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Green Certificates Scheme - Flanders
The decree from September 2001 fostering the production from renewable energy implements the Flemish Parliament Act on the organization of the electricity market of July 2000. From the 1st of January 2002, every electricity supplier has the obligation to buy a certain amount of…
Helsinki Busses Switch to Biofuel
Note: In order to provide as accurate and useful information as possible, Finland concentrates its reporting efforts on the most essential and concrete policies and measures. Although this policy and measure (PAM) serves / has served an important purpose, it is not considered…
Biofuels aid scheme: quotas
Italian legislation provides that fossil fuel producers should annually supply a minimum quota of biofuels based on the total amount of fuel supplied. The decree no. 128/2005 established a national indicative target of 2.5% of substitution of traditional fuels with biofuels by…
Thailand Alternative Energy Development Plan (AEDP 2015-2036)
The Alternative Energy Development Plan (AEDP 2015-2036) increases targets for installed alternative energy to 19.635 MW in 2036. Target’s capacity split is: 2035 alternative energy capacity split for 2035 in MW Waste Biomass Biogas Hydro Wind Solar Energy crops…
Pakistan net metering policy for solar PV and wind projects
On 1 st of September 2015 the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) of Pakistan approved a net metering programme. Solar PV and wind generators under 1 MW of capacity are allowed to sell back produced electricity to the national grid. The payment for purchase of…
Brazil Renewable Energy Auctions
In 2004 Brazil reformed its electricity sector (adoption of Laws 10.847 and 10.848) and started utilising energy auction system to procure electricity. The procurement system was based on load forecast. Existing and new generators are allowed to participate in the auction.…
Brazil Net Metering for Distributed Generation
On 19 th of April 2012 Resolution 482 of The Brazilian Energy Agency (ANEEL) entered into force introducing net metering policy in Brazil for small scale renewable generators. Renewable generators up to 1 MW capacity interconnected to low and medium-voltage grid are allowed to…
Wind Turbine Component Tax Exemption (Executive Decree 656)
Executive Decree 656 exempts manufacturers to pay Social Integration Program (PIS) and Contribution to Social Security Ficing (COFINS) tax on components purchased for wind turbines
Ethanol export tax credit - Regime Especial de Reintegração de Valores Tributários para as Empresas Exportadoras - REINTEGRA
Brazilian sugar and ethanol exporters are eligible to receive a tax credit calculated as a percentage of the value of products exported out of Brazil. Tax credit for period 10th to 31st December 2014 is equivalent to 0.3% of exports value. From 1st January 2015 the tax credit…
Electric power auctions - Wind
Under the New Model regulatory structure introduced in Brazil in 2004, most new power projects participate in auctions for long-term power purchase agreements (PPAs) with energy distributors organised by Brazils electricity regulatory agency (Agência Nacional de Energia…
Electric power auctions - Biomass
Under the New Model regulatory structure introduced in Brazil in 2004, most new power projects participate in auctions for long-term power purchase agreements (PPAs) with energy distributors organised by Brazils electricity regulatory agency (Agência Nacional de Energia…
Namibia Feed-in Tariff
In April 2015 Namibia started the Renewable Energy Feed-in Tariff programme for biomass, solar PV and wind projects. Projects of 500 kW to 5 MW size are eligible for the support. Feed-in tariff support is awarded for period of 20 years. Tariffs are paid in Namibian dollars and…
Special Measures law for Promoting the Use of New Energy
The Law Concerning Special Measures for Promotion of New Energy Use (New Energy Law) was enacted in April 1997 to accelerate the advancement of the introduction of New Energy. This law, while clarifying the role of each area for the overall advancement of New Energy usage,…
National Renewable Action Plan (NREAP)
EU Member Countries were obliged under Directive 2009/28/EC to draft and submit to the European Commission National Renewable Action Plans (NREAPs) outlining their plan to reach 2020 targets. Lithuania is mandated by the European Union to increase share of renewable energy…
Law on Energy from Renewable Sources
The Lithuanian Law on Energy from Renewable Sources enetered into force on 12 May 2011 . The Law transposes EU acquis communautaire on the energy sector embodied in following Directives: 2009/28/EC, 2009/72/EC and 2009/73/EC. The Law establishes the legal framework for…
Seaway Signals Converted to Use Renewable Energy
In 2000, the Japanese government concluded a voluntary agreement with industry to change the energy source of signs and markings in seaways (e.g. buoys and lighthouses) to renewable sources such as solar or
Energy Act
The act regulates the grid connection of plants, the generation and transmission of electricity and its pricing. It also regulates the access of electricity from renewable sources to the grid and contains provisions for the support of electricity from renewable sources. It…
Ireland Offshore Renewable Energy Development Plan (OREDP)
