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Despacho Normativo no.11-B/95
This law established the regulatory rules for the granting of financial support, in the form of non-recoverable grants not exceeding 50% of eligible costs, aiming to increase the rational use of energy, through the valorisation of renewables, within the ENERGIA
Despacho Normativo no.681/94
Within the ENERGIA Programme, this law established the regulatory rules for the granting of financial support to projects aiming to increase the use of renewable energy sources in electricity generation. Its mechanism was a recoverable subvention at zero interest rate. Total…
PAM (Action Plan for Municipalities)
This Action plan promoted renewables use and energy management at the municipal level. These activities included training, technical assistance and financial advice targeted to local authorities and the creation of local energy teams or
Decree-Law no. 339-C/2001
This Decree-Law was adopted by the Council of Ministers within the framework of the E4 Programme package. Although the general principles of the IPP law remain in force, this new law changed the formula for calculating prices paid to special-regime producers. The measure revises…
Tax Incentives
The Ministry of Finance is directing favourable taxation towards private investors who get tax credits for investing in renewable energy (personal income tax) to stimulate investment in renewable energy technologies. The lower VAT rates of 5% (versus 12%) applied for renewables…
Second Community Support Framework; CSF II (1994-1999)
This RES investment-subsidy programme granted cumulatively about 92 million € of public subsidies to 77 RES investments projects with a subsidy rate of about 43%. This programme was very instrumental in stimulating substantial RES activity and in materializing a large number of…
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
Law 2364/95
This law establishes the Board for Energy Planning and Control (BEPC). Since 1995, Law 2364 has provided tax exemptions to households buying renewable equipment such as solar water heaters; 75% of the purchase value of renewable equipment can be deducted from taxable income.…
Business Expansion Scheme Tax Relief
The Business Expansion Scheme (BES) was introduced in 1984 as an incentive to private investors to invest long-term equity capital in companies (particularly new and smaller ones) operating in certain sectors of the economy that would otherwise find it difficult to raise such…
Law 2773/99
This law, enacted in 1999: (1) Gives renewables priority in network dispatching if the installed capacity does not exceed 50 MW, or in the case of hydropower 10 MW. The priority right also covers the power surplus of auto-producers within these same capacity limits. The law…
National Energy Saving Programme
The programme was established to replace the energy portion of the Széchenyi Plan. The National Energy Savings Programme (NEP) NEP-2003-6 targets municipalities and individuals and NEP-2003-7 targets entrepreneurs and provides subsidies for renewable energy investments to…
Aid to Market Penetration of Renewables - New Development Law 1998
Incentive systems have been implemented by the Development Law 2601/98 to increase the market penetration of renewables and co-generation. This law replaced the previous one (Law 1892/90), and the Operational Programmes for Energy and Competitiveness. These mechanisms provide a…
Resolution of the Council of Ministries - 171/2004
The Council of Ministries approved a Programme with actions towards facing the potential impact of the high prices of oil in the international market. This Programme has in mind the particular situation of the high dependence of Portuguese economy in imported energy namely oil…
Renewable Energy Showcase Programme
The Renewable Energy Showcase Programme provided support to five key renewable energy projects with grants between $1 million and $3
Quota Obligation and Certificate of Origin Trading System
In 2005 Polish Energy Law Act was amended in order to implement decisions of EU Directive 2001/77/EC. Quota system obligation for electricity derived from renewable energy sources was introduced in the form of a "Green Certificate" system which entered into force on 1 st of…
Priority Network Dispatching for Renewables
Law 2773/99 gives renewables a priority in network dispatching if the installed capacity does not exceed 50 MW or in the case of hydropower 10 MW. The priority right also covers the power surplus of auto-producers within these same capacity limits. The Law obliges the…
Renewable Resource Data Center
The Renewable Resource Data Center (RReDC) provides access to extensive renewable energy resource information through tools, maps, reports and data collections. Biomass, geothermal, solar, and wind resource data for locations throughout the United States can be found through the…
Renewable Energy Promotion Programme
Part of the National Greenhouse Response Strategy this information programme encouraged the use of commercially viable renewable energy technology by publicising displays of and promoting stand-alone rural renewable energy systems. The information programme provided a single…
Bioproducts R&D Programme
Agriculture for Chemical and Energy (AGRICE), a scientific interest group made up of public and private sector members, supports research on new uses for renewable plant-based products other than foodstuffs. The scope of AGRICEs activity covers primarily the industrial…
Purchase of Renewable Energy
New South Wales (NSW) passed legislation in December 1995 requiring electricity distributors and retailers to develop one, three and five-year plans for purchasing renewable energy as part of the procedure required to obtain an obligatory
Decree-Law no.87/90 and Decree-Law no.90/90
This law, passed in 1990, “establishes the procedures regulating the awarding and management of the exploration, assessment and exploitation licences related to the geothermal resources (natural resources of public
Renewable Energy Development in Overseas French Islands
This fiscal scheme was designed for ficial, institutional or industrial companies to develop investments for renewable energy in French islands. This scheme has been operating since the 1980s and is still in place
Biofuel Production Programme
This national financial programme aims to develop investments for biofuel production (diester and ethanol). Biofuel production progressed significantly from 1994 to 2000. Consumption of ethanol derived from beets and wheat rose from 38 500 to 90 437 tonnes and consumption of…
Industry Promotion and Information Development
This programme aims to strengthen the renewables industry and the use of renewable energy sources in the United Kingdom. It is currently seeking shared cost proposals for effective industry promotion and information development projects that will support UK renewable industry…
