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Promotion of Renewable Energy Act
The Promotion of Renewable Energy Act, which entered into force on 1 January 2009, contains four new schemes to promote the development of wind turbines on land: loss of value to real property due to the erection of wind turbines, local citizens option to purchase wind turbine…
Scaling-up Renewable Energy Program
The Scaling-up Renewable Energy Program (SREP) was approved by the SCF Trust Fund Committee in May 2009 to deamonstrate the economic, social and environmental viability of low-carbon development pathwys in the energy sector in low-income countries. It aims to help low-income…
Solar Energy Reasearch Institute of Singapore (SERIS)
SERIS is Singapore's national institute for applied solar energy research. The institute carries out application-oriented research and development and collaborates closely with industry. Use-inspired basic research is done in joint undertakings with research groups for partner…
Funding for Solar Power Development Center
Providing testing facilities and equipment on the scale of a modern industrial production line, the Photovoltaic Technology Evaluation Center (PV-Tec) forms part of the the public-private Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE). The PV-Tec is available to solar cell…
Renewable Energy Strategy 2009
The UK Renewable Energy Strategy 2009 is a white paper outlining how the UK will meet its legally-binding target to ensure 15% of energy comes from renewable energy sources by 2020. Under the 2008 Climate Change Act, the UK must meet legally binding carbon "budgets", committing…
Act on Offshore Renewable Energy Production
Established in 2010, the Act on Offshore Renewable Energy Production supports research and prototypes projects, regulates projects licensing processes, infrastructure deployment and creates specific assessment guidelines for offshore resource exploitation. Norway doesn’t only…
Royal Decree of 17/04/2010 on the King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energies (KARARE)
Fully funded by the Saudi government, the King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable energies (KARARE) will be located in Riyadh. The City will be in charge of drafting policies for renewable and nuclear energy deployment plans. The city will also coordinate the action of the…
National Energy Policy (2009-2030)
This Policy document represents the revision to the Energy Policy Green Paper 2006-2020 based on national consultations and comments received by a wide cross-section of society as well as current realities facing Jamaica; and in keeping with the country’s long term plan to…
Climate and Energy Fund
The Climate and Energy Fund supports the implementation of the goals of domestic climate policy and the development towards a viable energy system. With its funding programmes for research, development and market penetration, it provides broad-based solutions that protect the…
Energy Provisions - National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2009
The Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009, a bill authorising defence spending for the for fiscal year 2009, contains several provisions aimed at energy efficiency, renewable energy, and use of alternative sources of energy in the armed forces.…
City of Tomorrow
The technology program "City of Tomorrow" aims at researching and developing new technologies and solutions for future cities and urban developments. The program follows an applied and demand-oriented approach and, with this mission orientation, can make an essential…
Solar Energy Technologies Office/SunShot
The Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) is a U.S. DOE program that conducts RD & D on solar energy technologies and systems, including improvement of the efficiency and performance of solar cells; development of new installation—or balance of systems—technologies;…
Electricity Production from waste treatment plant
The new Sant’ Antnin Waste Treatment Plant includes a biological treatment plant for the production of biogas through the anaerobic digestion of biodegradable municipal solid waste. The biogas produced is to be used for the generation of electricity by combustion in a Combined…
National Operational Programme for Competitiveness II
The National Operational Programme for Competitiveness was launched in 2000, set to continue through 2006. Covering several economic activities, the programme contained several provisions for energy efficiency: - Support and Encouragement of Entrepreneurship: increased use of…
Waste water sludge treatment
The new Sant’ Antnin Waste Treatment Plant includes a biological treatment. The Malta South UWWTP will feature anaerobic sludge digestion facilities with biogas production with the aim of treating the sewage sludge generated prior to disposal and reducing the plant’s energy…
Sustainable Energy Incubator Programme
The Sustainable Energy Incubator Programme, run by Sustainable Energy Irealand (SEI), aims to provide early stage support for companies developing new clean energy technologies, so as to foster business development and bridge financial gaps faced by new sustainable energy…
Energy Strategy 2050
