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Tax relief program for renewable energy projects
The Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued notice 2020-41 to provide tax relief for taxpayers that develop renewable energy projects that produce electricity from renewable sources and use technologies such as solar panels, fuel cells, microturbines, and…
Fast tracking of PV grid connection for small projects
The Ministry of Environment and Climate Action has granted provisional approval for 220 self-consumption projects with an individual generation capacities of no more than 1 MW, and a combined generation capacity of 30MW. This will enable system owners to begin generating…
Extension regulatory deadlines renewables
The President adopted a Legislative Act, allowing for further urgent measures to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic. It provides for an extension of regulatory deadlines relating to the licensing and development of renewables in
Research Project "Energy Active Consumers - an opportunity to use local energy sources"
The project Energy Active Consumers - Opportunity for the Use of Local Energy Sources was selected for public support in the second public tender of the THÉTA programme, a funding programme for applied research, experimental development and innovation. Its completion is planned…
Neistart Lëtzebuerg - prolonged subsidies for sustainable energy in the housing sector
In the context of the Covid-19 pandemic, the government of Luxembourg decided to unveil a recovery package of more than EUR 700-800 million in May 2020, axing part of the measures towards sustainability. Among them, the 'PRIMe House' subsidy will be prolonged until 31…
Neistart Lëtzebuerg - Cash incentives to buy bicycles & EV
In the context of the Covid-19 pandemic, the government of Luxembourg decided to unveil a recovery package of more than EUR 700-800 million in May 2020, axing part of the measures towards sustainability. Among them, the goverment released cash incentives to buy bicycles &…
Neistart Lëtzebuerg - Subsidies to develop EV chargers
In the context of the Covid-19 pandemic, the government of Luxembourg decided to unveil a recovery package of more than EUR 700-800 million in May 2020, axing part of the measures towards sustainability. Among them, and alongside the establishment of a network of public…
Recovery and resilience plan
The Minister of Finance presented to the EU Commission the draft "Plan for recovery and resilience" (PRR) of Luxembourg, which represents a key stage in the implementation of recovery efforts at European level in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. Luxembourg's allocation…
Amendments to the “Enforcement Decree of the Environment-friendly Vehicles Act”
The government has approved amendments to the “Enforcement Decree of the Act on Promotion of Development and Distribution of Environment-friendly Motor Vehicles” during a cabinet meeting on April 27 2021. The revisions include: Public institutions will be required to…
National Policy of payment for environmental services
Defines concepts, objectives, guidelines, actions and criteria for the implementation of the National Policy on Payment for Environmental Services (PNPSA), institutes the National Register of Payment for Environmental Services (CNPSA) and the Federal Payment Program for…
New power sector law (Law 14.120/2021)
Approved executive order (MP 998/2020) that changes several points in power sector legislations: - New criteria for auctions - Allows to use R & D and EE funds to conta covid - Reduces the discounts on usage tariffs for renewable energy - Establishes the need to define ways…
Lab PROCEL Programme
Lab Procel is a program for the development of acceleration and pre-acceleration processes in technological and business innovation in energy efficiency, resulting from the partnership between Eletrobras/Procel and SENAI-RJ. Launched in April 2020, with a series of four public…
National Program of Electricity Conservation - PROCEL
Created in 1985, the National Program of Electricity Conservation – PROCEL aimed at promoting energy efficiency in several economy sectors, through effective measures of energy conservation. In 2016 a new source of funds and a new governance were defined to the Program (Law nº…
Energy Efficiency Act
The Energy Efficiency Act was established by Law nº 10,295/2001, and defined that the establishment, by the Executive Power, of minimum energy performance standards (MEPS) for energy-consuming machines and equipment. According to the specific regulations defined to each class of…
Third cycle of the Strategic Alliance Program for Energy Efficiency
The Program is the result of interactions between the industrial sector and the Federal Government and aims to insert the culture of energy efficiency in a structured way in the Brazilian energy intensive industry. In this innovative proposal, a high level technical and cultural…
Programme for technological innovation in agricultural production
Inovagro is an incentive for technological innovation in agricultural production financed and managed by the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES). It aims at supporting the investments necessary to incorporate technological innovation in rural properties, aiming to increase…
BNDES support for sugarcane industry
Special funding line was created at the begging of the Covid-19 pandemic to support sugarcane industry. This program provided emergency financial support thru working capital loan for ethanol storage. It was an integrated action with other banks, through co-financing, to…
