Meeting the following essential requirements of the Criteria List is a prerequisite for certification:
Electricity must be sourced 100 % from renewable energy (from already existing or new power plants).

Electricity providers must use a fixed amount per sold kilowatt-hour to promote new renewable energy development.
In the case of customers with a consumption of:
Up to 10.000 kWh/year, 0.5 Euro-Cent per kWh
Between 10,000 kWh and 100,000 kWh/year, 0.4 Euro-Cent per kWh
Between 100,000 kWh and 3,000,000 kWh/year, 0.2 Euro-Cent per kWh
More than 3.000.000 kWh/year, 0.1 Euro-Cent per kWh
The Grüner Strom certification is not granted to companies directly involved in nuclear power plants or to operators of nuclear companies or to companies with ownership interests/capital stock in nuclear operating companies.

The Grüner Strom certification is not granted to companies with new and direct ownership interests in existing or newly built coal-fired power plants, purchased after the Criteria List 2015 has taken effect.

Renewable Energy Certificates/Credits are not accepted to prove fulfillment of the delivery obligation.

The funding amounts are mostly used to make financial contributions or to co-finance new green power generating plants that are eligible for support pursuant to the Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG) at the same time.
But they are used for power plants generating electricity for direct sale and distribution as well.
Also the funds can partly go to installations abroad and to energy efficiency measures and projects, including citizen energy projects, which are spurring the transformation of the energy system and the associated infrastructure.
Electricity providers must report about the projects supported by certification on the Internet.
In addition, successfully completed projects are listed on the GSL e.
V. website.
Over 70 power supply companies offer green electricity certified to the Grüner Strom criteria.
The Grüner Strom certification is granted for products.
The GSL e.
V., thereby, recommends individual electricity product options by certification.
Meeting the following essential requirements of the Criteria List is a prerequisite for certification:
Electricity must be sourced 100 % from renewable energy (from already existing or new power plants).
Electricity providers must use a fixed amount per sold kilowatt-hour to promote new renewable energy development. In the case of customers with a consumption of:
Up to 10.000 kWh/year, 0.5 Euro-Cent per kWh
Between 10,000 kWh and 100,000 kWh/year, 0.4 Euro-Cent per kWh
Between 100,000 kWh and 3,000,000 kWh/year, 0.2 Euro-Cent per kWh
More than 3.000.000 kWh/year, 0.1 Euro-Cent per kWh
The Grüner Strom certification is not granted to companies directly involved in nuclear power plants or to operators of nuclear companies or to companies with ownership interests/capital stock in nuclear operating companies.
The Grüner Strom certification is not granted to companies with new and direct ownership interests in existing or newly built coal-fired power plants, purchased after the Criteria List 2015 has taken effect.
Renewable Energy Certificates/Credits are not accepted to prove fulfillment of the delivery obligation.
The funding amounts are mostly used to make financial contributions or to co-finance new green power generating plants that are eligible for support pursuant to the Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG) at the same time. But they are used for power plants generating electricity for direct sale and distribution as well. Also the funds can partly go to installations abroad and to energy efficiency measures and projects, including citizen energy projects, which are spurring the transformation of the energy system and the associated infrastructure. Electricity providers must report about the projects supported by certification on the Internet. In addition, successfully completed projects are listed on the GSL e.V. website. Over 70 power supply companies offer green electricity certified to the Grüner Strom criteria. The Grüner Strom certification is granted for products. The GSL e.V., thereby, recommends individual electricity product options by certification.
Grüner Strom Label