High Environmental Value Electricity (EHVE) meets a much stricter specification than standard Green Energy (EV). It only includes electricity produced from the following sources:
-Wind power
-Solar power
-Hydropower (excluding pumped storage)Biomass (via combustion or methanization) – with particular attention to the nature of the waste used
-Aerothermal, geothermal, and hydrothermal energy
-Biogas, landfill gas, and wastewater treatment plant gas
-Recovery of waste heat
Unlike standard green energy, EHVE cannot be purchased on the wholesale market. It comes either from the supplier’s own production or from direct purchase contracts. This model guarantees long-term support for producers who wish to commit over the long term and promotes projects with high environmental or social value.
In this model, the Guarantee of Origin certificate is sold together with the electricity itself.
The purchasing logic prioritizes energy produced as close as possible to the consumption sites, thereby limiting losses on the transmission and distribution networks.
The supplier offering High Environmental Value Electricity must also carry out actions to develop the French renewable energy fleet or renewable technologies (through direct or indirect investment, financial, technical, or administrative support, etc.).
It is also logical that the supplier acts as Balance Responsible Party.
Balance Responsible Party
- The Balance Responsible Party is a mechanism designed to maintain the balance between supply and demand, as well as between production and offtake.
-Balance Responsible Parties must very quickly adjust their operations as soon as requested by RTE, in exchange for remuneration.
They are required to:
-Finance the cost of imbalances when supply < demand,
-Receive payment when supply > demand.
- The following can act as Balance Responsible Parties: suppliers, large consumers (industry or companies), or third parties (banks, brokers, etc.).