Saudi Green Initiative - renewable investments
In the context of the Saudi Green initiative, seven contracts for a combined capacity of almost 3.7 GW of solar have been settle in the country. One of the projects, Sudair, will have a capacity of 1.5 GW, The contracts were made with five consortia, in which ACWA Power…
Energy labelling scheme for buildings (EPC)
The energy labeling scheme for buildings derives from the directive on the energy performance of buildings (EPBD). The Energy Performing Certificate (EPC) shows the energy condition of the property and consist of an energy label and an energy plan. EPCs are prepared for new…
Just Transition Strategy
The 'Agreement for a Fair Energy Transition for thermal power plants in closure' includes the commitment of the parties to accompany the labour transition and economic reactivation of the areas affected by the closure of thermal power plants located in Aragon, Andalusia,…
Programme for Climate Change - Sustainable Transport
The Programme for Climate Change encourages sustainable transport under several policies, including investment support for the installation of biogas plants to encourage the production of biomethane and include it in the transport sector. A number of subsidies are included, such…
National Climate Agreement - Emissions reductions goals
The Climate Act calls for a 49% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, compared to 1990 levels, and a 95% reduction by 2050. The National Climate Agreement contains agreements with the sectors on what they will do to help achieve these climate goals. The participating…
Offshore Wind Energy Roadmap
The 2030 Offshore Wind Energy Roadmap establishes a framework for conditions for future growth of offshore wind energy. It focuses on means and location of new wind farms in the period up to and including 2030, as well as hypothesis on the role of energy in the coming decades…
Law to create the National Fund for the Sustainability of the Electricity System
The National Fund will assume the costs associated with the specific remuneration regime for renewables, cogeneration and waste (RECORE), so as to diminish costs for consumers, whether households or companies. Specifically, the costs represent 16% of the domestic electricity…
National Plan 2021-30: Replacing boilers with more efficient technologies
The measures set out in the National Plan are aimed at achieving the main target: by 2030, 50,000 domestic boilers will be replaced in households and other heat efficiency improvement measures will be implemented, resulting in savings of at least 200 GWh per year or 11 TWh by…
Amendment to the Act on Biocomponents and Liquid Biofuels - Low-Emission Transport Fund
The amendment to the Act on Biocomponents and Liquid Biofuels and Certain Other Acts that liquidates the Low-Emission Transport Fund and designates its responsibilities to the National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management. The stated purpose is to accelerate…
Climate and Nature Protection Action Plan - RES support
As part of its Climate and Nature Protection Action Plan, Hungary will demand from multinationals to use environmentally-friendly technologies, and at the same time provide HUF 32 billion in support to renewable energy production by small-medium enterprises (SMEs). By…
Lithuania’s energy innovation plan for an advanced energy sector
This plan sets out more than 50 measures to develop the energy innovation ecosystem in the areas of infrastructure, human resources, products and services, the regulatory environment, and science and technology. It will create a funding programme for the energy innovation sector…
Climate and Nature Protection Action Plan - Green Bus Program
The Hungarian Government aims to become a leader in the field of electromobility, which is why it implemented the Green Bus Program in September 2019, under supervision of the Ministry of Technology. The government will allocate HUF 35.9 billion from 2020 to 2029 to support…
Climate and Nature Protection Action Plan - E-AUTO-2021
The Ministry of Innovation and Technology is offering support to promote electromobility in Hungary and make road traffic cleaner. The support will be paid in the form of grants, and the program will be implemented by IFKA Közhasznú Nonprofit Kft. There are different types of…
Spain mobility stimulus - ICO Line for professional use vehicles: guarantees for vehicle financing, commercial and industrial
This policy, as part of Spain's mobility stimulus, guarantees financing for commercial and industrial vehicles. It establishes a specific sub-section of the ICO-COVID line of guarantees for financing the renewal of the fleet of vehicles for professional use. This sub-section is…
New methodology to calculate the charges of the electricity bill
The Royal Decree establishes the methodology for calculating electricity system charges. Consumers with less than 15kW of contracted power, the majority of domestic users and SMEs, will have 75% of the charges calculated based on their energy consumption, and the remaining 25%…
Royal Decree Law to incentivise investments in renewable energies
The Royal Decree-law is divided into four blocks. The first includes the regulation of access and connection and regulates a new auction mechanism to provide renewables with a predictable and stable framework. The second focuses on the promotion of new business models that will…
Spain mobility stimulus - Fiscal reform for automobiles (environmental oriented)
This policy, as part of Spain's mobility stimulus, aims to provide a comprehensive reform of vehicle taxation in coordination with the Territorial Administrations. It will analyse a medium term reform of the vehicle tax (IVTM) and the registration tax (IEDMT) to introduce a more…
