TÜV SÜD - EE01 

Electricity products eligible for TÜV Süd CMS Standard 80 certification must meet one out of the three criteria options for the new renewables requirement:

Option 1: New renewables requirement

At least 35% of the energy agreed in the contracts for the delivery of renewable energy is derived from new-generation power plants less than three years old.

Option 2: Support funds

The certificate holder pays at least EUR 0.03 per KWh of electricity consumed, with the money being invested in a support fund.

Option 3: Technology mix

To fulfil this option the supplier needs to fulfil the following minimum share of 35% of their electricity contracts from the following technologies:

• Hydropower, biogas/biomethane from plants smaller than 2 MW
• Wind power, solar energy, geothermal and biomass smaller than 20 MW
• The plants must have been commissioned after 1 January 2014.

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