All UK emitters in the EU ETS now use an advanced online system to report emissions data

Woking, 13th February 2012 - SFW today announced it has delivered Module 2 of the Emissions Trading Scheme Workflow Automation Project (ETSWAP) to the Environment Agency (EA).

Module 2 of ETSWAP automates the processes associated with reporting CO2 emissions data for stationary installations covered by the EU’s Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) such as industrial works and power stations. It was delivered by SFW in December, ready for the critical reporting period from January to the end of March deadline when operators will need to submit reports of all their carbon dioxide emissions in 2011.

The first module of ETSWAP was delivered by SFW over a year ago so that aviation operators could report data on the tonne-kilometres flown during 2010 by a March 2011 deadline. This allowed the Environment Agency to calculate the free emissions credits that will be allocated to airlines for 2012, the first year they will be covered by the emissions trading scheme.

The Environment Agency procured ETSWAP on behalf of all UK regulators of the EU ETS, including the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) and the Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA). The web-based ETSWAP system supports compliance procedures for regulators and enables them to carry out their duties in a more effective way.  ETSWAP will be made available for purchase by other agencies in Europe who currently rely on other approaches such as spreadsheets which are sent by email between hundreds of operators and regulators.

Sue Stocks, National Trading and Regulatory Services Manager at the Environment Agency said, “It is very important for the EA to have reliable systems in place to help us manage the complex communication and workflows required to ensure all parties comply with the EU ETS. This is especially true now 600 aviation operators have been added to the 700 stationary emitters already covered by the scheme in the UK.  Many of these aviation operators are distributed in different time zones around the world: ETSWAP enables us to communicate with them effectively. I am very pleased that we have ETSWAP in place to support our work over the forthcoming reporting period.”

Peter Hornsby, Director of SFW said “We are proud that all airlines and stationary emitters of CO2 covered by the EU ETS in the UK are now using systems developed by SFW to submit and verify their emissions data.”