?The OREDP identifies the opportunity for the sustainable development of Ireland’s abundant offshore renewable energy resources for increasing indigenous production of renewable electricity, thereby contributing to reductions in our greenhouse gas emissions, improving the…
Electricity Market Reform (EMR)
Electricity Market Reform is a package of reforms for the electricity sector of UK introduced in April 2013. The main four measures regulated and introduced by the EMR are: Contracts-for-Difference (CfD) for renewable electricity generators designed to gradually replace…
Obligation for Power Purchase from Renewable Sources
In order to promote the utilization of renewable energy sources for energy production, Poland introduced in 2005 (with effect from 1st October 2005) a support system for generating electricity from renewable energy sources (system of green certificates). It is primarily…
National Energy Action Plan (NREAP)
Under the EU Directive 2009/28/EC member countries of the European Union are obliged to draft and submit to the European Commission National Renewable Action Plans (NREAPs) outlining pathway which will allow them to meet their 2020 renewable energy, energy efficiency and GHG…
Renewables Obligation (RO)
The Renewables Obligation (RO) is currently the main support mechanism for renewable electricity projects in the UK. Smaller scale generation is mainly supported through the Feed-In Tariff scheme (FITs). The RO came into effect in 2002 in England and Wales, and Scotland,…
Decree No. 449 on the Mechanism for the Promotion of Renewable Energy on the Wholesale Electricity and Market
The Decree No. 449 established mechanism supports renewable electricity deployment through capacity markets. Selected renewable power projects receive capacity payments for a period of 15 years for maintaining readiness to generate electricity on demand. In the case when power…
Biofuels Quota Act
The Biofuels Quota Act sets a minimum level of biofuels that must be used in road transport in Germany. Since 2010, the total biofuels quota has been set at 6.25% based on energy content. As of 2015, this quota is to be replaced by a climate protection quota, which will…
Memorandum of Understanding with Brazil
In 2012 Guyana signed Memorandum of Understanding with Brazil establishing a working group to conduct feasibility studies for the development of the 800MW hydropower project in the Mazaruni area, intended for energy export to Brazil and potentially industrial
Decision on support mechanisms for the development of waste-to-energy power projects in Vietnam (feed-in tariff)
On 20 th of June 2014 the regulation on feed-in tariff support for waste-to-energy power plants entered into force. The tariff level is set to VND 2,114/kWh for power projects using solid waste and VND 1,532/kWh for a period of 20
Law on establishing the promotion system of energy production from renewable energy
Law no. 220/2008 interposed energy quota obligation and green certificate systems for electricity generated from renewable energy sources. Main objective of the law is to stimulate investments and electricity production from REs. Implementation of law 220/2008 is a part of…
Accelerated depreciation tas relief for renewable energy projects
Fixed assets of clean and renewable energy projects for power generation are entitled for accelerated depreciation tax
Biodiesel blending mandate
In 2012 the Energy Policy and Planning Office Ministry of Energy introduced domestic blending mandate of 5% biodiesel blend in diesel fuel. On 1st of January 2014 the biodiesel blending mandate was increased to 7%. The goal is to reach 10% blend by
Decision on support mechanisms for the development of biomass power project in Vietnam (biomass feed-in tariff)
On 25 th of March 2014 the government of Vietnam promulgated the Decision on support mechanisms for the development of combined heat and power (CHP) power plants using biomass. The mechanism took form of feed-in tariff and entered into force on 5 th of October 2014. The tariff…
Feed-in tariff for electricity generated from renewable energy sources
Ghana Public Utilities Regulatory Commission established feed-in tariff rates for electricity generated from renewable energy sources. The tariffs apply since 1 st of September 2013 and are technology specific. The duration of the support is 10 years for all projects, regardless…
Blueprint of National Energy Management (2005-2025)
The 2005-2025 National Energy Blueprint identifies short- and long-term development objectives in the electricity sector. In addition to targets on increasing electrification levels, infrastructure expansion, reduction of subsidies and improvement in efficiency, the Blueprint…
Electricity Purchase from Small and Medium Scale Renewable Energy and Excess Power (No. 4/2012)
Ministerial Regulation No 04/2012 on Electricity Purchase from Small and Medium Scale Renewable Energy and Excess Power introduces new differentiated feed-in tariff levels in Indonesia. Tariff levels are differentiated depending on the installation type, its location and…
National Team for Biofuel Development and Biofuel Roadmap (Decree No. 10/2006)
This sector specific decree is meant to accelerate the use of biofuel as a replacement fossil-based fuel. To do so, the Ministry created the National Team for Biofuel Development (TIMNAS BBP). This team supports and co-ordinates communication between government offices, public…
Purchase of Electricity from Geothermal Plants (Regulation No. 02/2011)
