Certify your low or zero carbon products, with a blockchain-based system
Certify your low or zero carbon products, with a blockchain-based system
The emerging climate crisis increasingly requires a holistic energy transition towards sustainable industrial manufacturing. More and more companies want to demonstrate their commitment to carbon reduced or climate neutral products to their customers and prove their origin and environmental characteristics. However, it is no longer sufficient to only prove the origin of energy, sustainability must be verified along the entire value chain, which also includes the processing and transportation. Verifying the origin of renewable hydrogen and its derivatives and the carbon intensity of low carbon products is a challenging process based on the complexity of the electricity and other feedstock sourcing criteria. The criteria for are set out for example in the RED II Directive or other regulatory frameworks.
Together with Siemens Energy and dena, TÜV SÜD has launched the CertaLink Energy Certification system, which is essentially a blockchain based ecosystem. The fully automated solution enables full transparency regarding the origin of a product's energy, its carbon intensity and other energy attributes. By automatically tagging products with a certificate and sharing it throughout the value chain, the customer can gain detailed insights and verification.
As the system is run using blockchain technology, the entire process is automated. This means there is almost no effort needed from your side to certify your products, allowing you to focus solely on your business and production. The environmental impact of sustainable production processes is easily tracked along the value chain, delivering a transparent and trustworthy certificate which is tamper-proof and legally compliant. Using the CertaLink Energy Certificates, you benefit from joined expertise of three expert partners, allowing you to transparently communicate your sustainability efforts with your customers effortlessly and position your products in the premium segments of your market.
Full transparency: The ability to track certificates from beginning to end via blockchain provides the highest level of security, transparency and trust. Only members with an appropriate permission can access the private-public blockchain.
Legally compliant: The CertaLink Energy Certification integrates existing certification schemes & automates the certificate issuance. It complies with internationally renowned schemes like CMS 70 and CMS 83 that are implemented in the certification system. Further schemes will be added soon.
Fast & automated: After an asset has been successfully verified by the certification body, your user profile is released & automatic certificate issuance is activated. Our tracking model ensures that there is no double counting or greenwashing.
Cross-border and cross-sector applicability: CertaLink Energy Certificates are applicable across the entire Power-to-X value chain and offer new business potential by fully integrating sectors across countries, continents and different industries.
Kristina Haverkamp, CEO, German Energy Agency (dena)
“CertaLink Manager Energy Certification is the solution to a complex problem. It enables economic participants to concentrate on their main business and to automatically process a significant part of the verification process via the system. The system thus represents a new step in the digitalization of the energy transition.”
Volkmar Pflug, Head of Field of Action Power-to-X, Siemens Energy
"The certification to prove the sustainability of e-fuels is a prerequisite for green hydrogen and its derivatives such as e-methanol, e-ammonia or e-fuels to become tradable commodities. The CertaLink energy certification system is based on blockchain technology and will be an important component of a future ecosystem."
Reiner Block, CEO, Division Industry Service TÜV SÜD AG
“TÜV SÜD has a clear focus on sustainability and decarbonization. We are excited to join forces with Siemens Energy and German Energy Agency (dena) to innovate together on the CertaLink Energy Certification platform. This new service ensures trust and enables the trace of origin across the Power-to-X value chains.”
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