Renewable Energy Compliance · Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Your renewable trajectory, measured against Directive 2018/2001 and turned into a costed action plan.
10 themes, a 5-level scale. And the action that moves each level to the next.
The framework’s 10 themes, already written from L1 to L5. One company, one business unit, or 300 at once.
Renewable Energy Compliance · Directive (EU) 2018/2001
10 themes, 5-level scale.
Nordhavn Industries
53 / 100
They measure their maturity with Datamensio
An example
This could be your situation.
Take one company as an example: three sites, three spreadsheets, no shared answer.
Nobody can consolidate.
Nordhavn Industries, 2,400 people in Hamburg, Lyon and Porto. A client asks where the group stands. Each site answers in its own spreadsheet, with its own scales.
Three weeks, a single base.
One Directive (EU) 2018/2001 (RED II), amended by Directive (EU) 2023/2413 (RED III) assessment launched across all three sites at once, from the managers’ interview notes. The framework was already written, its 10 themes and levels L1 to L5 too.
Two costs avoided before being committed.
A score of 53 out of 100, with the gap concentrated on three themes. The AI companion spotted that two actions duplicated those of another audit. The committee report took one sentence to request.
What it saved them
- 3sites measured on the same base, instead of three questionnaires to reconcile
- 2duplicate actions caught before the spend
- 1committee report, with no manual rework
These figures are an example. They could be yours.
The standard imposes processes. Datamensio says where you stand.
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The framework is already written
Themes, questions and levels L1 to L5, all written. You do not start from an empty spreadsheet.
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The score lands the same day
Online, by self-assessment link or in interview. Theme by theme, comparable over time.
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The gap becomes a costed plan
Every step up carries its action. The AI prioritises on expected effect, not on the order of the standard.
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Progress can be demonstrated
Campaign after campaign, against your target and against your own past. That is what your board asks for.
The maturity scale
One level, the next, and the action that links the two.
It is this mechanism (one level, the next level, and the action that links the two) that turns a finding into a trajectory.
Is the renewable electricity share consumed by your sites established from tracked guarantees of origin?
- N1
No consolidated data. The renewable share is not established, only supply invoices are kept.
- N2
The renewable share is taken from the supplier’s commercial claims. No verification of guarantee of origin cancellations is carried out.
- N3
Guarantee of origin cancellation certificates are collected annually for the main sites and reconciled with consumed volumes.
- N4
Reconciliation covers the entire boundary, site by site, with evidence retention and an audit trail usable by an external verifier.
- N5
Monitoring is sub-annual, gaps trigger a documented action, and the volumes feed directly into taxonomy and carbon disclosures without rework.
Action to move from L2 to L3
Ask the supplier, for the current period, for the guarantee of origin cancellation certificates linked to each delivery point, reconcile them with consumed volumes and add this check to the annual energy review calendar.
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Director, CCI 94CCI Île-de-France
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Maja SucekChief Operating Officer, Interreg Danube
Rarely on its own
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What this framework covers
Directive (EU) 2018/2001, known as RED II, overhauls the European framework for promoting renewable energy. It sets a binding EU-wide target for 2030, governs support mechanisms, organises guarantees of origin, creates a right to individual and collective self-consumption, simplifies permitting procedures, and imposes sustainability and greenhouse gas reduction criteria for biomass and biofuels. Its revision by Directive (EU) 2023/2413, known as RED III, raises the target and adds provisions on renewable hydrogen of non-biological origin and on acceleration areas.
For a quarry, mine or primary processing operator, the difficulty is not the text: it is traceability. What share of the sites’ electricity consumption is genuinely covered by a contract backed by guarantees of origin cancelled in your name, rather than a mere commercial claim from the supplier? Does the biomass used for drying or cogeneration meet the sustainability criteria, with a recognised voluntary scheme and a documented carbon balance? Who in the organisation can reconstruct this evidence site by site on request from an auditor or a client?
One confusion comes up repeatedly: buying so-called green electricity is not enough to establish renewable consumption under the directive. Accounting relies on the guarantees of origin mechanism, with issuance, transfer and cancellation tracked in a national registry. Likewise, a direct renewable power purchase agreement, an on-site self-consumption project or a dedicated grid connection only produce demonstrable effect if documented and linked to the declared consumption boundary. Requirements then cascade further: CBAM, taxonomy, emissions trading, client disclosures.
