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South Australian Feed-in Tariff Scheme
South Australia's Solar Feed-in Scheme pays a net feed-in tariff to eligible small customers consuming less than 160 MWh of electricity per annum and who feed solar electricity into the electricity grid. Households, small businesses, community buildings and churches with solar…
Standing offer program for renewable projects in British Columbia
British Columbia wants to facilitate the development of distributed clean electricity generating projects in British Columbia to support its goal of self-sufficiency and help promote B.C. innovation. This electricity policy directs BC Hydro to develop a program, in consultation…
Correction of the tariff deficit in the electricity sector (Royal Decree-Law 14/2010)
The Royal Decree-Law 14/2010 seeks to reduce the tariff deficit currently burdening the electricity sector. To do so, emergency measures ranging form 2011 to 2013 have been taken by the Cabinet of Ministers. The main measures are: - As of January 1st 2011, electricity generators…
New regulatory framework for administrative procedures for renewable energy facilities
Starting in May 2009, future renewable energy power projects must be pre-registered before they can eligible to receive feed-in tariffs. The provision does not apply to solar photovoltaic facilities. In order to be registered, a planned facility must meet all regulatory and…
Regulation of Guarantees of Origin (GOs) of electricity produced from RES and high efficiency CHP generation plants.
Ministerial Order ITC/2914/2011: This Ministerial Order modifies the former Ministerial Order ITC/1522/2007, of 24th May, that establishes the regulation for Guarantees of Origin (GOs) of electricity produced from renewable energy sources and high efficiency combined heat and…
Interconnection of Renewable Energy Systems Agreement- Net metering Resolution 5399
In June 2012, Resolution 5399 established net metering for all renewable energy systems up to 500kW and derogated previous net metering provisions (resolutions 2060 and 3028). The new net metering procedures provided for monthly carryover of positive energy balances and that…
Offshore wind power regulations
Royal Decree 1028/2007, establishes the administrative procedures for processing permit applications for electricity generation facilities in Spains territorial waters. For offshore wind farms, this rule requires a minimum installed capacity of over 50 MW and establishes a…
Renewable Energy Auctions
Energy auctions and renewable energy-specific auctions are a major policy instrument for the promotion of renewable energy in Panama. Law 6 of 1997 established auctions as the procurement method for distribution companies. It also established a 5% price score premium on…
Indonesia geothermal auctions 2016
Indonesia has excellent geothermal resource availability – estimated 29 GW of which only around 4.5% was exploited as of 2015. In order to increase country’s renewable energy share in the energy mix and exploit its geothermal potential, the Ministry for Energy and Mineral…
National Photovoltaic Household Electrification Program (Programa Nacional de Electrificación Fotovoltaica Domiciliaria)
In 2013 Peru launched the National Photovoltaic Household Electrification Program, with the aim of providing electricity to 2 million people and 500000 household with solar PV, reaching 95% energy access by 2016. However, no further announcements have been made regarding the…
Organic Law on Geothermal Resources (Ley Organica de Recursos Geotermicos)
The Organic Law on Geothermal Resources (Law No. 26848) and its regulations were promulgated to promote the development of geothermal resources. In April 2010, a Regulation to the Law 26848 was approved with the objective of introducing private investment in developing…
Law that extends the scope of the regime of early recovery of the general tax on sales to hydroelectric generation companies (Ley que amplia los alcances del regimen de recuperacion anticipada del impuesto general a las ventas a las empresas de generacion
Law 28876 of 2006, regulated by Decree 037 of 2007, allowed renewable energy producers to benefit from early VAT refunds provided by Decree 818 of 1996 and Decree 793 of 2007. The benefit is available for hydropower and other renewable energy generating companies who have…
Belize Renewable Energy Auctions
In 2013, Belize issued an auction (RFPEG Belize 2013) with the purpose of securing supply to the national electricity system until 2028. The auction included 60MW of firm capacity open to all technologies and 15MW of solar and/or wind generation capacity. The auction had two…
Belize National Sustainable Energy Strategy 2012-2033
The National Sustainable Energy Strategy 2012-2033 set the 2033 goals of becoming a net electricity and biofuels exporter, increasing GDP energy intensity by 30%, tripling energy recovery from waste streams, and reducing fossil fuel imports by 50%. In addition, it restates…
Renewable Energy Auctions
The General Law of Electricity stated that utilities must procure their electricity supply contracts through auctions. Consequently, several auctions have been conducted in recent years. Generally, all technologies are allowed to participate in auctions . However, in certain…
Special Law Regulating Renewable Energy Public Projects - Eminent Domain (Ley Especial Reguladora de Proyectos Publicos de Energia Renovable)
The law declares the right of a government to expropriate private property for renewable energy projects - particularly for hydro, biomass and solar - for public use, with payment of compensation. The law also states that administrative procedures, legal processes, issuance of…
