Cooperation AWO
Together for the energy turnaround
The AWO Bundesverband e.V. and the Grüner Strom Label e.V. will cooperate in the future. The aim of the new cooperation is to promote climate protection and energy transition in social work. In addition to better access to credible green electricity products, a support program for renewable energies at AWO facilities will also be launched.
Die Kooperation bildet eine Grundlage, auf welcher Rahmenvereinbarungen mit einzelnen Stromanbietern geschlossen werden. Einrichtungen und Dienste der AWO erhalten so einen transparenten und unkomplizierten Zugang zu glaubwürdigen und wirksamen Ökostromprodukten – natürlich zertifiziert mit dem Grüner Strom-Label.
Hintergrund
Die Umstellung auf Ökostrom kann eine wichtige Maßnahme sein, um die Emissionen von Einrichtungen und Diensten der Sozialen Arbeit kurzfristig und effektiv zu senken. So kann der CO₂-Ausstoß pro Pflegeplatz durch den Bezug von Strom aus regenerativen Energien kurzfristig um 10 bis 15 Prozent gesenkt werden. Kaum eine andere Maßnahme ist so effektiv umzusetzen.
Förderprogramm
Ein wichtiger Bestandteil der Kooperation ist ein Förderprogramm zur Förderung von Energiewende-Maßnahmen. Die Intention des Programms ist es, Energiewende-Maßnahmen von AWO-Einrichtungen zu unterstützen und damit deren Realisierung zu ermöglichen und zu beschleunigen.
Gemeinwohlorientierte Organisationen wie die AWO gehen oft voran, wenn es um nachhaltige, zukunftsorientierte Lebensweisen und gesellschaftlichen Wandel geht.
Einrichtungen, welche aktiv die Energiewende mitgestalten wollen, können sich beim AWO Bundesverband auf eine Förderung aus Investitionsmitteln der Ökostromanbieter bewerben.
Förderbereiche:
- Photovoltaikanlagen mit ergänzenden optionalen Maßnahmen
- Elektrotankstellen
- Einzelprojekte in der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit von AWO International e.V.
Antragsberechtigt sind alle AWO-Gliederungen bzw. deren Gesellschaften, sofern diese zum Zeitpunkt der Beantragung nachweislich Kunde eines vom Grüner Strom-Label zertifizierten Ökostromprodukts sind oder zum nächstmöglichen Zeitpunkt auf einen solchen Strombezug umstellen.
Antragsstellung
AWO empfiehlt Tarifvergleich der Umweltverbände
Für einen effektiven Klimaschutz und die dauerhafte Reduzierung von CO₂-Emissionen empfiehlt die AWO ihren Liegenschaften, Ökostrom und Biogas von Energieanbietern mit unserem Label.
Passende Strom- und Gas-Tarife können im Vergleichsportal der Umweltverbände, Vergleich-dich-gruen.de gefunden werden. Das Portal ermöglicht Verbraucher*innen einen unabhängigen Vergleich hochwertiger, grüner Energieprodukte. Transparent, unabhängig und ohne finanziellen Nutzen!
Konsequenter Klimaschutz
„In diesen Tagen stehen wir an der Seite von Fridays for Future und fordern einen konsequenten Klimaschutz. Dabei sind wir auch selber gefragt, unseren CO2-Ausstoß zu senken. Die Kooperation soll hierfür den Weg ebenen und auch ein Zeichen setzen.“
– Brigitte Döcker, AWO Vorstandsmitglied
Together for the energy turnaround
Your contact person
Steffen Lembke | AWO e.V.
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What you should know about green electricity
Green electricity label
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 Green electricity label. Selected energy transition projects can be found here.
The Green Electricity Label is awarded for a green electricity tariff, not for the provider itself. The label criteria therefore relate primarily to the tariff.Thus, the Green Electricity Label can be found on tariffs of independent green electricity providers as well as on tariffs of municipal utilities that sell conventional electricity in addition to the certified green electricity.
Nevertheless, the Green Electricity certification also looks at aspects concerning the supplier. For example, the Green Electricity label will not be granted to any company that is still directly involved 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 is involved in an operating company with share capital/share capital. Participation in nuclear power plants is also an exclusion criterion.
You can find all the energy suppliers that offer certified green electricity here.
Among them are several nationwide providers as well as local and regional energy suppliers. In our tariff portal of the environmental associations for switching energy providers. You will find all tariffs and can easily switch to a real green electricity tariff with a green electricity 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.
The numerous green power products available on the energy market differ significantly from one another.
The energy markets cannot prevent energy providers from relabeling their nuclear and coal-fired power as "green power" with the help of additionally purchased certificates of origin. The reason is that the certificates can be traded independently of the actual quantities of electricity. Under this model, an energy supplier can supply its green electricity customers with electricity from conventional power plants. For this electricity, the utility buys an equivalent amount of (very cheap) guarantees of origin and can then re-declare its electricity as green electricity. The electricity purchased for customers and the guarantees of origin therefore do not come from one and the same power plant.
In addition, the decisive point in a green electricity tariff is whether or not the consumers provide an additional environmental benefit with their purchase decision. An additional environmental benefit arises when the purchase of green electricity promotes the nature-friendly expansion of renewable energies. However, this is not the case with many green electricity offers.
If, for example, an energy supplier only purchases electricity from old hydroelectric power plants for its green electricity customers, then an already existing amount of green electricity is only diverted to a certain group of consumers. The consumers who previously received the hydroelectric power may now (unknowingly) be supplied with nuclear power because they do not specifically ask for green power. The bottom line is that everything remains the same, new plants are not built, and the share of green electricity in the European electricity mix is no higher than before. Such supposedly "green" tariffs promise an additional environmental benefit that cannot be proven. In terms of this promise, they are deceptive packages.
The Green Electricity Label identifies for consumers the purchase of 100% genuine green electricity as well as guaranteed investments in renewable energies and innovative energy transition projects.
The guaranteed investments in the nature-compatible expansion of renewable energies are an essential distinguishing feature compared to many other green electricity labels and green electricity tariffs, where customers only receive electricity from already existing green power plants. This is because merely shifting "green" electricity quantities back and forth does not result in any additional environmental benefit.
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.
If you want to compare an electricity tariff via the tariff portal of the environmental associations, the subsidy component and thus your energy transition contribution will be displayed for the respective energy provider.
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 Green Electricity 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.
On the one hand, it is not the energy providers that are certified, but only the individual tariffs. Secondly, the certification of green electricity tariffs with the Green Electricity Label is voluntary. Suppliers can decide for themselves whether they wish to have their products certified according to our criteria. Therefore, we cannot make any statement about the quality of your non-certified green electricity tariff. You can find more information about our certification here.
We recommend the tariff portal of the environmental associations for switching energy providers.Here you'll find only green electricity-certified green electricity rates. When changing tariffs, you don't have to be afraid that the lights will go out at some point. The power supply is guaranteed by law - even when you switch providers. By switching, you can save energy costs, protect the environment and promote the energy transition. Here you will find helpful information on switching.
