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How and why are businesses getting started with hourly matching?
This blog post is the last 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, we explain how to get started as a business, and we share the different motivations of energy buyers across industries.
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Insight · 13.11.2025
Che cos’è l’Hourly Matching e cosa significa per la tua azienda?
Questo articolo fa parte della nostra serie “Hourly Matching in Practice”, pensata per aiutare chi si avvicina per la prima volta a questo tema a comprenderlo rapidamente, in vista delle prossime modifiche alle linee guida del GHG Protocol relative alle emissioni di Scope 2. Nel corso di questa serie, ti aiuteremo a capire in modo pratico come funziona l’hourly matching e come la tua azienda può iniziare a implementarlo. Oggi, il nostro collega Sebastian Porter apre la serie con un’introduzione su cosa sia l’hourly matching e quale impatto possa avere sulla tua attività.
News · 04.11.2025
Carbon-Free Chronicles October 2025: The essential round up of news and reports relating to hourly transparency
This month’s edition highlights a wave of progress in hourly transparency. From the launch of the GHG Protocol Scope 2 consultation to new milestones in clean hydrogen and real-time renewable tracking. As momentum builds across policy, technology, and markets, the shift towards truly carbon-free electricity (CFE) is becoming a global reality.
Press · 03.11.2025
Granular Energy und Fairster starten Partnerschaft für mehr Transparenz durch effizientes HKN-Management
Wir freuen uns, mit Fairster (fairster.de) einen neuen, innovativen Partner in Deutschland bekanntzugeben. Fairster ist Deutschlands erster Stromanbieter in gemeinnütziger Gesellschaft und setzt neue Maßstäbe für Transparenz und Fairness im Energiemarkt - mit dem klaren Ziel, Strom ohne Greenwashing und zu fairen Preisen ohne versteckte Kosten anzubieten.
Insight · 29.10.2025
How can you do hourly matching with monthly certificates?
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 explains more about how hourly matching can work without hourly certificates.
News · 20.10.2025
Granular Energy expands EnergyTag accreditation to global coverage
Granular Energy’s EnergyTag accreditation is now global, enabling Config 3 hourly Granular Certificates beyond Europe and supporting standardised 24/7 clean energy tracking for multinationals.
Insight · 09.10.2025
What is a high matching score?
So, you’ve got your hourly matching score… but what does that number actually mean? In the second part of our mini-series, Sebastian Porter unpacks what matching scores are realistic based on granularity, number of technologies and types of assets. Spoiler: diversity is your friend.