🌬️☀️⚡️ Choosing a committed electricity offer

Although it is not really possible to estimate the impact in terms of carbon footprint of subscribing to a green electricity offer, it is fair to say that certain offers help to reduce the carbon footprint of the French electricity mix, by encouraging the emergence and growth of renewable energy offers in France.

Here are a few explanations to make things clearer

Not all electricity offers are created equal. In response to climate change, many electricity suppliers have developed so-called "green" electricity offers. But this term covers very different realities...

How does it work? Producers of renewable electricity issue certificates, known as "Guarantees of Origin", attesting that the electricity has been produced by renewable means. Energy suppliers buy either the certificates alone or the certificates and the electricity together from the producers. In both cases, they tend to call the electricity they sell you "green". However, if only the certificate has been purchased, there is no guarantee that the green offer contributes to the development and remuneration of renewable energies.

To bring greater transparency to so-called "green" offers, ADEME has created the VertVolt label. This label rewards offers from suppliers who buy at least as much renewable electricity from producers as they sell to their customers who have subscribed to a "green" offer. These offers are described as "committed". If, in addition, at least 25% of this electricity comes from installations without state support or with shared governance (i.e. citizens are involved in the management or financing of the power stations), the offer is qualified as "very committed", because it encourages the financing of new renewable energy installations.

All the information on the VertVolt label and the "committed" or "very committed" energy offers can be found here.