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National certification and Implementation Supervision Commission, Energy Bureau on strengthening the photovoltaic products testing and certification work
In order to enhance the construction of the PV products' testing and certification system and regulate the industry's management, the Certification and Accreditation Administration of the People’s Republic of China and the National energy administration of the people's republic…
The Interim Measures for the management of photovoltaic power plant project
Regarding plan guidance and scale management, State Council authorities in charge of energy determine the scale and layout of photovoltaic power plant construction on the national level, and annual development scales on the province (autonomous region and municipality) level…
National energy administrati on Notice on the development of construction of distributed PV power grid demonstration park
For the expansion of distributed PV Application market, according to the relevant provincial (district, municipal) submitted to the demonstration area implementation plan, identified a first list of distributed PV demonstration area. The 18 demonstration areas are: BEIJING…
Comments on support of PV power financial services
In order to maximize leverage to effectively stimulate distributed photovoltaic investments made this comment. Country opened line support various to "self-use priority surplus goes grid national grid control" method for construction and operations of distributed PV power…
Feed-in tariff for onshore and offshore wind
In 2009, the Chinese National Development and Reform Document (NDRD) introduced a feed-in tariff to support the deployment of electricity from onshore wind, applying over a 20 year period. The price setting is divided in four categories according to the wind endowment of the…
Brightness Programme
The Brightness Program is an umbrella program, which includes the Township Electrification Program (TEP) (implemented 2002-2003), and the Village Electrification Program. The TEP included 20 MW of solar PV and wind, and 200 MW of small hydro to provide electricity for more than…
Notice regulating the standardization of the wind power equipment and generators quality
The Notice puts and obligation on provinces to strengthen the quality of wind power equipment and generators through standardize quality checking processes for wind plant equipment and windmills commissioning. The Notice underlines importance of transparent and clear processes…
Interim Measure of Distributed Solar Power Generation On-grid Service Agreement (State Grid)
Target: China plans to increase installed generation capacity for solar power to over 21GW by 2015. State Grid Cooperation for China (SGCC) announced a plan to allow small-scale distributed solar power generators to connect to its power lines and allow solar power generators…
Notice on planning the exploitation and utilization of geothermal energy for power and heating
The Notice provides a general guidance on short and long term development of the geothermal power in China for electricity and heat production. The short-term efforts will be focused on the exploitation of the geothermal power from shallow and medium-deep sources. The heat will…
The Notice on Integrating and Accommodating Wind Power 2013
The Notice pointed out that wind curtailment and power regulation has been very serious in some regions in 2012 with rapid development of installed capacity of wind power in China. The abandoned electricity generated by wind power was up to 20TWh throughout the country, so…
Minimum Standards for Solar Home Systems
It sets both quality requirements (ch. 4) and service level requirements (ch. 5) Minimum service level requirements include: 3 lamps operating at least 4 hours per day a mobile phone charge supply for 2 hours per day a radio charge supply for 5 hours per nights supply…
Lviv Soft Loan Programme for Solar Thermal Systems
Since 2009, Bank Lviv has offered residents across the Lviv region a subsidised interest rates to finance energy-saving measures, including the set-up of solar thermal systems. A 20% of the interest rate will be transferred back to the customer’s account a month
Kazakhstan renewable energy auction (May 2018)
In early 2018 Kazakhstan issued its first call for interest for the renewable energy power capacity auction. The auction is scheduled to take place on 23 May 2018. The government is seeking to procure around 1 GW of new solar PV and wind power capacity while reducing costs. The…
Technical Building Code
The Technical Building Code, hereinafter referred to as TBC, promulgated by Royal Decree 314/2006, 17 March 2006, is the regulatory framework governing the basic quality requirements that must be met by buildings, including their installations, in order to comply with the basic…
Ireland Better Energy and related programmes for buildings
The Better Energy Programme is the umbrella for a number of Government schemes that provide full or partial grants to households. These schemes allow households to upgrade the energy efficiency of their homes. The Better Energy Programme is administered by Sustainable Energy…
