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Nigeria Renewable Energy Master Plan
Nigeria is facing the need for larger electricity supply and improved grid reliability and security. Targets: The Renewable Energy Master Plan (REMP) seeks to increase the supply of renewable electricity from 13% of total electricity generation in 2015 to 23% in 2025 and 36%…
National Strategy for renewable energy and energy efficiency
Main objectives of the Strategy: 1- Grid-based renewable energy: 15% share of electricity generation in 2025 Wind: 1200 GWh per year Geothermal: 1183 GWh per year Solar water heaters: 230 GWh per year Economic Lamps: 460 GWh per year Total 3073 GWh per year 2-…
Integrated Resource Plan for Electricity (IRP)
The Department of Energy published, in April 2011, the revised Integrated Resource Plan for Electricity 2010-2030. The plan introduces a set of ambitious generation targets for renewable energy market penetration to 2030, with wind and solar PV expected to be represent most of…
Mandatory Use of Renewables by Public Buildings
The mandate of renewable energy use in public buildings applies to newly or extended or reconstructed buildings that exceeds more than 3,000 square meters. Those buildings that fall under this category should generate a minimum of 10% of the building total energy demand from new…
Resolution on Feed-in Tariffs for electricity generated from renewable energy sources
On the basis of the Law on Renewable Energy Sources Ministry of Economy established guaranteed feed-in tariff (FIT) rates for electricity generated from renewable energy sources. FIT are set for installations with a capacity up to 750 kW for period of 20 years. All legal…
Eskom Solar Water Heating Rebate Programme
In early 2008, the wholly state-owned energy utility Eskom launched a programme to support the large-scale introduction of solar water heating. The programme is driven by the government’s target for renewable energy to contribute 10 000 gigawatt hours (GWh) of final energy…
Green Electricity Act 2012
Notification by European Comission in February 2012; Targets for additional installations in the period 2010 to 2020 according to the Green Electricity Act: Hydro 1,000 MW, Wind 2,000 MW, PV 1,200 MW, Biomas and Biogas 200 MW, depending on availability of ressorces; Green…
Solar Thermal Energy
The Decree regulates some obligations (previously set up by Solar Power Act N° 18.585) on health care centres, hotels, sports clubs and public buildings for water heating, on a progressive basis. The Decree also establishes some tax exemptions for the acquisiton of solar panels.…
National Photovoltaic Rural Electrification Programme
Through the National Photovoltaic Rural Electrification programme, rural communities in Botswana can utilise a ficing scheme to purchase photovoltaic systems repayable over 4 years with interest. The government underlines that solar water heating has been found to be…
Excise tax exemption for electricity generated from renewable energy sources
The National Council of the Slovak Republic, on 28 November 2007, adopted the Act on Excise tax from electricity, coal and natural gas, which exempts electricity produced from renewable sources from electricity excise tax (SKK 0.02/kWh from 2008 to 2009, and SKK 0.04/kWh from…
Greener Homes Scheme
The Greener Homes Scheme provides grants to homeowners who intend to purchase a new renewable energy heating system. Originally the sheme covered both new and existing housing, but is now restricted to existing housing with new measures dealing with new housing under building…
Ghana Energy Development and Access Project (GEDAP)
The Ghana Energy Development and Access Project is a co-operative project to improve electricity sector performance, undertaken by the Ghanaian government and a set of international institutions, mainly the World Bank, the Swiss Economic Cooperation and the African Development…
Ghana Energy Development and Access Project (GEDAP
The Ghana Energy Development and Access Project is a cooperation project between the Ghanaian government and a set of international institutions, mainly the World Bank, the Swiss Economic Cooperation and the African Development Bank, to improve Ghanaian electricity sector…
Act to Promote the Exploration and Development of Geothermal Resources
Current incentives for geothermal service contractors are enumerated under Presidential Decree No. 1442, otherwise known as "An Act to Promote the Exploration and Development of Geothermal Resources". These are: 1. Recovery of operating expenses not exceeding 90 percent of the…
Fiscal Incentives Act
The provisions of the act include:- an exemption of solar water heater raw materials (e.g., tanks, collectors) from the 20% import duty (which lowered the installed cost of a solar water heater by 5 to 10%)- a 30% consumption tax placed on conventional electric water
New and renewable energy programme (Exec. Order 462)
The policy aims to: a. To accelerate the exploration, development, utilization and commercialization of ocean, solar, and wind (OSW) energy resources which are indigenous, renewable, environment-friendly and of such abundance that can provide the Philippines self-sufficiency in…
Energy Action Plan 2009
National Energy Policy of 2009 provides an overall framework for a shift toward more sustainable national use of energy and is a supportive tool to Marshall Islands National Energy Policy 2009. The document provides complex road map of how to achieve main goals of the Energy…
Botswana Energy Master Plan
The Botswana Energy Master Plan sets out various goals for rural electrification involving the use of renewable energy. Various programmes are set out as follows: 1. Promotion of solar energy by the Botswana Government. 2. Integration of grid and non-grid technologies. 3.…
Siting of wind turbines (Law 2689/87)
This legislative measure defines criteria for the siting of wind turbines within the boundaries of inhabited areas, in uninhabited, rural areas and in industrial
Solar America Board for Codes and Standards
The Solar America Board for Codes and Standards is a collaborative effort of photovoltaic (PV) codes and standards experts who gather and prioritise input from the broad spectrum of PV stakeholders, including policymakers, manufacturers, installers, and consumers. The group…
Environment Protection and Infrastructure Operational Programme (EIOP), Environment friendly energy management
Measure 1.7 of the EIOP entitled “Environment friendly energy management” deals with increasing the use of renewable energy sources and energy efficiency. Subsidies are available (between 125 million HUF and 300 million HUF per project) and the amount granted depends on project…
Wind Energy Co-operative Tax Incentive
