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Energy Performance Standard for Buildings
Energy Performance Standards for new buildings and non-residential buildings came into effect on 15 December 1995, as part of the Housing Act supported by a programme implemented by NOVEM. The measures are intended to achieve savings of between 15% and 20% in energy consumption.…
UREBA Subsidies to Improve Energy Efficiency of Public Buildings - Wallonia
Subsidies for Rational Use of Energy in public buildings, ranging from audits, setting up an energy management system, investment feasibility studies, to investments in building shell elements or systems. The subsidy ratio varies according to the type of publics building, and…
Renewable Energies Heat Act
Renewable Energies Heat Act (EEWärmeG) aims to increase the share of renewable energies in heat provision to 14% by 2020. The Act makes the use of renewable energy for space and hot water heating mandatory for new buildings. It also stipulates budget requirements to this end…
Energy Improvement and Extension Act 2008 - Tax Incentives
Signed into law in October 2008, the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (H.R. 1424) included the Energy Improvement and Extension Act, which extended production tax credits (PTC) and investment tax credits (ITC) for various renewable energy sources, which were due to…
Ministerial Regulation on support for renewable and energy efficiency technologies
The Ministerial Regulation (6 December 1994) provided financial support for renewable and energy efficiency technologies, including: CHP, wind, solar, biomass and heat pumps. The funding for non-industrial generators was: CHP: 6 000 LUF per kWe, with a maximum of LUF 6 million…
National Energy Conservation Programme 2008 (NEP 2008)
The National Energy Conservation Programme has been offering energy efficiency grants to households each year for the last 6 years. In 2008, five different types of energy efficiency improvements are subsidised as part of the programme, each with a different subsidy intensity…
Income Tax Act - Accelerated Capital Cost Allowance
The accelerated Capital Cost Allowance (CCA), under Class 43.1 and 43.2 of Schedule II to the Income Tax Regulations, allows investors an accelerated write-off of certain equipment used to produce energy in a more efficient way or to produce energy from alternative renewable…
Grants for Conversion, Energy Efficiency and Solar in Public Buildings
A special investment support for energy efficiency and renewable energy in public buildings was established in 2005. Funding was made available for up to 30% of costs for the following types of investments: Energy mapping ; Conversion of the heating system to shift from fossil…
Financial aid programme for energy savings and renewable energy in housing 2013
The regulation of 12 December 2012 sets up a new financial aid scheme called "PRIMe House €. The regulation went into force on 1 January 2013 superseding regulation in force between 2008 and 2012. Scheme provides financial support in form of grants for projects aiming to…
Tax Reduction for Environmental and Energy Investments in Public Buildings
In the spring of 2004, the Government presented a proposal for a limited time subsidy for certain investments focused on energy efficiency and renewable energy in public buildings. The support takes the form of a tax credit corresponding to 30% of the total cost of approved…
CO2 Reduction Action Plan
The CO2 Reduction Action Plan was presented on 3 May 2006 by the Minister of Environment, introducing multi-sectoral measures targeting emissions reductions. The Plan includes the following sectors and measures: Transport: Increasing vehicle fuel excise tax; Reforming vehicle…
Tax Incentive for Energy-saving Equipment
This tax incentive scheme is provided under the Income Tax Act. Capital expenditure on qualifying energy efficient or energy-saving equipment can be written off in 1 year instead of 3. Qualifying equipment include: solar heating or cooling system and solar energy collection…
Argentina Renewable Energy Auctions - RenovAr Program (Round 1)
The renewable energy auction programme of Argentina (RenovAr) was set in motion with Resolution No. 136/2016, which: Launches an auction process so that bidders can apply to the first round of RenovAr program Approves the bidding terms and conditions of the auction, and…
El Salvador renewable energy auction 2017
In October 2016 DELSUR opened a renewable energy auction for procurement of 170 MW capacity. Auction was oversubscribed receiving 29 bids from 19 companies for a total capacity of 1.04 GW renewable projects. Results of the auction were announced on 25 th of January 2017.…
El Salvador renewable energy auction 2014
On 4 th of November Superintendencia General de Electricidad y Telecomunicaciones (SIGET) and Consejo Nacional de Energía (CNE) issued a call of tender for 15 MW of renewable energy projects. The winners of the tender were announced on 11 February 2014. Summary of the auction…
Argentina Renewable Energy Auctions - RenovAr Program (Round 1.5)
Given a strong participation in the RenovAR auction round 1, the government decided to schedule an additional auction round (1.5) to award additional renewable capacity contracts to the developers. Only solar and wind projects that qualified in the first round of auction, but…
Renewable energy targets and promotion policy
The Israeli socio-economic cabinet through a 12 January decision approved a policy to accelerate renewable energy production. Target: The cabinet endorsed a target of generating 10% of Israels electricity from renewable sources in 2020 , with an intermediate target of 5% in…
Israel solar PV auction
The Israeli Electricity Authority is responsible for holding solar PV auctions through 2017 and 2018 for around 1.2 GW capacity. Auctions are to bring country closer to achieving its 2020 renewable energy target (10% of RES in power generation), diverse the energy mix, increase…
Nigeria Feed-in Tariff for Renewable Energy Sourced Electricity
The government of Nigeria approved the feed-in tariff regulation in November 2015. The regulation enters into force in February 2016 and supersedes Multi-Year Tariff Order (MYTO) II (2012-2017) . Aiming to make use of Nigeria`s vast and mostly untapped potential for renewable…
Decree of 24 of April 2016 on renewable energy developments objectives (Arrêté du 24 avril 2016 relatif aux objectifs de développement des énergies renouvelables)
Decree of 24 April 2016 formulates and adopts renewable energy goals following adoption of the Energy Transition Act in 2015. The Decree modifies the Decree of 15 December of 2009 which transposed goals from National Renewable Energy Action Plan (NREAP) submitted to the European…
Community Feed-in-Tariff (COMFIT) of Nova Scotia
The COMFIT programme paid for small-scale community-owned renewable energy projects a pre-determined per-kWh FIT rate paid to producers using renewable energy technology (wind projects smaller or greater than 50 kW, biomass, small-scale in-stream tidal below 500 kW, and…
Decree No. 221/2013 establishing a price regulation in electricity and Decree No. 189/2014 (which amends and supplements decree 221/2013)
Regulation No.221/2013 on determination of price regulation in electroenergy sector stipulates several basic principles which will be applied from the 1 st of January 2014, especially prices as indicated in the below table. Plants of maximum capacity of 125 MW are eligible to…
Manitoba Solar Energy Program
Solar Energy Program of Manitoba was introduced in order to increase share of solar PV for own-consumption in the province. Program is directed to residential, commercial and industrial customers. Solar Energy Program provides two support systems: 1) one time grant support…
Manitoba Geothermal Program
Manitoba Hydro's Geothermal Program provides financial incentives to customers who install a geothermal heat pump system to replace a conventional electric heating system. Commercial buildings are eligible for the incentive with the following characteristics: Building…
The Concept of using hydropower potential in Slovakia till 2030
Document includes an inventory of hydropower potential (HPP) of natural watercourses of Slovak Republic, outlines its present use and possible future utilization and lists sites where placement of Small Hydropower Plants (SHP) is possible. The latter was assessed on basis of…
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…
Northwest Territories Solar Strategy
The Strategy guides the Government of the Northwest Territories’ (GNWT) actions to promote the use of solar energy technologies in the Northwest Territories (NWT). The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (ENR) is responsible for coordinating actions described in the…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…