Market premium for large-scale hydropower
Operators of large-scale hydropower plants with an output higher than 10 MW are entitled to a market premium if they have to sell their electricity on the market at prices lower than their production
Solar PV Grant Scheme & Microgeneration
In 2018 a grant scheme was launched for to support solar photovoltaics in homes. A new scheme for micogeneration is expected to be in place by June
Solar Homes Program
The Solar Homes Package provides rebates for solar water heaters and rebates and interest free loans for solar PV systems and batteries, including assistance for rental
Solar for low income households - Trial
NSW are trialling a new way of helping people on low incomes reduce their electricity bills by installing 3 kilowatt solar systems on their homes, in exchange for no longer receiving the Low Income Household
Strategy and Action Plan for Oceanic Renewable Energies
1 - To approve the Industrial Strategy for Oceanic Renewable Energies (EI -ERO) contained in Annex I to the resolution and of which it is an integral part. 2 - To approve, in the context of EI-ERO, the Action Plan for Oceanic Renewable Energies, contained in Annex II to the…
Regime for the installation and operation of new plants biomass recovery
Amends the special and extraordinary regime for the installation and operation of new plants biomass recovery. Aim to maximising the potential of the special regime provided for in Decree-Law No. 64/2017 of 12 June, in a dual objective of, on the one hand, decarbonizing existing…
Solar thermal energy - large solar energy plants
Supports large solar plants and improves the framework conditions for the implementation of large solar thermal plants providing innovative impulses in the
Pilot zone's legal regime for ocean renewable energy
Mandate for the development of the pilot zone's legal regime for ocean renewable energy. Access location and extension of the scope of the Pilot Zone with the Windfloat project, ensuring its compatibility with the Industrial Strategy for Oceanic Renewable Energies (EI -ERO),…
Renewable Electricitiy Support Scheme
Renewable support scheme to meet Ireland 70% renewable electricity target by
Investment subsidies for photovoltaics in agriculture and forestry
Promotes small to medium-sized photovoltaic systems as well as electricity storage for agricultural and forestry companies and thus creates incentives for an environmentally and climate-friendly power supply in agriculture and
Climate and Energy Model Regions
Support for Austrian regions on their journey into a renewable energy future free from fossil fuels. They use their local renewable energy resources, use energy saving potetials to the full, and operate
Building Code of Australia (Class 2 to Class 9 Buildings)
The goal of the National Construction Code (NCC) is to enable the achievement of nationally consistent, minimum necessary standards of relevant safety (including structural safety and safety from fire), health, amenity and sustainability objectives efficiently. This goal is…
National Renewable Energy Action Plan (NREAP) of Poland
In 2010 Poland prepared and submitted to the European Commission its National Renewable Energy Action Plan (NREAP) fulfilling its obligations deriving from art. 4(1) of Directive 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the promotion of the…
BOCIAN - support for distributed renewable energy sources
The goal of the programme is to reduce or to avoid CO2 emissions by increasing energy production from renewable energy sources. The programme provides a support in a form of soft loans. The budget allocation is for years 2015-2020. It is mainly addressed to entrepreneurs and…
Feed-in Tariff for renewable electricity and solar PV auction
Feed-in-Tariff scheme started from July 2012, replacing RPS and revising existing purchasing scheme for PV electricity. Electric power companies are obliged to purchase electricity generated from renewable energy sources on a fixed-period contract at a fixed price. Cost for…
Building Regulations 2018 (BR18)
The 2018 version of the Danish building regulations - codes (BR18) update regulations from 2015 (BR15) and specify detailed requirements for building construction under the Building Act. The requirements of the building regulations are primarily designed to ensure building…
Building Code of Australia (Multi-Occupancy Buildings)
The National Construction Code (NCC) is an initiative of the Council of Australian Governments developed to incorporate all on-site construction requirements into a single code. The NCC is produced and maintained by the Australian Building Codes Board (ABCB) on behalf of the…
Polish Energy Policy until 2030
On 10 November 2009 the Council of Ministers adopted Polish Energy Policy until 2030. The Policy has been prepared within the Ministry of Economy. This document outlines a long-term strategy for the entire Polish energy sector, fuel and energy demand forecasts. The Policy also…
Feed-in Tariffs for electricity from wind, biogas and wood chip
