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EKOenergy’s Bamboo Award and Oak Award 2023 both go to 3Degrees

EKOenergy-labelled renewables are only made available by our authorised sellers across the world. Through our EKOenergy awards, we highlight the achievements of our sellers annually.  We are happy to announce that this year, 3Degrees has won both EKOenergy’s Bamboo Award and Oak Award!  EKOenergy’s Oak Award is for the company that sold the largest volumes […]

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Environmental Fund – Call for proposals 2023

General: Small-scale river restoration projects in Germany and Sweden For each megawatt-hour that is sold and consumed as EKOenergy hydropower, 0.10 € is allocated to EKOenergy’s Environmental Fund. The fund is used to finance river restoration projects. In this call for proposals, the EKOenergy aims to fund 2-3 small-scale river restoration projects in Germany or

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EKOenergy Awards 2023

Annual EKOenergy Awards Last year, the sold volumes of EKOenergy-labelled renewable energy have risen drastically once again. We’re thankful to energy consumers who choose EKOenergy-labelled energy and above all, to our sellers who make it possible. By offering EKOenergy-labelled energy to their clients, our sellers don’t only contribute to our advocacy work but also help

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EKOappétit : EKOénergie pour le secteur alimentaire

Nos campagnes annuelles de promotion des énergies renouvelables Les utilisateurs d’énergie labellisée EKOénergie nous permettent de mettre en place des campagnes en faveur des énergies renouvelables, grâce auxquelles nous nous adressons aux consommateurs d’énergie du monde entier. Les campagnes précédentes visaient notamment les brasseries, l’industrie hôtelière, les bâtiments à haute valeur écologique, les centres de

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SAP and EKOenergy: Partners for a renewable future

Thanks, SAP, for using EKOenergy In a recent article on their website, the German multinational software company SAP explains why the company chooses EKOenergy-labelled renewable electricity: SAP and EKOenergy Partner for a Renewable Future. We take the opportunity to thank SAP for their trust in our non-profit ecolabel and congratulate them on their progress in

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10 years of EKOenergy, 10 years of multi-faceted climate action

Over the past decade, EKOenergy has evolved from an ambitious European initiative to an internationally recognised and globally available ecolabel for renewable energy across 80 countries on all inhabited continents. 2023 marks the 10th anniversary of the launch of our ecolabel. For this occasion, we published a series of fact sheets highlighting various aspects of

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Le groupe Iliad et Engie ont signé un PPA pour de l’énergie solaire labellisée EKOénergie

Le groupe Iliad est un groupe de télécoms en forte croissance en Europe, avec des activités principalement basées en France, en Italie et en Pologne. En tant que fournisseur de téléphonie mobile et d’accès à internet, les services Iliad incluent la vente de cartes Sim prépayées, de box internet et l’hébergement de divers services numériques.

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Renewables for Ukraine

In December 2022, we decided to use 20,000 € from our renewable energy campaign budget to support the World Wind Energy Association’s #renewables4ukraine campaign. The objective of the campaign is to ensure that critical infrastructure in the country has a reliable supply of renewable energy. The campaign aims to cover important civilian needs during wartime

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10 years of EKOenergy

10 years of climate action In 2013, two small non-profit ecolabels for renewable energy, the Norppa label from Finland and 100% Energia Verde from Italy, amalgamated into an international label called “EKOenergy”. The British National Energy Agency, which had launched the Green Energy Certified label in the UK, also became a supporter of the EKOenergy

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Réfrigération à énergie solaire pour des communautés de pêcheurs au Kenya

Financements pour de nouveaux projets d’énergie renouvelable Pour chaque MWh d’EKOénergie 0,10 € sont affectés au Fonds pour le Climat pour financer de nouveaux projets d’énergie renouvelable dans les pays en développement. Tous les projets financés ont pour but de soulager la pauvreté énergétique et de contribuer à la réalisation de plusieurs Objectifs de Developpement

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Call for Climate Fund projects December 2022 – February 2023

Background – Funding for solar and wind energy projects in developing countries In order to bring additional positive impact to consumers’ choice of renewable energy and help realise the UN’s Global Goals (Particularly SDG 7: Affordable, clean energy for all), the EKOenergy ecolabel raises funds for new renewable electricity projects in developing countries. For each

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SCHOTT and Engie sign 2 PPAs for EKOenergy-labelled electricity

SCHOTT, a leading international company in the areas of specialty glass, glass-ceramics and glass innovations, closed two Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) with Engie for electricity from German solar and wind farms. The total volume of the deal is 200 gigawatt-hours and all electricity will get the EKOenergy label. SCHOTT has been using EKOenergy-labelled electricity for

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