The maturity assessment answers a different question from a compliance audit. An audit concludes with a gap or a pass at a given point in time. The assessment places each practice on a progressive scale: sourcing, traceability, self-generation, biomass sustainability, project governance. For each theme, it states the action that moves you up a level and its associated cost. Datamensio measures maturity and prepares external verifications, it issues no certification.
In Datamensio, the framework is ready to use and remains adaptable. The AI adjusts themes, questions and levels to your activity profile, extractive, processing or associated logistics, or builds a custom version from your procedures, supply contracts and energy balances. Your business units can then be assessed against the same grid, making scores comparable across sites and over time.
Reference standard: Directive (EU) 2018/2001 (RED II), amended by Directive (EU) 2023/2413 (RED III)
The themes assessed
Energy governance and targets
Formalised energy policy, renewable share trajectory per site and group-wide, roles and responsibilities, executive sponsorship, alignment with decarbonisation targets.
Consumption knowledge
Mapping of uses by site, metering and sub-metering, electricity, heat and fuel shares, data reliability, consolidation frequency.
Renewable electricity sourcing
Nature of supply contracts, direct renewable power purchase agreements, origin clauses, contract duration, coverage of the declared consumption boundary.
Guarantees of origin and traceability
Issuance, transfer and cancellation of guarantees of origin, linkage to the national registry, evidence retention, consistency between cancelled and consumed volumes.
Self-consumption and on-site generation
Photovoltaic, wind or hydro generation on site, individual and collective self-consumption, grid connection, surplus recovery, performance monitoring.
Biomass, biofuels and sustainability criteria
Feedstock origin, compliance with sustainability and emissions reduction thresholds, use of a recognised voluntary scheme, mass balance, supplier documentation.
Heat, cooling and process electrification
Renewable share in heating and cooling, waste heat recovery, network connection, substitution of thermal equipment and vehicles, renewable hydrogen where applicable.
Permitting procedures and territorial relations
Control of timelines and administrative milestones, quality of applications, acceleration areas, dialogue with local authorities and residents on renewable projects.
Data, disclosures and regulatory interfaces
Feeding taxonomy, CBAM, emissions trading and sustainability reporting, audit trail, consistency of boundaries and factors used.
Monitoring, review and improvement
Renewable share indicators, periodic reviews, gaps between forecast and actual, lessons learned from projects, trajectory updates.
A short version of the framework is available for the online self-assessment.
Frequently asked questions
Can Directive 2018/2001 be certified?
No. It is a directive transposed into national law: it creates obligations for member states and, in turn, for operators. Verifications cover specific mechanisms, such as biomass sustainability checked through a recognised voluntary scheme. The assessment measures your maturity and prepares these verifications, it issues no certification.
What is the difference between this assessment and a compliance audit?
An audit checks for the presence of requirements and concludes with a gap or a pass. The assessment places each practice on a progressive scale and states the action that moves you up a level, with its cost and timeframe. The assessment prepares the audit, the audit validates it.
What is the difference between RED II and RED III?
Directive (EU) 2023/2413 revises Directive 2018/2001: it raises the renewable share target for 2030, speeds up permitting procedures with dedicated areas, and clarifies the treatment of renewable hydrogen of non-biological origin. The framework incorporates these changes, with the 2018 baseline remaining the reference.
How long does the assessment take?
The short version takes 20 to 30 minutes for an energy or HSE manager to complete. The full version, run collaboratively with sites, typically spans one to two weeks, most of the time spent gathering contracts, cancellation certificates and metering data.
Can the framework be adapted to our activities?
Yes. Questions, levels and themes can be modified, and the AI can build a custom version from your procedures and supply contracts. A quarry operator, a mineral processing site and a logistics platform have different energy uses, and the grid follows suit.
How can sites be compared with each other?
Each business unit is assessed against the same grid, making scores comparable by theme and over time. Action plans from multiple assessments can be consolidated into a cross-cutting roadmap, grouped and prioritised by AI, avoiding funding the same action ten times over.
Does this assessment also serve taxonomy or CBAM purposes?
Renewable share and traceability data feed into these mechanisms. A solid foundation on Directive 2018/2001 avoids rebuilding evidence for each disclosure. The cross-cutting roadmap allows these topics to be cross-referenced without duplicating actions.
Where is the data hosted?
In France, with OVH, backed up at Scaleway. No transfer outside the European Union. The AI models used can be selected, including from European providers.