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Genan, Baettr and others test Granular Guarantees of Origin in new pilot

An innovative pilot by Reel, and certificate platform Granular Energy, has explored how companies can use Granular Guarantees of Origin (GGOs) to document renewable energy use with greater precision.

Copenhagen, 30th June 2025
  • GGOs, hourly renewable energy certificates, enable new sustainability insights by showing where and when renewable energy was actually produced - hour by hour
  • GGOs are part of a growing movement towards more precise energy data that includes both time and location. This pilot aligns with the ongoing revision of the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol, which has indicated that future reporting requirements for renewable energy will likely demand time- and location-specific documentation.
  • As part of the pilot, five Danish companies - including GENAN A/S and Baettr Lem A/S - were matched with GGOs on an hourly, weekly, and monthly basis. This allowed them to report in high detail how their electricity use aligned with renewable energy production.

An evolution of renewable energy certification

Today, a renewable energy project generates two products: electricity and Guarantees of Origin (GOs). GOs are certificates that document that one megawatt-hour (MWh) of electricity has been produced from renewable sources. These certificates are issued on a monthly basis, where one GO equals one MWh of green electricity.

Soon, a new evolution of GOs will be ready for the market: granular guarantees of origin.

GGOs are issued in shorter time intervals - every hour or even every 15 minutes – precisely reflecting when renewable energy was produced. This level of detail makes renewable energy reporting more aligned with the grid’s real-time activity, allowing GGOs to accurately reflect a match between renewable energy production and energy consumption.

A 2022 study by Energinet’s Energy Track and Trace Initiative found that when GGOs and electricity use were matched within the same hour and bidding zone, there was a 95% probability that the consumption being 'greened' with GGOs was renewable at the time it was consumed.  

This improved accuracy is why many companies are interested in applying GGOs to their emissions reporting.  

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The role of granular certificates in corporate energy procurement

To accelerate the energy transition, companies need new ways to purchase renewable energy and accurately report their emissions.  

Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) help with the first challenge, ensuring companies’ energy purchases result in new renewable energy projects, securing additionality – the direct link between corporate electricity purchases and the development of new renewable energy projects.  

Granular Guarantees of Origin (GGOs) help with the second challenge, by ensuring deliverability in emissions reporting - the assurance that the GGOs used to ‘green’ consumption represent renewable energy that could have physically supplied that consumption.  

Anders Engtoft Meldgaard, CCO of Reel, emphasises the need for GGOS to integrate into existing energy strategies:

The companies we work with care deeply about the real-world impact of their energy sourcing. That’s why many opt for Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs), which not only guarantee the development of new solar and wind projects but also provide long-term price stability.  

GGOs bring that same real-world connection to Scope 2 reporting, by allowing companies to document, hour by hour, how renewable their electricity consumption was.

Just as PPAs address additionality, GGOs address accuracy. With both in hand, companies have the tools to drive real world action and report more precisely on their renewable energy consumption.

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Looking ahead

More companies are beginning to take interest in the targeted sustainability insights GGOs enable, with large corporates like Google leading the pack. In response to this growing interest, Energinet, Denmark’s national transmission system operator, is exploring how it might best support this new technology’s introduction to the market.

Michael Gimm Holdensen, Product Owner of the Energinet initiative, says of the development:

Granular Guarantees of Origin (GGOs) mark a new chapter in renewable energy certification. GGOs could empower companies to align their energy reporting with real-time renewable production, by certifying matched production and consumption on an hourly basis, strengthening both accuracy and trust.  

That is also why we are thrilled to have run this pilot with industry frontrunners, and we look forward to implementing the insights from our collaboration to help make hourly matching even more accessible, transparent and actionable.

Bruno Menu, COO of Granular Energy notes how:  

Creating a GGO scheme will enable energy buyers to gain further insight into the impact of their electricity procurement, by highlighting when they are powered by renewables. Our software integrates with the Energinet pilot system’s registry, allowing utilities to smoothly allocate and report GGO matching to consumers.

As GGOs and the supportive technology infrastructure matures, electricity suppliers like Reel are preparing to offer GGO-based products to companies in 2026.

Justine Beaulé

Sustainability Manager

jb@reel.energy

About Reel

Reel is an electricity supplier founded in climate science, dedicated to accelerating the energy transition. Specializing in Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs), Reel provides companies with stable, fixed electricity prices from newly built solar and wind parks, while offering developers the financial certainty needed to build new solar and wind projects. In doing so, Reels customers actively contribute to the expansion of new renewable energy, accelerating the energy transition.

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About Granular Energy

Granular Energy is the leading provider of energy and certificate management software for utilities. As consumers demand greater transparency into the source of their clean energy, Granular Energy helps utilities and suppliers develop and scale the next generation of carbon-free energy programs. Our end-to-end certificate management platform streamlines existing processes, reduces risk, and enables unprecedented transparency at the annual, monthly, daily or sub-hourly level. Our platform is used by over 30 utilities across 10 countries and is behind the world's largest 24/7 clean energy program in the UK.

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