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Energy Access Financing
In 2011, Decree 6417 provided public ficing for an Energy Access project with solar energy for isolated indigenous settlements. This project resulted in the electrification of 35 indigenous
Euro Solar project Law
The Law approved the ficing mechanism suggested by the Euro-Solar project involving Bolivia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Peru, Paraguay, Nicaragua, Honduras and the European Commission.The program was estimated to cost more than 30 million Euros. The funds were to be used…
2005 Biofuels Promotion Law
This law provides the legal framework for biofuels in Paraguay. The goal of the law is to contribute to the sustainable growth of Paraguay and to facilitate the implementation of projects under the Clean Development Mechanism as specified in the Kyoto Protocol. The law declares…
Price Stabilization Fund of Biodiesel
This decree aims to promote the competitive biodiesel Development Program in its initial phase by establishing the Price Stabilization Fund of Biodiesel. The objective of the Decree is to diminish and contain the impacts of volatile fuel prices on local economy by promoting…
Biofuel Specification
The Decree 7412/2006 regulates the 2748/2005 law (biofuel law). It obliges: Biodiesel to meet the requirements established by the Norm PNA 16 018 05 (or the latest edition of the norm). Ethanol related blends to meet the requirements established by the norm 025 approved by…
Environmental Impact Assessment
Environmental impact assessments are regulated by Law 294/93 and, where relevant, Law 352/1994 on protected areas. The law states that the type of projects/activities that have to go through environmental impact assessment include (but are not limited to): Hydro-projects, power…
Independent production and trasportation of energy (PTIEE)
The law attempts to give a legal framework for the sale of renewable energy. It allows for independent generation and transport of electricity for national consumption or export. It covers all renewable energy sources, except for hydropower plants larger than 2 MW. The Law…
Yacyreta Treaty (Paraguay-Argentina)
The Law created the Yacyreta binational (Paraguay - Argentina) entity in order to take advantage of the hydroelectric potential. The initial investment is of USD 100 million. The project intended to develop 30 units each of 135 MW. The entity was jointly administered by the…
Itiapu Treaty (Paraguay-Brazil)
The law approves and ratifies the Treaty between the Republic of Paraguay and the Federative Republic of Brazil for the use of hydroelectric water resources of the Parana River, which are shared between the two countries, signed on April 23, 1973, in Brasilia. The resulting…
Sowing Light Programme
The programme Sowing Light was initiated in 2005 through Public Foundation for Electric Development (FUNDELEC). The objective for the programme was to provide energy and water services in remote and indigenous community areas through solar PV and hybrid systems. To date (early…
Law on Rational and Efficient Use of Energy
The Law mandates ministries to use renewable energy for thermal purposes and enables the state to establish norms and mechanisms to incentivise renewable energy. The Law stipulates that the ministries responsible for housing and energy will jointly promote the use of renewable…
Service and Power System Organic Law
The Electricity Law states that consumers should consider efficiency and use of renewable energy to meet their electricity demand. It also supports the objectives of diversification and use of renewable energy laid out by The Development Plan for the National Electric System.…
Royal Decree 413/2014 on electricity generation by means of renewable, cogeneration and waste facilities
The Royal Decree 413/2014 was adopted on 6 th of June 2014 and published in the Official Journal of Spain on 10 th of June 2014. The Royal Decree entered into force on 11 th of June 2014. The Royal Decree states that the goal of the new remuneration scheme is to provide…
British Columbia Clean Energy Act: Clean or Renewable Electricity Requirement
Clean Energy Act commits that British Columbia will generate at least 93% of their electricity from clean or renewable
Act No. 137/2010: Coll on Air Protection
This act is a comprehensive legal framework for control and regulation of air pollutants. It covers wide range of environmental regulation for fuel quality, fuel registration, condition of BATNEEC for fuel combustion in the middle and large scale stationary sources reporting…
Libya Renewable Energy Strategic Plan 2013-2025
The Plan aims to achieve 7% renewable energy contribution to the electric energy mix by 2020 and 10% by 2025. This will come from Wind, Concentrated Solar Power, photovoltaic and solar water heating. The breakdown by technologies will be as follows proposed mix will be as…
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Energy Policy
