{"id":2925,"date":"2024-05-24T08:56:45","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T08:56:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/selitys.fi\/how-does-a-renewable-energy-electricity-contract-differ-from-a-regular-electricity-contract\/"},"modified":"2024-05-24T08:56:45","modified_gmt":"2024-05-24T08:56:45","slug":"how-does-a-renewable-energy-electricity-contract-differ-from-a-regular-electricity-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/selitys.fi\/en\/how-does-a-renewable-energy-electricity-contract-differ-from-a-regular-electricity-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"How does a renewable energy electricity contract differ from a regular electricity contract?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A renewable energy electricity contract differs from a regular electricity contract in that it guarantees that electricity production takes place in an environmentally friendly way. The renewable energy electricity contract uses electricity that has been produced with, for example, solar or wind power, hydropower or biogas. In a standard electricity contract, on the other hand, electricity can come from, for example, fossil fuels, such as coal or natural gas.<\/p>\n<p>The renewable energy electricity contract is therefore a more ecological option that promotes sustainable development and reduces carbon dioxide emissions. Today, many consumers choose a renewable energy electricity contract, aware of the environmental impact.<\/p>\n<p>Sources: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.energiavirasto.fi\/fi\/energiamarkkinat\/sahkomarkkinat\/sahkos\u00e4m\u00e4uset\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Energiavirasto<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/ilmastodieetti.fi\/ energy\/renewable-energy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Climate Diet<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A renewable energy electricity contract differs from a regular electricity contract in that it guarantees that electricity production takes place in an environmentally friendly way. The renewable energy electricity contract uses electricity that has been produced with, for example, solar or wind power, hydropower or biogas. In a standard electricity contract, on the other hand,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2001,1973,2002],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-electricity-contract-issues","category-energy-issues","category-renewable-energy-issues"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How does a renewable energy electricity contract differ from a regular electricity contract? | Selitys.fi<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/selitys.fi\/en\/how-does-a-renewable-energy-electricity-contract-differ-from-a-regular-electricity-contract\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How does a renewable energy electricity contract differ from a regular electricity contract? | Selitys.fi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A renewable energy electricity contract differs from a regular electricity contract in that it guarantees that electricity production takes place in an environmentally friendly way. 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