Green Electricity

Your guide in the green power jungle Our Grüner Strom-Label

You want to change your electricity tariff, but lose the overview in the electricity comparison? When choosing your green electricity tariff, look out for our seal of approval! This guarantees you 100% genuine green electricity and the expansion of renewable energies.

Guarantees the expansion of renewable energies

A fixed amount per kilowatt hour flows into the expansion of renewable energies and into innovative energy transition projects - guaranteed!

Real green electricity with added value

Guaranteed green electricity 100% from renewable energy sources. Relabeling of nuclear and coal-fired electricity is excluded!

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Getragen von Verbänden für Umwelt, Frieden & Verbraucher*innen

Behind the seals of approval are NABU, DUH, BUND & other civil society organizations.

Independent certification

The highest environmental standards and demanding criteria are regularly audited.

Pioneer since 1998

First green electricity label in Germany.

Green electricity tariffs awarded with the Grüner Strom-Label guarantee investments in energy transition projects that are compatible with nature.

Energy transition projects

Tariffs with the Grüner Strom-Label actively promote the energy transition.

Guarantees the expansion of renewable energies

By choosing an electricity tariff with the Grüner Strom-Label, you have a double added value! You can be sure that you are buying 100% green electricity and automatically support the development of renewable energies.

This is because energy transition projects are implemented with a fixed amount per kilowatt hour consumed.

More than 100 Millionen Euro have already been 2.000  Projekte .

By choosing a green electricity tariff with the Grüner Strom-Label, you support, for example: new green power plants, future technologies such as storage and smart grids, energy efficiency measures, e-mobility, citizen energy projects.

100% real green electricity

A relabeling von Atom- und Kohlestrom in Ökostrom ist beim Grüner Strom-Label ausgeschlossen!

Legally, the term green electricity is not sufficiently defined and corresponding tariffs are only linked to a guarantee of origin , which only proves the generation, but not the supply, of electricity from renewable sources.

We guarantee you that the electricity you purchase also comes from renewable energy plants.

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Recommended by associations for the environment & consumers

Leading associations from civil society are behind the Grüner Strom-Label and Grünes Gas-Label. They play a key role in shaping the criteria for the labels.

Independent certification

The criteria of the Grüner Strom-Label are verified by an independent institute and are significantly co-determined by our supporting associations.

GUTcert ensures that all criteria are objectively assessed and fulfilled. Our honorary board of directors reviews the appraisals.

The certification is based on a detailed catalog of criteria , which was drafted by energy experts and is regularly reviewed and revised by the supporting associations.

Pioneer since 1998

The Grüner Strom-Label is the first seal of approval for green electricity on the German energy market.

The label was founded in 1998 by leading associations for environmental, peace and consumer:in.

The association behind it - Grüner Strom Label e.V. - is a pioneer in the certification of green electricity in Germany. Since the liberalization of the energy market in 1998, the association has made it its business to ensure greater transparency in the electricity market.

Obtain green electricity

Fast jeder Energieversorger bietet heute Ökostrom an. Aber nicht jeder Ökostromtarif bewirkt einen tatsächlichen Nutzen für die Energiewende. Tarife mit dem Grüner Strom-Label zeichnen Tarife mit Mehrwert aus.

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What you should know about green electricity

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Frequently asked questions

With Green Electricity-certified green electricity tariffs, guaranteed investments flow into the expansion of renewable energies. The level of investment is determined by a fixed amount per kilowatt hour consumed. Thus, your green power purchase indirectly influences investments in the energy transition.The funding areas include the mobility transition, energy infrastructure, energy efficiency, and other projects that serve the energy transition, such as nature conservation, development cooperation, and education.

The full range of funding opportunities can be found in the criteria catalog for the Grüner Strom-Label. Selected energy transition projects can be found here.