One of the many objectives of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Energy Policy is to diversify the energy sources through the increased use of renewable energy in a manner that assures optimization with other sectors. The policy focuses on the promotion of energy efficiency (EE)…
Development of Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency and Electrification
This project is being implemented by the Inter-American Developemtn Bank (IDB) and it seeks to promote the use and development of renewable enrgy and energy efficiency in Suriname. Renewable energy is an important element of Suriname's strategy for 2020 as renewable energy can…
Capacity Building Program on RETs
The objective of the program is to deliver improved courses, seminars and educational programs related to renewable energy technologies. The program makes special enphasis on hydropower, biomass, solar and wind energy. It expects to develop a master of science program in…
Solar Energy for Ice Making
A law that declares of regional priority to generate ice in the region of Pando through the use of solar
Water Pumping in La Paz
The Law promotes use of wind and solar power for groundwater extraction intended for micro-irrigation in the region of La
Electricity for Decent Living Program
The programme created by the Decree 29635 of 2008 establishes the Electricity for Decent Living setting the goals to achieve universal electricity access by 2015 in urban areas and 2025 in rural. The interim goals for rural areas are 70% of electricity access by 2015 and 87% by…
Feasability Studies in El Bada - Hydropower
The Decree declares that the Beni River Basin is important for Bolivian national interests and states the priority to utilize it. The Decree defines the mechanisms by which the studies for the 1.6 GW hydropower plant named "El Bala" will be done until the final design in order…
Concessional loan: Geothermal Plant in Laguna Colorada
The law approves the loan contract, signed by the Plurinational State of Bolivia and the International Cooperation Agency of Japan - JICA. The funding is intended to finance the "Project for Construction of Geothermal Plant Laguna Colorada, Phase I of the First
Import Duty Exemptions
The Decree authorised for import duty tax exemption for the equipment donated by the European Economic Community though the Euro-Solar programme according to annex 10 of the ficing agreement of December 21, 2006 (ALA/2006/017-223) on behalf of the Department of Electricity and…
VAT and import duties exemptions for renewable technologies (Beni and Pandofor)
Bolivia introduced two tax incentives for renewable energy technologies. Laws 3279 and 3152 establish tax relives on the Value Added Tax (VAT) and import duties in Beni and Pando regions of
The Electricity Law
The Electricity Law regulates electricity system and industry in Bolivia. The Decree 2048 amending the Law in 2014 established the feed-in tariff support mechanism for renewable energy power producers. The tariff will be paid out by the Ministry of Hydrocarbon and Energy and it…
Vice-Ministry of Electricity and Alternative Energy
The Decree (Decreto Supremo Nº 29894) establishes the Vice-Ministry of Electricity and Alternative Energy. This Vice-Ministry is mandated to develop policies for the promotion of renewable energy in Bolivia. The institution is mandated to collaborate with public universities in…
Bolivia Electric Plan 2020-2025 (Plan del Sector Eléctrico del Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia 2025)
The Plan outlines expansion of the electric system of Bolivia up to 2025. The Plan is aligned with number of other important developmental visions for Bolivia. Expansion of the electric grid is closely connected with the goal to eradicate extreme poverty in the country,…
Patriotic Agenda of the Bi-century 2015-2025
The President has declared an agenda with the intention of approaching the year 2025 in best possible conditions. Some of the objectives are linked to renewable energy development; such as the goal of gaining knowledge on renewable energy (hydroelectric, wind, biomass, and…
Constitutional Reform 2009
In result of the Constitutional Reform of 2009 new, pro-renewables provisions, entered into force: Article 379 states that the government of Bolivia will promote research and use of environmentally friendly forms of energy; Article 300 promotes use of renewable energy in the…
Constitutional Reform 2013
The Constitutional Reform of 2013 impact Mexico’s energy system including the oil, gas and electricity sectors. The reform ended the state monopoly on generation and commercialization of electricity, as well as on fossil fuel exploration and extraction. The most important…
Electricity Industry Law (RES grid integration)
This Electricity Law is one of the "21 secondary laws" passed by the Mexican legislation after the constitutional reform. This law includes regulations that have a key impact on renewable energy integration into the grid in Mexico: The generation market is opened for business…
Geothermal Law
This Geothermal Law is one of the "21 secondary laws" passed by the Mexican legislation after the constitutional reform. This particular law included following statements that have a key impact on geothermal energy sector in Mexico. The law: Provides a legal framework for…
