Guarantee of Origin

EU electronic certificate certifying that electricity was produced from renewable sources.

Also known as

GO, GoO

Related terms

PPA
Long-term contract to buy electricity from a specific generator, often used to source renewables.
REC
Tradable certificate representing the environmental attributes of one MWh of renewable electricity.
physical risk
Financial risk from acute (storms, floods) or chronic (heat, sea-level rise) climate impacts.
transition risk
Financial risk from policy, technology, market or reputational shifts as economies decarbonise.