Under this legislation, individuals who participate in wind energy co-operatives (Bürgerwind) can choose between a normal taxation or a simplified model, where there is no taxation for the first ? 400 per year of the production value and the remainder is taxed at 60% of regular…
California Solar Initiative
The California Solar Initiative is part of the Go Solar California campaign and builds on 10 years of state solar rebates offered to customers in Californias investor-owned utility territories: Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E), Southern California Edison (SCE), and San Diego Gas &…
Subsidies for renewable energy production (Law of 3 August 2005)
The Ministry of the Environment, through this regulation, increased its support for the production of electrical energy. This support takes the form of bonuses whose size is dependent upon the system used. The bonus is provided to electricity produced from wind, hydropower,…
Microgeneration Support Programme
On 16 April 2008, a small- and micro-generation support programme was announced. It included studies aimed at identifying the potential and establishing the necessary infrastructure and field trials of small and micro-scale wind, solar and hydro generation in the domestic and…
Best Practice Guidelines - Irish Wind Industry
The Irish Wind Energy Associations comprehensive new guidelines on best practice for on-shore wind projects in Ireland were launched on 7 May 2008. The Guidelines are meant to spur the development of the wind industry, and support what IWEA says will be private investment of…
Cabinet of Ministers Ruling for Wind and Solar Thermal Electric Energy quotas
The Royal Decree-Act 6/2009, of 30th April, laid down the inception of the Pre-assignment Registry for energy installations belonging to the Special Regime. It also allowed the possibility of establishing a specific schedule aiming to plan and control the commissioning of…
Generation of Electricity using Renewable Energy Sources
This law, which came into force in June 2006, transposes EU Directive 2001/77/EC regarding the promotion of electricity produced from renewable energy sources (RES) in the internal electricity market. It also seeks to promote, by granting priority to the generation of electrical…
Tax and duty exemptions
Starting in 1998, the Government has reduced import duties and VAT on solar and wind generation systems and components. Presently, solar and wind energy generating systems are exempt from both import duties and value added tax (VAT). Components for use with solar and wind…
Renewable Energy Services Programme (RESPRO)
The Renewable Energy Services Project (RESPRO)was launched as a three-year project, funded in part by the UNDP and GEF, and has been continued by the Ministry of Energy as a programme to create a non-profit trust to manage and extend solar PV services to needy communities as an…
Canadian Renewable Conservation Expenses (CRCE)
Canadian Renewable Conservation Expenses (CRCE) is a category of fully deductible expenditures associated with the start-up of renewable energy and energy conservation projects for which at least 50% of the capital costs of the property would be described in Class 43.1 and 43.2.…
Hydropower Revival Plan
The French Ministry announced in July 2008 a plan to boost hydropower as part of Frances goal of increasing the share of renewable sources of energy in its final energy consumption to 23% by 2020. The plan does not include the construction of new hydropower facilities, but seeks…
Renewable Energy Feed-In Tariff: Hydropower (IV)
Under the Electricity Law 2000, a feed-in tariff was introduced on 1 March 2007 for hydropower installations with contracts of 20 years. The tariff comprises 6.07 Eur cents/kWh, together with a bonus of between 0.5 and 3.5 for small installations and a bonus of between 0 and…
Solar hot water hybrid system promotion project
The DEDE initiated in 2008 the Solar Hot Water Hybrid system promotion project. The programme ficially supprot the deployment of high efficiency solar collector and waste heat from air conditioner and boiler installations and stimulate investment. The government provides grants…
Program for the promotion of renewable energies, rural electrification and sustainable supply in domestic fuel (PERACOD)
PERACOD, a co-operation programme between the Senegalese government and the German development agency GTZ managed by the Ministry of Energy, is aimed at increasing rural energy access through the deployment of domestic fuels and renewable energy (RE). Running from 2004 to 2015,…
Small and Very Small Power Purchase Agreements
Intiated following the amendment of the EGAT (Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand ) Act, the small power producer (SPP) purchase agreements were meant to initiate private participation in power sector development. The objectives of purchasing electricity from SPPs were:…
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…
Green Power
The operators of renewable energy plants not operating under the German Feed-In Scheme, the EEG, have the opportunity to sell the electricity generated in their plants at a premium on the market. This "green electricity" entered the market as a new product which could be…
Solar Traffic Lights
In January 208, the Central Energy Fund (CEF) announced that it had committed USD 5.7 million to the installation of solar power traffic lights in South Africa. Thousands of intersections have been identified for solar powered traffic lights and a pilot solar traffic light…
Investment Priorities Plan (IPP)
The government shall assist developers in obtaining all applicable fiscal and non-fiscal incentives, including registration as a pioneer industry under the Board of Investments (BOI) and securing of access to lands and offshore areas where ocean, wind and solar resources shall…
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…
Think Climate - Financial aid programme for energy savings and renewable energy in housing
Since 1 January 2008, the Ministry of Environment established a new financial incentive programme to encourage investments in high efficiency housing, energy-efficient refurbishment of existing housing, the installation of renewable energy sources and energy-efficient equipment,…
klima:aktiv Programme
The klima:aktiv programme, running from 2004 to 2012, is overseen by the Ministry of Environment and managed by the Austrian Energy Agency. The programme aims to support energy eefficiency and increased use of renewables in all sectors of the economy through direct grant…
CO2 Reduction Action Plan
The CO2 Reduction Action Plan was presented on 3 May 2006 by the Minister of Environment, introducting multi-sectoral measures targeting emissions reductions. The Plan includes the following sectors and measures: Transport: -increasing vehicle fuel excise tax -reforming…