Renew300 Federal Renewable Energy Target
Renew300 is a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Initiative that sets a goal of reaching 300 megawatts (MW) of renewable energy through onsite and community scale renewable energy installations at federally assisted housing. The President’s Climate Action…
Feed-In Tariff for Electricity Generated from Biomass, Ocean, Run-of-River Hydropower, Solar and Wind Energy Resources
On 27 th July 2012 Energy Regulatory Commission adopted with modification feed-in tariff levels for renewable energy electricity proposed by the National Renewable Energy Board in May 2011. Energy Regulatory Commission Decision Case No. 2011-006 RM outlines that electricity…
Mini-Hydro Law
Republic Act No. 7156 or the Mini-Hydro Law provides the following rights and privileges to mini-hydro developers, as follows: 1. Special privilege tax rates: Tax payable by developers/grantees to develop potential sites for hydroelectric power and to generate, transmit and…
Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System (MACRS)
Section 168 of the internal revenue code contains a Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System (MACRS) by which businesses can recover investments in solar, wind, and geothermal property through depreciation deductions. The MACRS establishes the time over which various types of…
Tribal Energy Program
The Tribal Energy Program provides financial and technical assistance that enables tribes to evaluate and develop their renewable energy resources and reduce their energy consumption through efficiency and weatherization. The program also offers education and training…
Bureau of Land Management Renewable Energy Resources
The Department of Interior Bureau of Land Management (BLM) works with local communities, state regulators, industry, and other Federal agencies in building a clean energy future by providing sites for environmentally sound development of renewable energy on public lands.…
Residential Energy Efficient Property Credit
A taxpayer may claim a credit of 30% of qualified expenditures for a system that serves a dwelling unit located in the United States that is owned and used as a residence by the taxpayer. Expenditures with respect to the equipment are treated as made when the installation is…
San Francisco Solar Energy Incentive Program
The San Francisco Solar Energy Incentive Program is a municipal incentive programme to encourage the installation of photovoltaic (PV) systems both by residents and businesses. Different incentive levels are available whether the property is residential, commercial, low-income…
Federal Business Investment Tax Credit (ITC)
The federal Business Energy Investment Tax Credit (ITC) has been amended a number of times, most recently in December 2015, and affects a number of generation technologies. • For s olar technologies (PV, water heating, space heating/cooling, process heat) a 30% ITC is available…
Renewable Portfolio Standard -- Nevada
On June 7, 2005, the Governor of Nevada signed into law Assembly Bill 3, expanding Nevadas previous Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) (originally established in 1997). The updated standard requires that 20% of the states electricity come from renewable energy sources by 2015,…
Renew300 Federal Renewable Energy Target
Renew300 is a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Initiative that sets a goal of reaching 300 megawatts (MW) of renewable energy through onsite and community scale renewable energy installations at federally assisted housing. The President’s Climate Action…
Renewable Portfolio Standard -- Colorado
Colorado became the first U.S. state to create a renewable portfolio standard (RPS) by ballot initiative when voters approved Amendment 37 in November 2004. The original version of Colorados RPS required utilities serving 40,000 or more customers to generate or purchase enough…
Hydroelectric Production Incentive Program
Supports the expansion of hydropower energy development at existing dams through an incentive payment procedure. Authorized in Section 242 of EPAct 2005, the first appropriations for the program occurred in 2013 for FY14 and subsequently for FY15. In 2014 and 2015, Congress…
Smart from the Start Initiative
The Smart from the Start Initiative is an initiative to promote development of the vast wind potential, including Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Atlantic winds, of the United States. The Smart from the Start Initiative works to ensure that the process of issuing leases for…
Hydro-Electric Power Bill of Guyana
The central element of the hydropower development strategy in Guyana is the Amaila Falls project, which has been under development for several years, with involvement of private investors, IDB and the World Bank. The government plans to invest USD 80 Million from GRIF in the…
Fiscal incentives - exemptions for taxes and duties
Fiscal incentives include VAT and import duty exemptions for renewable electricity equipment, CFLs and LEDs, as well as solar appliances, solar water heaters and solar cooks
Long-term Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) for renewable energy projects
Renewable energy developers can sign long-term PPAs on a case-by-case basis with the state-owned utility (GPL). This includes an existing 25 MW biomass cogeneration plant and the planned 25MW Hope Beach wind farm. Following an 8.4kW demonstration project from Guyana Energy…
Vision 2016 of Botswana
