Under the White Certificate scheme, introduced in Italy in 2005, energy efficiency measures undertaken by industries are certified by accredited entities.
The scheme, managed by GSE, prescribes that distributors of electricity and natural gas annually reach specific quantitative goals of primary energy savings (in TOE).
The obliged subjects can fulfill the mandatory savings in two ways:
- Directly implementing the energy efficiency projects admitted to the mechanism
- By purchasing certificates from other entities admitted to the mechanism
In addition to energy distributors, other voluntary entities can also participate in the mechanism, typically energy service companies (ESCOs) or companies that have appointed a certified energy manager.
Companies have two ways to implement energy efficiency projects:
- "Final balance projects" (progetti a consuntivo): require precise ex-ante and ex-post measurements of the intervention
- "Standardized project" (progetti standardizzati): allow to quantify the energy savings based on a calculation algorithm and on measurements of a limited sample of the quantities characterizing the intervention (upon specific conditions of repetitiveness and non-economic convenience). The standardized project must have generated energy savings of no less than 5 TOE.
The installation of electric motors is included in the list of standardized projects and the energy savings calculation algorithm is provided by the managing authority GSE: https://www.gse.it/documenti_site/Documenti%20GSE/Servizi%20per%20te/CERTIFICATI%20BIANCHI/DOCUMENTI/3.%20INSTALLAZIONE%20MOTORI%20ELETTRICI.zip
The following data, related to the both the industrial and service sectors, shows the impact of motor-related interventions in the period 2019-2022 (source: ENEA, responsible authority for monitoring):
Do you think there is still for improvements under the White Certificate scheme in the acceleration of motor replacement?
Could awareness be raised through a dedicated information campaign?
Ivan / EU-MORE Team
