Hourly Carbon Free Energy Tracking

Project location
Ireland and United Kingdom
Temporal matching
Hourly
Geographical matching
Regional
Energy tracked (measured/forecasted)
NA

SSE Airtricity is trialling hourly energy reporting with PPA customers in Ireland and the UK, using Granular Energy’s platform to provide visibility into hourly carbon-free energy matching. This initiative moves beyond annual metrics to show exactly when customers are matching each megawatt-hour of electricity consumption with a carbon-free source in the same region.

Key takeaways:

  1. SSE Airtricity has launched a pilot with several PPA customers in Ireland and the UK to explore 24/7 carbon-free energy reporting, providing hour-by-hour visibility into how energy consumption aligns with carbon-free generation.
  2. The pilot with Granular Energy and Grexel, Ireland’s GO registry provider, successfully demonstrated that hourly and monthly Guarantees of Origin (GOs) can coexist within the same system.
  3. These pilots reflect a shift in how energy suppliers support evolving climate strategies, offering more tailored, transparent, and flexible clean energy products for sustainability-focused customers.

Next steps:

Continue the trial with participating PPA customers to gather insights and validate the 24/7 matching approach.

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