The national development Vision 2016, formulated in 1996, following nationwide consultations is Botswana's guiding framework for all national development programs and policies. The Vision recommends that Botswana develops a center of excellency for solar energy technology. A…
National Energy Policy
The 1994 National Enery Policy created the Guyana Energy Agency. It aimed at the development of endogenous resources, including biomass in the short term and hydropower in the long term, as well as small, mini/micro hydropower, solar and wind power for remote and isolated…
Specific incentive for renewable energy (prime spécifique en matiere denergies renouvelables)
Incentive for investments in renewable energy by industry. This policy provides capital grants of up to 15% of the eligible investments by industry in: solar, wind and hydro energy, energy resulting from non polluting treatment of industrial and urban waste, biomass (including…
General Electricity Law
The law regulates the generation, transmission, distribution and commercialization of energy activities aiming for the rational and efficient use of resources. The law liberalises El Salvador's electricity market and provides the legal framework for the electric system. It…
Master Plan for Renewable Energy Development (2012-2026)
The objective of the Master Plan is to formulate a strategy for the use of renewable energy between 2012 and 2026. The plan does not set renewable energy targets, but provides scenarios for capacity addition of different renewable energy technologies by 2026, in three stages…
Energy White Paper and Renewable Energy Target
The white paper sets strategic goals for the energy sector of the Brunei Darussalam and provides broad guidelines for achieving these targets in the form of key priority initiatives. According to the whitepaper, Brunei Darussalam produced around 1,700 MWh from renewable energy…
Offshore wind tender regulation
The regulation provides detailed conditions of the tender process for the offshore wind plants and the subsidy to be awarded as a result of that process. The regulation stipulates that tenders will seek investors to develop projects in Borssele area Lot I and Lot II. The…
Renewable Energy Feed-in Tariffs (III)
Under the Electricity Law 2000, further feed-in tariffs were introduced on 10 July 2005 for perod of 15 to 20 years depending on the technology. Following FIT apply: Biogas and methanisation : between EUR cents 11,9-13,4 /kWh, with an energy efficiency bonus of up to EUR cents…
Offshore wind tendering mechanism
Two tenders have been launched since 2011. In the first one (2011), 2 GW were granted in four zones : Fécamp, Courseulles sur Mer, Saint-Brieuc and Saint Nazaire. In the second one (2013), 1 GW was granted in two zones : Tréport et Noirmoutier Island. A third tender is currently…
Netherlands offshore wind tenders
Following the implementation of the Offshore Wind Energy Act in mid-2015 introducing auction system for offshore wind projects, the Netherlands adopted secondary regulations and opened first technology specific tenders in 2016. Netherlands aims to auctions 700 MW of offshore…
Renewable Energy Feed-In Tariff: Solar PV
In March 2011 France adjusted its feed-in tariff system for electricity from solar PV plants. The support framework is now structured along two main systems: A feed-in tariff, adjusted every trimester, for building installation no bigger than 100 kW; and Tenders for building…
Netherlands Offshore Wind Energy Act (Wet Wind op Zee)
Netherland’s Offshore Wind Energy Act was adopted on 24 th of June 2015 and entered into force on 1 st of July 2015. The Act was implemented to simplify and accelerate the decision making process for the realisation of offshore wind projects in an effort to enable country to…
Energy Agreement for Sustainable Growth
The Energy Agreement for Sustainable Growth is a negotiated plan between the government and dozens of organisations and interest groups to propel Netherlands towards the energy transition. The Agreement stipulates ambitious targets: a reduction in final energy consumption…
Iraq renewable energy auction
On 20 th of June 2016 the Ministry of Electricity of the Republic of Iraq (the MOE) opened its first renewable energy tender for procurement of 50 MW of solar PV project. The plant will be based in Al-Salman District, Al Muthana Governorate, Iraq and the selected investor will…
Renewable Energy for Heating and Cooling and Small Interventions Increasing Energy Efficiency Support Scheme (Conto Termico 2.0)
Conto Termico 2.0, in force since May 31st 2016, strengthens and simplifies the support mechanism already introduced by the MD December 28th 2012, which encourages measures to increase energy efficiency and the production of thermal energy from RE. The total annual budget is up…
Renewable Energy Act establishing feed-in tariff (FIT) system
The Renewable Energy Act 2011 was enforced on 1st April December 2011 Malaysia establishing the feed-in tariffs (FIT) system with an annual installed capacity caps to 2030. Costs of the system are transferred onto electricity consumers who pay an additional surcharge of 1% on…
Law establishing incentives for construction and operation and maintece of solar PV plants in Panama (Law 37 of 10 June 2013, amended by Law 38 of August 9, 2016) (solar PV auctions)
In 2013 Panama introduced system of reverse auctions for procuring solar PV installations. Auctions are open to private investors who bid for guaranteed electricity prices for period up to 20 years. Projects are selected based on the lowest offered price of the generation. In…