The main goal of the Danish 2050 Energy Strategy is to achieve 100% independence from fossil fuel in the national energy mix by 2050. In a first step to completely phase out fossil fuels the government targets the drop in the consumption of oil, gas and coal by 33% between 2009…
Solar cities Development programme
To cope with chronic power shortages in cities, improve air quality and reduce India s dependence on oil imports, the government enacted the Guidelines for the creation of Solar Cities across India. The programme will support urban local authorities of medium size towns, from…
Low Carbon Buildings Programme
The Low Carbon Buildings Programme (LCBP) was a UK government GBP 131 million grant programme for microgeneration technologies, launched in April 2006, offering capital grants but now
Strategy for Small-scale Hydropower
Hydropower plants less than 5 MW are exempt from natural resource and ground rent taxes. All new renewable energy (including small scale hydro power) is covered by the electricity certificate
National Renewable Resource Assessment Mapping
This task aims to provide quality solar and wind resource assessment data. Stat-of-the-art weather stations have been established at five strategically in-land selected sites in Kuwait. The data set covers Direct Normal Irradiance (DNI), Global Horizontal Irradiance (GHI), and…
National Development Plan Elements
The Irish National Development Plan 2000-2006 included provisions for Energy Centre activities as well as programmes and measures related to the implementation of the Kyoto Protocol: - a 40 million pound budget for research and development - 37 million pounds for infrastructure…
Invest Chile Project
The Invest Chile Programme is an Energy Ministry (represented by National Energy Commission (CNE) before 2010) - Chilean Economic Development Agency (CORFO) cooperation plan to support renewable energy projects and finance renewable energy generation nationwide. The programme…
Geothermal Technologies Office (GTO)
The Geothermal Technologies Office (GTO) is a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) program that supports geothermal energy technology deployment, market transformation, and technology diffusion throughout the nation. The Geothermal Technologies Office researches, develops, and…
MorSEEF
Fund financing Moroccan Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy interventions. A total of €110 million has been allocated to finance small scale projects and industrial projects. MorSEEF is supported by the European Union and developed by the European Bank for Reconstruction and…
Advancing Renewables Programme
The Advancing Renewables Program supports a broad range of development, demonstration and pre-commercial deployment projects that have the potential to lower the cost and increase the use of renewable energy technologies in Australia in the long term. The program aims to reduce…
Retrofit Programme of Sustainable Improvement in Existing Housing
In 2016, the Housing National Commission (CONAVI) with the support of the Ministry of Energy (SENER), the Electric Power Savings Trust Fund (FIDE), the Mexican National Development Bank (NAFIN) and the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) implemented a programme to support…
Large installations of PV Parks and installtions of wind turbines
It is planned to follow the pilot scheme with the installation of larger RES systems at other waste facility sites. The installations will be used for education purposes and to demonstrate the benefits of various RES options. Data gathered will assist research in the performance…
WINDExchange
WINDExchange is a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) initiative which has a network of state wind working groups, state energy officials, DOE and national lab representatives and professional and institutional partners. The program is designed to educate, engage, and enable…
Energy Development Corporation (EDC) Projects
The Energy Development Corporation (EDC) was established in January 2004 as a division of the Central Energy Fund (CEF). CEF is a private company comprising various divisions, owned by the Government of South Africa and controlled by the Department of Minerals and Energy (DME).…
European Photovoltaic Technology Platform
The European Photovoltaic Technology Platform was launched on 23 August 2005. The initiative aims to contribute to the development of a world-class and cost-competitive European PV industry, involving stakeholders in the formulation of research programmes, and ensuring close…
National Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Programme 2008-2011
The quadrennial plan to promote Energy Efficiency in Tunisia, implemented since January 2008, aims to cut down 20% of national energy consumption by 2011. The plan seeks to increase the share of renewable energies in the national energy mix to reach 4% of primary energy supply…
Biomass Task Force Report
The UK Governments Biomass Task Force was assembled in order to investigate and provide recommendation on importance, potentail and role of the biomass sector in reducing overall carbon emissions in the UK to the government. The Task Forces report, published in October 2005,…
Global Bioenergy Partnership
