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What is hourly matching and what does it mean for your business?
This blog post is part of our Hourly Matching in Practice series, which aims to help newcomers to this topic quickly get up to speed ahead of the changes to the GHG Protocol’s scope 2 emissions guidance. Throughout this series, we will help you understand the practicalities of hourly matching, and how your business can get started with it. Today, our colleague Sebastian Porter kicks off with an introduction on what hourly matching is and what it means for your business.
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News · 15.09.2025
UK news: Granular Energy is becoming an ESNA — powering the future of exempt supply
Granular Energy is in the process of registering as an Exempt Supply Notification Agent (ESNA) under the UK Balancing and Settlement Code (BSC). This move underscores our commitment to enabling transparent energy supply models. We believe exempt supply can empower traceable, direct energy relationships between clean generators and end users. Scaling it demands rigorous data integrity and close compliance with regulatory requirements—strengths at the heart of Granular Energy.
News · 09.09.2025
Partnership Announcement: Granular Energy & Matched Energy
Granular Energy has partnered with Matched Energy, a UK non-profit that benchmarks energy suppliers' clean energy performance using public data. While Matched Energy provides independent transparency through hourly matching scores, Granular Energy gives suppliers the infrastructure to launch 24/7 clean energy tariffs. Together, they're building a transparent energy system that enables innovative carbon-free electricity products for consumers.
News · 12.08.2025
Granular Energy becomes accredited issuer of Granular Certificates under EnergyTag
Granular Energy is proud to announce our accreditation as an official issuer of Granular Certificates (GCs) under Configuration #3 of the EnergyTag standard. This milestone reinforces our commitment to driving the global shift to 24/7 carbon-free energy (CFE) by enabling trusted, auditable hourly matching of clean energy in regions where such tracking was previously unavailable.
News · 28.07.2025
Implications of trading of 24/7 carbon free energy on electricity system operation
We contributed to a study alongside AFRY and Nord Pool to review the impact of 24/7 Carbon Free Energy (CFE) trading on electricity system operation. The project assessed impacts on NESO, market design, and trading patterns. It also draws on input from government, industry, storage operators, and energy traders. Read the final report here.
News · 17.07.2025
Eneco UK and Granular Energy partner to bring greater transparency to clean energy sourcing
Granular Energy is pleased to announce a new partnership with Eneco, a leading sustainable energy supplier in the UK, to enhance transparency of renewable electricity reporting for all its customers. This collaboration represents a step-change in how energy procurement is tracked, verified, and reported on, setting a new level of transparency.
News · 08.07.2025
Granular Energy, Grexel, Electric Ireland, Flogas, Airtricity pave the way for hourly Guarantees of Origin in Ireland
Granular Energy and partners demonstrate feasibility of hourly GOs in landmark Irish pilot
News · 02.07.2025
Granular Energy partners with Catalyst Power in the U.S.
We are thrilled to announce our new partnership with Catalyst Power, marking an important milestone as Granular Energy deepens its presence in the United States. This collaboration will deliver one of the first U.S. retail energy solutions aligned with emerging hourly carbon-accounting guidance, enabling businesses to take decarbonisation action through precise, transparent energy procurement.
News · 17.06.2025
Ecotricity launches Real Time REGOs, an hourly matching product backed by Granular Energy
At Granular Energy, our mission has always been to bring greater transparency, trust and precision to renewable energy sourcing. That’s why we’re pleased to support Ecotricity, Britain’s first green energy company, in the launch of Real Time REGOs, a new product that brings improved accuracy to renewable energy certification for their customers.