Special Program for the use of Renewable Energy
Main objective of the Special Program for the use of Renewable Energy is to increase: 1) Installed capacity and generation from renewable sources 2) Public and private investment in generation, construction and extension of the infrastructure 3) Participation of biofuels in the…
Electricity Industry Law
Electricity Industry Law stipulates a non-discriminatory grid access for renewable energy generators. Also the Law guarantees renewable energy generators right to sell produced electricity on a spot market. Both provisions apply to generators with a capacity under 9MW. The Law…
Guidelines establishing and issuing Clean Energy Certificates
The Clean Energy Certificate Guide defines and establishes the criteria of obtaining the Clean Energy Certificates . The certificate's objective is to help Mexico achieve its goals for clean energy participation in power sector keeping costs of the policy to the possible…
Resolution on Interconnection of large hydroplants
The resolution sets the rules for interconnection of large hydropower plants (>30MW). These power plants are not considered in the LAERFTE and thus require a separate regulation. This resolution includes methods of calculating payments obliged by the
Resolution on transmission charges for renewable energy generators ("Stamp System")
Resolution that issues a new model cotract for the interconnection of renewable energy plants. The model contract utilizes the "stamp system" (estampilla postal) which establishes a system of transmission fees per
Resolution on grid connections for small scale solar generators
The resolution issues grid connection rules for small scale (<30kW) solar generators that connect to the grid at less than 1 kV. The maximum size of the installed capacity depends on the end use: Up to 10kW for residential use. Up to 30kW for commercial use (at low
Resolution on met-metering
The Resolution issues technical specification for grid connection and includes a template for power production contracts for Renewable Energy Sources and Medium size Cogeneration Systems. The resolution allows net metering for small-scale (10kW residential and 30kW commercial;…
Income tax depreciation for renewable energy equipment expenses
The Income Tax Law allows companies and individuals to depreciate 100% of expenses on renewable energy equipment in one fiscal period (accelerated depreciation). Equipment must be functional for at least five consecutive years. These incentives apply to all renewable energy…
Fiscal incentive for users heating up water with solar panels (Mexico City)
The fiscal code provides up to 20% discount on water consumption charges to homeowners who reduce electricity or water consumption by at least 20% using solar panels, rain water systems or other technologies in Mexico
The special Tax Law on Production and Services
Within the tax law, the carbon tax about 3 USD per ton of carbon on imported or locally produced fuels is applied. The carbon tax is updated yearly and announced in December. The tax in implemented on January 1st of each year . The details of the tax are as follows:…
General Law of Ecological Equilibrium and Environmental Protection
This law establishes the requirement of environmental impact assessment for all generation projects with a capacity greater than 0.5 MW and 3MW for autoproducers and cogeneration (excluding the distribution and transmission network). The law states that the environmental impact…
Solar Water Heating Mandate of Mexico City
Environmental mandate for Mexico City establishes technical specifications to achieve 30% of water heating requirements through solar collectors in the following types of facilities: new and refurbished swimming pools and large commercial buildings (>50
Law on Promotion and Development of Bioenergy
The Law on Promotion and Development of Bioenergy specifies the rights and responsabilities of different parties in order to enable the sustainable development of production and commercialization of bioenergy. The stated objectives of the law are to achieve rural development,…
Bioenergy Introduction Programme
Initiatives under this programme aim at: Promoting awareness of biofuels by creating information systems; Promoting research by conducting pilot projects; Establishing associations for the development of biofuels; Creating market demand through government
Universal Power Service Fund
The fund was created through the Electricity Law established in 2014. It aims to finance the electrification of rural communities and marginalized areas. The Fund benefits from the surplus resulting from the optimal energy management in the electricity market. The resources…
Moroccan Agency for Solar Energy "MASEN" (Law 57.09)
The law 57.09 voted in January 2010 creates the National Agency for Solar Energy, a leading institution to promote and manage the solar energy sector in Morocco. The agency will be entrusted with coordinating the National Integrated Project for Solar Electricity Production. The…