Spain mobility stimulus - Enabling partial use of the surplus of Local Entities for renewal of efficient vehicle fleets
This policy as part of Spain's mobility stimulus, enables partial use of the surplus of Local Entities for renewal efficient fleets. It proposes authorizing local entities the use of part of their surplus for the renewal of their fleets with zero emission vehicles, except in…
Spain mobility stimulus - Improving competitiveness in transport logistics (innovation, efficiency, reducing pollutants)
As part of Spain's mobility stimulus, the improving competitiveness in transport logistics section aims to improve the supply chain of the sector and for the export of goods. It will promote the improvement of road, rail and maritime transport. For roads, the use of trucks 4.5 m…
Spain mobility stimulus - Renovation of the vehicle fleet of the General State Administration with emission-free vehicles
As part of Spain's mobility stimulus, the Renovation of the vehicle fleet of the General State Administration with emission-fee vehicles aims to aid in the transition to environmentally friendly vehicles. Under this plan electric or hydrogen powered vehicles could qualify for a…
Proposals for location of wind power turbines
These proposals consider the National Energy Independence Strategy and the National Energy and Climate plan to install a wind farm in the Baltic Sea. The wind farm would reach 700 MW and produce 2.5-3 TWh of electricity per year, which is 25% of Lithuania's electricity demand.…
Interest-free loans for deep home retrofits
Canada's Budget 2021 outlines a proposal to provide CAD 4.4 billion over five years from 2021-22 to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) to support deep home retrofits. The programme is expected to help over 200 000 homeowners complete deep home retrofits…
Ten milestones in 2021 - Electric mobility
During the presentation of the ten milestones of the mining-energy sector in 2021, the Minister of Mines and Energy assured that 2021 will be the year to encourage the sustainable reactivation of Colombia, which will promote equity, development and new opportunities for the…
Ten milestones in 2021 - Roadmap of the Energy Transformation Mission
During the presentation of the ten milestones of the mining-energy sector in 2021, the Minister of Mines and Energy assured that 2021 will be the year to encourage the sustainable reactivation of Colombia, which will promote equity, development and new opportunities for the…
Rules of the 2021 Renewable Energy Auction
The Ministry of Mines and Energy announced the rules of the third auction of Long-Term Contracts in Colombia, which will add clean energy to the energy matrix and encourage the economic reactivation of the country. The main rules are: - The auction will take into account…
German Development and Resilience Plan (DARP) / 1.3 Climate-friendly buildings and renovation
In the framework of the EU Recovery and resilience facility, Germany submitted its national Development and Resilience plan to the European Commission. The component 1.3 of the German development and resilience plan tackles the buildings sector and includes three…
German Development and Resilience Plan (DARP)
In response to the Covid-19 pandemic and economic crisis, the German government unveileld their development and resilience plan, aiming for a long term and green recovery. Three components relates to the energy sector: - Component 1.1 Decarbonisation (EUR 3 259…
First Energy Efficiency and Emissions Reduction Network in Mining
The first Energy Efficiency (EE) and Emissions Reduction Network was launched in Chile, promoted by the Energy Program Renewables and Efficiency (4e) of the GIZ, in conjunction with the Ministry of Energy and the Energy Sustainability Agency. The mining sector is one of the…
Korean New Deal - Digital New Deal, Green New Deal and Stronger Safety Net
The Korean New Deal, announced in Korean on July 14 2020, plans to invest total 160 trillion won (114.1 trillion won worth of fiscal investment) to create 1,901,000 jobs by 2025. The Korean New Deal aims to transform the economy to make it greener, with more digital services and…
Infrastructure projects in the energy and water economies - COVID19 response
In response to the Covid 19 economic crisis, the Ministry of Energy of Israel has selected 10 large-scale projects, involving clean energy technologies, fossil fuels infrastructure and energy access, to support the economic recovery. This recovery plan in the energy…
German-Czech research collaboration for sustainable production
The German research organization Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft is collaborating with the VSB – Technical University of Ostrava to research and develop the potential of energy management technologies, artificial intelligence, and intelligent production in industry in reducing…
Package for the future
Package for the future is a programme responding to the Covid-19 pandemic, designed to prepare Germany for upcoming challenges: climate change and growing digitalisation. The programme aims to support research and development in the field of quantum computing, artificial…
Recovery and resilience plan - Green research and development
The Investing in Green Research and Development measure as part of the Recovery and Resilience plan in Denmark contains funding for investments in green research and innovation. The investments focus on incentives to boost R&D in companies and for carbon capture, green fuels,…