Governmental Regulation No. 02/2011 obliged PLN (state-owned national supplier of electricity) to purchase geothermal electricity in accordance with tendered FiT levels. Moreover, in 2012, the government increased the FiT to between USD 0.10 and USD 0.185 per kWh, depending on…
New Geothermal Law (No. 21/2014)
The New Geothermal Law (No. 21 of 2014) - was recently issued to replace Law No. 27 of 2003 on Geothermal ("Old Geothermal Law"). The New Law relaxes the old legal and regulatory framework. The main changes introduced by the New Law include: geothermal activities no longer…
Income tax reduction for energy development projects (MoF Regulation No. 21/2010)
Adjustments to income tax on energy development projects, including net income reduction, accelerated depreciation, dividends reduced for foreign investors and compensation for losses. For example, incentives for geothermal projects include an investment credit of 20% of the…
Electricity Law (No. 30/2009)
According to Indonesia’s Electricity Law, the government’s objective for electricity development is to ensure the availability of good quality electricity in sufficient quantity, and at reasonable prices in order to improve the welfare of the people. As such, domestic and…
Medium-Scale Power Generation using Renewable Energy (Ministerial Regulation No. 2/2006)
Obliges electric utility PLN to purchase electricity generated from renewable energy from facilities with a capacity between 1 MW and 10 MW. Feed-in-tariffs (10 year puchase contracts, may be extended): Low voltage: 60% of utility’s generation costs Medium voltage: 80% of…
Purchase of electricity from geothermal plants (20/2011; 22/2012)
In March 2011 Regulation Number 20/2011 of the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry regulated the power purchase tariff of electricity from geothermal sources. The regulation assignes the state-owned utility PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara to purchase electricity generated from…
Provision and Utilization of Biofuel (Presidential Instruction No. 1/2006)
The Presidential Instruction No. 1/2006 on Bi ofuel Supply and Utilization established the framework for coordination among ministries to promote the supply and use of biofuel. It designates the responsibility of ministries on formulating and implementing policies, including…
Geothermal Business Activities (Government Regulation No. 59/2007; 70/2010)
The Government Regulation No. 59/2007 on Geothermal Business Activities , regulates geothermal activities, including surveys, exploration, feasibility studies, exploitation, and utilisation. It also sets out procedures and requirements for obtaining permits; bids for work areas…
Biofuel Blending (Ministry Regulation No. 25/2013)
Indonesian Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (MEMR) Regulation No. 25/2013 is an ambitious biofuel program that aims to diversify domestic biodiesel consumption beyond the transportation sector (Indonesia’s main biodiesel consumer). Regulation 25 amends MEMR Regulation…
Geothermal Fund (Ministry of Finance Regulation No. 3/2012)
Finance Regulation No. 3/2012 provides the framework for providing finance for survey and exploration services. The objectives of the Geothermal Fund Facility is to: enhance sufficiency of data from Preliminary Survey to mitigate exploratory risk in the utilization of…
Small Distributed Power Generation Using Renewable Energy (Ministerial Regulation No. 1122 K/30/MEM/2002)
The Ministerial Regulation on Small Distributed Power Generation Using Renewable Energy was implemented in 2002 with the objective of promoting small-scale renewable energy power plants, by allowing enterprises to sell their power production or surplus power to the local…
Green Energy Policy (Ministerial Decree No. 2/2004)
The Green Energy Policy (Ministerial Decree No. 2/2004) identifies Indonesia’s strategy to maximise the utilisation of its renewable energy potential and to build public awareness of energy efficiency measures. The government provides incentives for the development of local…
National Renewable Energy Action Plan (NREAP)
Under EU Directive 2009/28/EC all EU countries were obliged to draft and submit detailed roadmaps of how they are planning to reach their EU 2020 targets. In 2010 Romania structured and submitted to the EU its National Renewable Energy Action Plan (NREAP) in which it outlines…
Methodology to establish service charges for transmission of renewable electricity (Metodología para la determinación de los cargos por servicios de transmisión de energía eléctrica para fuente de energía renovable)
This policy seeks to develop a clear methodology for application by the Federal Commission of Electricity (CFE) to establish the service charges for transmission of electricity from renewable energy resources This piece of regulation was introduced to improve the overall…
Abu Dhabi - The Electricity Wiring Regulations (Third Edition)
The new edition of Abu Dhabi's wiring regulations includes a special allowance for solar PV. For the first time in the emirates, self-producers will be able to connect to and feed into the
National Strategy for the Energy Sector
In February 2012, Chile implemented the new National Strategy for the Energy Sector , aimed at expanding the sector capacity, supporting non conventional renewable sources (ERNC) and promoting the sustainable ficing of the system . The Strategy is built on six main goals,…