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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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 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 of wind plants in Panama (Law No. 44 of 25 April 2011, amended by Law 18 of 26 March 2013) (wind auctions)
In 2011 Panama introduced system of reverse auctions for procuring onshore wind installations. Auctions are open to private investors who bid for guaranteed electricity prices for period of 15 years. Projects are selected based on the lowest offered price of the generation. In…
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…
New National Renewable Energy Strategy
In February 2008, Egypt's Supreme Council of Energy announced an ambitious plan to generate 20% of the country's electricity from renewable sources by 2020 , including a 12% contribution from wind energy, translating into 7,200 MW of grid-connected wind farms. This ambitious…
Feed-in tariff for wind and solar PV projects
In September 2014 the Ministry of Electricity & Energy and the Regulatory Agency launched feed-in tariff support system for solar PV and wind projects with capacity less than 50 MW. The goal of the FIT programme is to boost renewable energy production in Egypt and to reach 2300…
Least Cost Power Development Plan 2011-2031
Kenya’s power industry generation and transmission system planning is undertaken on the basis of a 20 year rolling Least Cost Power Development Plan (LCPDP), updated every year. It is estimated that 2011 peak load will grow 13 times by the year 2031. Forecasted peak demand for…
Scaling up Renewable Energy Programme for Tanzania (SREP Tanzania)
The project aims to catalyse the generation of about 100 MW , developed by the private sector, with public-sector support targeted to overcome the higher-risk phases of development, and thus make geothermal energy a reliable, low-cost, and significant contributor to Tanzania's…
Global Energy Transfer Feed-in Tariff (GET FIT) Programme Uganda
The main purpose of the GET FiT Program Uganda is to fast-track a portfolio of up to 15 small-scale RE generation projects (1MW-20MW) promoted by private developers with a total installed capacity of roughly 125MW. This will help to add much-needed clean generation capacity,…
Ceiling Price for Geothermal (Ministerial Regulation No. 17/2014)
Regulation of Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources No. 17/2014 is the fourth revision of tariffs for geothermal power projects. With the three previous revisions, the Government has moved from a regime that applied different tariffs depending on voltage or capacity, to one…
Uganda Energy Credit Capitalisation Company (UECCC)
The Uganda Energy Credit Capitalisation Company (UECCC) was established to provide financing options with the aim of facilitating investment in renewable energy projects. It works with development partners and financial institutions to offer the following services: Partial…
Renewable Energy Fund for off-grid solutions
The Government has opened a Renewable Energy Fund Account with a 7.9 million Pula (bwp) grant from the Global Environment Fund as seed money. The Fund is aimed at subsidizing renewable energy technologies for off-grid solutions especially for applications including solar water…
National Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA)
In the energy sector actions under the programme include mobilization of investment to promote new and renewable energies (solar, photovoltaic and biogas in public areas and households in the rural area). In the water sector the adaptation programme includes provision of…
Solar Photovoltaic Dispatch
The law stipulates the conditions for grid dispatch of solar PV. It states that solar PV based electricity will be considered to have zero marginal cost. The solar PV generation will be dispatched if the plants and the solar resource are available and there are no technical…
Auctioning decree (77-2006)
In 2006 the decree auctioned 20 MW for wind power, 20 MW for biomass and 20 MW for mini-hydro. The individual generators were not allowed to exceed a power of 10MW. The decree states that the National Electricity Utility (UTE) will auction special contracts for purchase…
Tax incentives for renewable energy
Under the VAT Act 2013 and VAT (Amendment) Act 2014, Kenya offers an exemption from value added tax (VAT) and import duties for supplies imported or bought for the construction of a power-generating plant or for geothermal exploration, as well as certain plant and machinery.…
Wind auction (424-2011)
Given the below-expected prices obtained in the 2011 auction from the 159/2011 Decree, the Decree 424/2011 was set in order to allow developers who were unsuccessful with the 159/2011 decree to be awarded PPAs at USD 63.5/MWh for projects up to 50MW. The project developers had…
Environmental Impact Assessment
This decree states the requirement for environmental impact analysis for electricity generation projects. It also includes the requirement for a decommissioning plan and a decommissioning guarantee which is determined on a case-by-case basis. The following renewable energy…
Zanzibar Vision 2020
The Zanzibar Vision 2020 is the overall framework guiding all development plans and policies for eradicating poverty, The Vision's policy on sustainable provision of energy is to ensure adequate, environmentally sound, alternative and sustained energy supplies for easing…
Private generation of wind energy
The Decree 158/012 allows industrial consumers, which generate wind energy, to establish contracts with the National Electricity Utility (UTE). The contracts are defined for three different types of generation configurations: on-site generation, off-site generation and…
Wind Dispatch
The law stipulates the conditions for grid dispatch of wind power. It states that wind based electricity will be considered to have zero marginal cost. The wind plants shall be dispatched provided they are available, the wind resource is there, and that there are no operating…
Solar Photovoltaic Methodology
The methodology for the evaluation of the minnimum national component of the investment schedule which is attached is an integral part of this resolution. These procurement procedures should be applied to the contracts signed by the electricity utility (UTE), pursuant to the…
Zambia Scaling Solar Programme
In July 2015, the President of the Republic of Zambia, formally directed the Industrial Development Corporation Limited (IDC) to drive the urgent development and installation of at least 600 MW of solar power , in order to redress the current power deficit in Zambia and…
Subsidy for solar PV with storage installations (Programm zur Förderung von PV-Batteriespeichern)
Germany on 1st of March will start a new EUR 30m programme to support investments into the battery storage of electricity generated from PV residential installations in order to strengthen grid services of solar plants and help cost reduction. The programme will last until 2018.…
Morocco Net-Metering legislation (Law n°58-15)
In the end of 2015 the government of Morocco adopted Law n°58-15 amending renewable energy law and introducing net-metering scheme for solar PV and onshore wind plants. Only power plants connected to the high-voltage grid may participate. Those connected to the middle- and…
Zambia Solar PV Tender
On 16 th of February 2016 Zambia’s Industrial Development Corporation Limited (IDC) formally issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for a combined 100MW of solar PV power tender Round 1. The tender is organised within Scaling Solar Zambia program that is supported by World Bank…
Morocco Renewable Power Tenders (MASEN)
Since 2010 Moroccan government is tendering new solar and wind capacity through auctions in order to meet country’s renewable energy targets and in order to increase capacity production for growing energy demand. MASEN is responsible for auctioning solar PV capacity while ONE…