Green Gas News

• Reporting Green Gas Use

  While the GGCS cannot share details of companies that are purchasing RGGOs within our registry, we have recently seen two who have reported their biomethane use  - EY - search for "biogas" - Unilever (page 106) The GGCS provides a range of advice on reporting green gas use which can be found on our website here...

  Posted: 2 July, 2021

• GGCS April 2021 Market Update now available

  Our April 2021 Market Update is now available (see further information below to download the PDF file) ...

  Posted: 3 June, 2021

• Government announces details of the Green Gas Support Scheme

  Details of the new Green Gas Support Scheme (GGSS) have been released by the government, alongside information about the Green Gas Levy which will be used to fund the GGSS.  Pages 18, 15 and 26 contain details of their views on Guarantees of Origin for biomethane...

  Posted: 18 March, 2021

• Green Gas exemption from the Green Gas Levy announced

  The government have released details of Green Gas Levy which will be paid by licensed gas suppliers from April 2022.  Full details can be seen the PDF attached to this news item (see below). Important for the green gas market is that suppliers who match between 95-100% of a households gas use to RGGOs will be expempt from the Levy...

  Posted: 18 March, 2021

• GGCS Jan 2021 Market Update

  Our Jan 2021 Market Update is now available (see further information below) ...

  Posted: 5 February, 2021

• GGCS 2019 Annual Report

  We are pleased to be publishing our 2019 Annual Report, containing key facts and figures about the green gas market and the operation of our Scheme during the year.  Introducing the report, Gaynor Hartnell, GGCS Oversight Panel Chair, said: "The last 12 months have seen climate change move up the political agenda which is most welcome...

  Posted: 1 June, 2020

• Scheme Rules Updated

  The GGCS has updated its Scheme Rules which are available on our website here.  If you are a current Scheme Particiapant then please ensure you have read the rules and understood the obligations they place on you.  If you are interested in joining the Scheme, either as a biomethane producer or trader, then the Rules are good place to start to understand how the Scheme operates...

  Posted: 1 May, 2020

• GGCS Guidance Documents

  The GGCS publishes a range of guidance documents for its memebers on both operational and policy issues...

  Posted: 3 April, 2020

• We've moved office!

  From Monday 23 March GGCS's new address is: Brettenham House, 2 - 19 Lancaster Place, London WC2E 7EN.  All our email addresses and telephone numbers will remain the same. Renewable Energy Assurance Ltd, the company that administers GGCS, has moved to an office close by our previous one...

  Posted: 26 March, 2020

• New report on the suggested content and attributes of GoO

  The GGCS is contributing to the REGATRACE project, a collaboration of key stakeholders, such as the European Biogas Association (EBA), European Renewable Gas Registry (ERGaR) and the Association of Issuing Bodies (AIB), aiming to support the development of an efficient system for trading Guarantees or Origin (GoO) for biomethane and other renewable gases...

  Posted: 16 March, 2020

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