of prominence,” he analyzed.
Gentil Sá, National Secretary of Electric Energy at the MME (Ministry of Mines and Energy), highlighted that certification in these cases it is a fundamental step towards this valuation of the national energy sector. “This adds a lot of international credibility to Brazil’s green industry,” he said.
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