National Green Certificate Scheme

Country	Belgium
Year Implemented	2001
Policy Status	Superseded
Date Announced	2001
Agency	•State Secretary to Energy
Policy Superseded by	Federal Green Certificate Scheme
Policy Type	•Regulatory Instruments   •Quota Systems •Tradable Permits   •Green Certificate Trading
Policy Target	•Bioenergy   •Biomass for Power •Solar •Solar Photovoltaic •Wind   •Offshore   •Onshore
Policy Sector	•Electricity
Description	The Federal Council of Ministers introduced a Green Certificate Scheme project by royal decree dealing with the renewable-electricity market. It defined the procedures for licensing off-shore installations, for giving the guarantee of origin and the delivery of the green certificates. It also determined the quota of electricity from renewable energy sources delivered to the users connected to the distribution net (from 2% in 2002 up to 6% in 2006), the fine for not fulfilling the quota being EUR 75 per certificate (corresponding to 1 MWh). It also set the obligation to the transport grid manager for buying the green certificates at a minimum price (equivalent to EUR 0.02/kWh for biomass, EUR 0.05/kWh for wind energy and up to EUR 0.15/kWh for solar energy).