The Grüner Strom-Label is awarded for a green electricity tariff, not for the provider itself. The label criteria therefore relate primarily to the tariff.. The Grüner Strom-Label can be found on tariffs from independent green electricity providers as well as on tariffs from municipal utilities that also sell conventional electricity in addition to certified green electricity. Nevertheless, the green electricity certification also considers aspects that affect the supplier. For example, the Grüner Strom-Label is not awarded to any company that still has a direct stake in a coal-fired power plant on the cut-off date of 1.1.2027, i.e. operates a coal-fired power plant itself or has a stake in an operating company with share capital/share capital. Participation in nuclear power plants is also an exclusion criterion.
In our Tariff portal of the environmental associations "vergleich-dich-gruen" You will find all tariffs and can easily switch to a real green electricity tariff with a Grüner Strom-Label.

Green Electricity

Green electricity is electrical energy that comes from renewable sources. It can be generated from solar radiation, wind and water power, biomass, geothermal energy or sewage gas. Electricity from renewable sources is ecologically and socially sound because it protects the climate and reduces the consumption of fossil, finite resources. In addition, it does not produce hazardous waste, such as radioactive waste from nuclear power plants. When you buy green electricity, it doesn't mean that green electricity is actually coming out of the pipe. Every kilowatt hour generated flows into an electricity lake, from which it is then redistributed to end customers. In other words, everyone gets the same physical electricity. But every single green electricity customer helps to make the electricity lake ever greener. However, green electricity does not automatically promote the energy transition. For this, additional investments must be made in the expansion of renewable energies. This is guaranteed by tariffs that carry the Green Electricity label. - -

Electricity from renewable energies is ecologically and socially acceptable because it protects the climate and the environment. Consumption of fossil, finite resources reduced is produced. In addition, no hazardous waste is produced, such as radioactive waste from nuclear power plants.

When you buy green electricity, this does not mean that green electricity actually comes out of the line. Every kilowatt hour generated flows into a Stromsee, aus dem er dann an die Endkund*innen weiterverteilt wird. D.h. alle bekommen denselben physischen Strom. Doch jede*r einzelne Ökostromkund*in hilft dabei, den Stromsee immer grüner werden zu lassen.

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Der entscheidende Punkt bei einem Ökostromtarif ist, ob Verbraucher*innen mit ihrer Kaufentscheidung für einen . . Ausbau erneuerbarer Energien is subsidized. This is not the case with many green electricity offers.

Wenn du einen Tarif beziehst, der mit unserem Gütesiegel ausgezeichnet ist, kannst du sicher sein, dass pro verbrauchter Kilowattstunde, Gelder in den Ausbau erneuerbarer Energien fließen. 

Green electricity tariffs for private customers require an investment of at least 0.5 cents per kilowatt hour. Many energy providers also invest more than 0.5 cents per kilowatt hour.

. tariff portal of the environmental associations for switching energy providers. vergleichen willst, wird dir die Förderkomponente und somit dein Energiewende-Beitrag bei dem jeweiligen Tarif angezeigt.

For commercial customers, the subsidy is lower due to the higher consumption values: it ranges from 0.1 cents to 0.4 cents per kilowatt hour.

Yes. Green electricity tariffs do not necessarily have to bear a label. Certification by the Grüner Strom-Label or other seals of approval is voluntary. There are electricity providers who do not have their tariffs independently verified at all. Here, consumers must decide for themselves how credible the offer is.

In addition, it is not the energy providers that are certified, but only the individual tariffs. You can find more information about our certification here.

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Green Electricity

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On this page you will find all the important documents about the Green Electricity and Green Gas Label.

Grüner Strom-Label

Here you can find all the documents about the Green Electricity Label.

Green electricity tariffs awarded with the Grüner Strom-Label guarantee investments in energy transition projects that are compatible with nature.

Green Gas Label

Here you can find all the documents about the Green Gas Label.

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Green electricity tariffs awarded with the Grüner Strom-Label guarantee investments in energy transition projects that are compatible with nature.

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Melina Lukas, employee of Grüner Strom Label e.V.

Melina Lukas

Management consultant, green electricity certification

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Head of Green Gas Certification, Managing Director kompass:grün
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Melina Lukas, employee of Grüner Strom Label e.V.

Melina Lukas

Management consultant, green electricity certification

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Christian Knops

Head of Green Gas Certification, Managing Director kompass:grün
Consulting GmbH

Gruener-Strom employee-Nina

Nina Cernohorsky

Co-Head of Green Electricity Certification, Green Gas Certification Officer