Expert brief
Cross-border PPA: signing a PPA in another EU country
Updated 2026-06-06•By Antoine Cazals — Voltarione•Read ~3 min
Since RED III (2024), EU cross-border PPAs are recognised for Scope 2 market-based if producer and consumer countries are interconnected.
Typical cases
DE data center buys NO hydro via NordLink (1.4 GW). NL data center buys UK offshore wind via BritNed (1 GW).
Sources & references
Data and methodologies based on:
Read next
- Contract for Difference (CfD): renewable price hedgeA CfD is a price-hedge contract between a renewable producer and the State or a private buyer.
- ISDA & EFET: European PPA master agreementsISDA Master for vPPAs (financial derivatives), EFET Power Master for Physical/Sleeved.
- EU AI Act: impacts on AI data centersThe AI Act (in force 2026) mandates energy transparency, conformity audits, carbon footprint reporting for GPAI models > 10^25 FLOPS..
- EED Article 11: mandatory data center energy reportingThe revised EED (2024/1791) mandates every DC > 500 kW to report PUE, WUE, ERF, energy mix, GOs.
- PPA & energy glossaryAll key definitions on one page.