The Finish government 2020 strategy seeks to increase the share of renewable energies in total final consumption from 28% in 2010 to 38% by 2020, and reach: 6TWh of wind power generation by 2020; 22 TWh of fores chips utilised as fuel by 2020; Feed-in tariff scheme is open for…
Australia Solar Cooling Standard
In 2019, Standards Australia's Committee CS-028 on Solar Water Heaters published its first standard on solar air conditioning, named AS 5389. It contains a methodology to calculate the cooling or heating loads of buildings under a variety of climatic
National Wind Farm Commissioner and Independent Scientific Committee on Wind Turbines
In line with the Government's commitment to respond to community concerns about wind farms, it has appointed the National Wind Farm Commissioner along with members to the Independent Scientific Committee on Wind Turbines. The Commissioner's role will be to facilitate resolution…
Guarantee scheme for geothermal energy
Instrument to mitigate the geological risk of deep geothermal drilling. These risks are mainly related to the uncertainties regarding the permeability of the aquifers. The scheme covers 85% of the investment in case of complete
Energy efficiency requirement for window type air conditioners
This standard defines minimum energy efficiency ratio of window type air conditioners with power capacity less than 3 kW. Unitary (old CNS 3615) CC Less than 2,000Kcal/h: EER 2.33 (9.24) CC above 2,000 Kcal/h and below 3,550Kcal/h: EER (kcal/h-W) 2.38 EER(BTU/h-W) 9.44…
Climate protection areas - Vienna
Vienna creates climate protection areas. Newly constructed buildings in these areas must be equipped with renewable energy or district
Minimum Cooling Efficiency Standards for Double-Duct Air-Conditioning and Heating Equipment
Minimum Cooling Efficiency Standards for Double-Duct Air-Conditioning and Heating Equipment are defined as follow in code 10 CFR § 431.97 - Energy efficiency standards and their compliance dates. This standard entered into force on January 1, 2010. Small Double-Duct…
Portugal Renewable Energy Auctions
In June 2019, Portugal adopted renewable energy auctions as a procurement tool for a new utility-scale renewable projects. Through competitive auctions, winning bidders have two modes of payment models: 1) guaranteed remuneration and 2) general remuneration. Guaranteed…
Electric Chillers with over 350kW of capacity
As of December 2012 Chillers with capacities greater than 350kW sold in Australia must comply with the minimum energy performance standards (MEPS) regulations. Capacity: 350-499 Minimum COP Air cooled 2.70 Water cooled 5.00 Minimum IPLV Air cooled 3.70 Water cooled…
Solar Water Heating Programme
The Solar Water Heating Program (SWH program) is a government initiative with an initial goal to install 1 million solar water heaters by 2014. The SWH program is expected to save approximately 650MW of electrical demand. The deployment of solar water heater (“SWH”) systems was…
EBRD Loans for Russian Hydropower
On 8 September 2006, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development announced the long-term loan of EUR185 million to finance the modernisation of nine power stations on the Volga-Kama cascade, one of Russias largest sources of hydro power. As of 2006, hydro generation was…
National Energy Policy
In order to “Create a stable, efficient and sustainable energy sector that fosters national economic and social development by establishing an enabling environment that exploits indigenous energy resources and reduces the total dependence on fossil fuels” the government has…
Support Scheme for PV and Biomass/ Biogas 2017 - Support Scheme for Electricity Generation from Renewables (SSRES)(Vulnerable groups)
Under this scheme, grants are allocated to encourage the installation of photovoltaics maximum installed capacity 3kW to vulnerable consumers. The grant is allocated for EUR 900 for each kW with maximum grant EUR 2,700 for each PV
Queensland Solar Bonus Scheme
The Queensland Government Solar Bonus Scheme pays households and other small customers for surplus electricity generated from roof-top solar photovoltaic systems. The rate of the tariff is set at AUD0.44/kWh or AUD0.08/KWh for eligible customers that consume no more than 100MWh…
Legislative Decree 4 June 2013 (DL 4/6/2013) - Transposition of the European Directive 2010/31/UE on the energy performance of buildings
Law of 3 August 2013, n. 90, recently published in the official gazette, converted into law (with amendments) the Decree- Law no. 63 of 2013 on "Urgent measures for the transposition of Directive 2010/31/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 May 2010 on the…
Renewable Energy for Heating and Cooling and Small Interventions Increasing Energy Efficiency Support Scheme – Inter-ministerial Decree 16 February 2016. Amendment to the Conto Termico.
Conto Termico 2.0, in force since May 31st 2016, strengthens and simplifies the support mechanism "Conto Termico" 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…
Reduced VAT
Solar (PV and heating) systems are encouraged by a reduced VAT: 10% (normal rate is 20%) (this includes deliveries and services related to investments in wind power plants and solar energy installations and investments in grids that distribute this