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…
New Operational Programme for Energy
The total budget of the programme is approximately 3445 M €; 505 M€ for RES applications, 340 M€ for Rational Use of Energy and 343M€ for CHP mainly with natural gas. Compared to the first Operational Programme for Energy (OPE 1994-1999), the NOPE programme gives more support to…
Decree-Law no.195/94 (ENERGIA Programme)
This law created the ENERGIA Programme, within the Community Support Framework (CSF) 1994-99, aimed at increased energy diversification, energy efficiency and use of renewables. The programme established the beneficiaries and the general rules for the granting of subsidies…
Decree-Law no.69/2000 (05/05/00); Despacho no.11091/2001 (25/05/01); Despacho no.12006/2001 (06/06/01); Despacho Conjuncto no.583/2001 (03/07/01)
This set of legislative measures concerns the promotion of investments in renewable energy projects (wind and hydro). They established the procedures to evaluate and obtain environmental permission to develop renewable energy
The Biomass Agreement
In 1993, the government set an objective to increase biomass use from 50 PJ to 75 PJ by 2000 (10% of total fuel consumption) and to establish two to three large biomass plants before 2003. The two main electricity suppliers (Elsam and Elkraft) were to incorporate the use of 1.2…
2nd National Energy Efficiency Target Programme
In Estonia, municipalities are responsible for the operation and development of local energy utilities providing heat supply. Although the district heating utilities have been privatised in many cases, a number of utilities are still under the control of municipalities, as their…
EnergyCard
The Energy Card was a low interest credit card available to customers for the purchase of solar water heaters, heat pumps and other renewable energy technologies. The AUS$ 6 million programme sought to demonstrate the feasibility of innovative ficing for solar water heaters and…
Decree-Law no.445/88
Following the publication of the Decree-Law no. 189/88 (IPP law), this law established the licensing procedures to use water for electricity generation
Decree-Law no. 68/2002
This law pertains to micro-power producers and is intended to speed up administrative and technical procedures associated with the interconnection of micro-generators to the low voltage
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…
Green Mortgages
For two years starting in November 1996, "sustainably built" houses could be financed in part with lower interest rate loans. Houses costing NLG 400 000 (US$ 188 000) or less could qualify for a green mortgage. A buyer could receive a loan of up to NLG 75 000 (US$ 35 000) for…
Despacho Normativo no.11-E/95
This 1994 law established the regulatory rules for the granting of financial support to projects aimed at increasing the demonstration and dissemination of new energy technologies (generation, conservation and end-use), within the ENERGIA Programme. Its mechanism was a…
Technical certification scheme for the design, manufacture and installation of wind turbines
In order for wind turbines to be set up in Denmark or in Danish waters, they, and the foundation used, must first be approved according to the Danish Energy Authority’s technical approval scheme. This scheme, which has been in place since the beginning of the 1980s, is intended…
Decree-Law no. 312/2001
This law concerns the independent producers of electricity from renewable energy sources and co-generation. It establishes the procedures regulating the awarding and management of the interconnection points with the Public- Service Electrical System (SEP) for the delivery of…
Climate Change Action Plan (CCAP)
The United States plans to stabilise emissions of greenhouse gases to 1990 levels by 2000. A renewables component of the plan aimed to lower the cost of renewable energy development through facilitation of aggregated buyer purchasing and to increase the penetration of renewable…
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…
Contrat de Plan Etat-ADEME
This pluriannual contract concerns incentives to foster investments in RE projects (under ADEME umbrella): several RE schemes have been defined and implemented, and a general agreement has been reached between State and ADEME on objectives to be met and funds to be raised and…
Old Development Law (Law 1892/1990)
The Economic Development Law (“Modernisation, Development and Other Regulations”) provided the framework for the provision of subsidies for productive investments. Subsidy rates depended on the level of development of the region concerned, and were between 40% and 55% of the…
Tax Relief
The tax relief scheme, part of Finance Act 1998, came into effect in 1999. Corporate equity investments in certain renewable energy projects, namely hydro, solar, wind power and biomass, are eligible for tax relief in the form of a deduction from a companys profits for an…
Law 2941/2001
- This law supplemented Law 2773/99 with certain provisions concerning renewables, including: - The definition of general terms and conditions, for which it may be allowed to install renewable energy facilities on forestry lands. - The characterisation
Fund for the Protection of the Environment
The Fund for the Protection of the Environment is also titled the « Loi du 31 mai 1999 portant institution dun fond pour la protection de lEnvironnement ». This law created a fund to support exemplary and innovative projects by municipalities that benefit the
Electricity Reform Agreement - Energy Supply Act
This agreement established the framework for the manner in which consumer protection, environmental considerations and security of supply are to be safeguarded in the liberalised electricity market. It transformed the subsidy scheme for renewables from fixed payments to a type…
Australia - USA Climate Action Partnership
The Australia - USA Climate Action Partnership (CAP) aims to foster the exchange of scientific expertise, technology and innovation between government, businesses and scientists of the two countries, in the field of climate change mitigation and greenhouse emissions…
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 &…
Research & Development and Demonstration of Wave and Tidal-stream Technologies
The research & development and demonstration programme for wave and tidal-stream technologies is part of a £20 million per annum Emerging Energy Technologies Programme. The aim of this programme is to develop an understanding of the long-term commercial prospects for marine…
Resource Management Act (RMA)
The general purpose of the Resource Management Act (RMA) is to promote sustainable management. The act is therefore favourable towards increased deployment of new renewable energy resources to meet community needs. However, areas that require protection can continue to constrain…