www.developpement-durable.gouv.fr
Ministère de l’Environnement, de l’Énergie et de la Mer
French white
certificate scheme
Marie Pausader
Energy savings and Renewable heat unit
Ministry of Environment Energy and the Sea
Final energy consumption Decreasing since 2001 :
Ambitious targets set in the law:
-20% of energy consumption
in 2030 compared to 2012
(about -32% compared to
reference scenario - PRIMES
2007)
Source : SOeS
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Article 7 implementation
Mainly via our EEO scheme:
Already in place when EED was voted
Seemed more simple to adapt an existing tool rather than
create new tools
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White certificate scheme Obligation :
• On energy suppliers, based on their energy sales
• Measured with a number of white certificates
• Fulfilled by the corresponding number of white certificates vs.
financial penalty (2 c€ /missing WC)
• 3-year period
White certificates :
• Received by an energy supplier or an eligible actor for
implementing energy saving measures towards energy
consumers, in all sectors (residential, tertiary, agriculture,
industry, transports, etc.)
• May be freely traded on the national registry
• Final energy savings CUMulated over the lifespan of this action
and annually discounted with a 4% ACtualization rate :
1 WC = 1 kWh CUMAC 4
1st period 2nd period 3rd period
July
2006June
2009
January
2011
January
2015
January
2018
54 TWhc460 TWhc 700 TWhc
+ 150
White certificate schemeEvolutions since 2006 :
Inclusion of transport
fuel suppliers
New
obligation on
fuel poverty
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White certificate scheme Restrictive list of eligible applicants (in order to simplify the
scheme) :
• Energy suppliers with an obligation
• Local and regional authorities
• Public housing companies and the ANAH (national agency of
housing)
Active and incentive contribution in the realization of the
energy saving action, targeted individually
• The energy supplier can choose freely the nature of his
contribution (giving financial incentives, providing a free
energy audit, …)
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White certificate scheme All actions taken except installation covered by the European
Emission Trading Scheme (ETS)
Standardized actions (90%)
• For frequent actions
• Worksheets conceived by stakeholders and approved by
administration ( >150)
• Minimum quality criteria for products or contractors (should be
beyond legislation)
• Provides standardized amount of white certificates for the
action
Specific actions (5%)
Contribution to information /formation /innovation programs
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White certificate schemeElements of costs:
Dedicated verification and control = 10-15 pax
Regulation = 1.5 pax
Expertise (Agency) = 2 pax
Registry = 4 pax
2 - 4 € / MWhc
limited impact on energy prices ~1% [0,7-1,4%]
Around 700 M€/yr for 2015-2018
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Energy savings achieved in 2014
White certificates issued for actions implemented in 2014
0
500000000
1E+09
1,5E+09
2E+09
2,5E+09
3E+09
3,5E+09
4E+09
1<LT<5 6<LT<10 11<LT<1516<LT<2021<LT<25 LT>25
WC for actions implemented in 2014
Agriculture2%
Residential57%
Tertiary25%
Industry15%
Networks0%
transport1% % WC
% of energy
savings in 2014
insulation (roofs) 10,2% 6,2%
insulation (walls) 8,1% 5,0%
condensing boiler 7,7% 7,5%
insulation (roofs) -
tertiary 6,9% 4,2%
large condensing
boilers 6,3% 5,1%
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Accounting energy
savings for art 7
- Identify actions implemented on year y
- Remove bonuses and actions not in accordance
with EED
- For each action, calculate the energy savings for
years y to 2020 – taking into account the lifetime
of each specific action
- Aggregate the results
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Accounting energy
savings for art 7
- Different units in FR EEO scheme and EED
- Different rules
=> New accounting procedures to develop (still not
finalized)
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Accounting energy
savings for art 7
CEE issued in 2014: 242 TWhc
184 TWhc « EED valid »
year
annual savings (LT >y-1)
kWh discounted
2014 15 422 133 569 15422133569
2015 13 929 742 042 13393982733
2016 13 925 617 831 12875016485
2017 13 810 562 838 12277540075
2018 13 739 475 573 11744561302
2019 13 250 668 460 10891083590
2020 12 634 264 135 9985042468
TOTAL 86 589 360 222
86,6 TWh of
energy
savings from
2014 to 2020
But also 68,8 TWh from 2021 to 2030, 20 TWh
from 2031 to 2040 12
Accounting energy
savings for art 7
Total should be at least 365 by 2020
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 cumul
CEE 15,42 13,39 12,86 12,26 11,74 10,89 9,99 86,59
8,01 6,15 5,92 5,65 5,41 4,82 122,54
0 0 0 0 0 122,54
0 0 0 0 122,54
0 0 0 122,54
0 0 122,54
0 122,54
Total
(TWh) 122,54
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Challenges
Adapt to EU rules:
- Ecodesign requirements => reduces WC for
boilers / heatpumps
- limits WC to energy savings, not considering
whether remaining energy consumption is
renewable or not
- Remove actions initiated before 2014 and
impacts after 2020
- Carry-over (not limited in FR) => lots of actions
initiated in 2013 in prevision of future objectives and less
actions in 2015/2016 than expected14
Useful links
More information about the white certificate scheme
available (in French) on the ministry website :
http://www.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/cee
Regarding energy efficiency in general, 2014 NEEAP and
annual reports available (in English) at the following link :
http://ec.europa.eu/energy/en/topics/energy-
efficiency/energy-efficiency-directive/national-
energy-efficiency-action-plans
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Thank you
for you attention !