The Global Bioenergy Partnership brings together public, private and civil society stakeholders in a joint commitment to promote bioenergy for sustainable development. The purpose of GBEP is to provide a mechanism for partners to organize, coordinate and implement targeted…
Solar Decathlon
The US Solar Decathlon is a competition in which teams of college and university students compete to design, build, and operate the most attractive, effective, and energy-efficient solar powered house. Since 2002, the Solar Decathlon has challenged over 25,000 students from more…
National Integrated Project for Solar Electricity Production and National Agency for Solar Energy (MASEN)
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…
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: Appropriations for Clean Energy
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), signed into law on 17 February 2009, is a supplemental spending bill that contains over USD 80 billion to support clean energy research, development, and deployment. Of this amount, over USD 50 billion is provided in direct…
Renewable Energy Master Plan
The Renewable Energy Master Plan (REMP) seeks to increase the share of renewable electricity in Nigeria, from 13% of electricity generation -mainly met by large hydro- in 2015, to 23% in 2025 and 36% by 2030. A main driver for such increase is the diversification of the national…
Wind Power Field Tests
A wind power field test was first conducted in 1995 in Japan. In 2001, wind power plants were built in 31 areas with differing local conditions. Operational data are being collected. Ficed by NEDO, field tests are conducted with industry every year. In 2013, a first offshore…
The Notice on New Energy Demonstration City and Industrial Park
China plans to construct demonstration city relaying extensively on renewable energy sources for heating and electricity needs. Project will be backed with financial support from governmental budget. In order to facilitate and manage the project New Energy Demonstration City…
Energy Fund - Supported Research - Wallonia
As of 2003, the Walloon Region Energy Fund supported studies and actions, including demonstration projects, to promote electricity production from natural gas and renewable sources and quality
Notice promoting the construction of distributed solar PV demonstration projects
The Notice increases number of demonstration zones for distributed solar PV projects by 12 zones on top of 18 zones previously created. A total of 30 zones have been created in order to support development of social investment projects. The Notice encourages the demonstration…
Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO)
The Water Power Technologies Office researches, tests, evaluates, and develops innovative technologies capable of generating renewable, environmentally responsible, and cost-effective electricity from water resources. This includes hydropower as well as marine & hydrokinetic…
Research and Development (R&D) Program
The Research and Development (R & D) Programme supports renewable energy technologies that will increase the commercial deployment of renewable energy technology in Australia. The first round of the R & D Program focused on Solar Excellence and 2014 awarded A$21.5 million in…
Exploitation of Geothermal Potential (Law 1475/84)
This law asserts that the exclusive right of exploitation of geothermal energy belongs to the state, which, in turn, reserves the right to assign this to other public sector entities. In such cases, these entities have to prove the benefits of such investments. It must be…
Wind Energy Technologies Office (WETO)
The Wind Energy Technologies Office (WETO) leads the nation's efforts to accelerate the deployment of wind power technologies through improved performance, lower costs, and reduced market barriers. The Program works with national laboratories, industry, universities, and other…
Climate change financial instrument (CCFI)
The Climate change financial instrument (CCFI) aims to: prevent global climate change, adapt to the effects of climate change and contribute to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions through activities such as improving the energy performance in buildings and increasing the…
Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (Phase I, II and III)
The Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM), or the National Solar Mission, is an initiative of the Government of India and State Governments to promote solar power in India. Inaugurated in January 2010, the JNNSM has been revised twice and now boasts a target of 100 GW…
Market Incentive Programme
Eastablished in 199, the Market Incentive Programme (MAP) provides funding, in the form of investment or repayment grants to supplement low-interest loans, towards investments in renewable heating and cooling installations, including solar thermal, heat pumps, geothermal and…
Renewable Energy Building and Site Integration
The goal of the program is to promote photovoltaic (PV) and solar thermal (cooling and heating) systems installation in residential, government, public and commercial buildings and industry. Main on-going projects include National Grid-Connected PV Laboratory, Development and…