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Open in Browser →Future Made in Australia Plan
On April 10, 2024, the Australian Prime Minister announced the Future Made in Australia plan, an industrial policy that aims to develop capacity in key industries, including sustainable finance, scientific research, information technology and clean energy manufacturing. The…
Renewable Expansion Act
The EAG act will set framework conditions: special market premiums and investment grants supporting clean technologies. A total of one billion euros will be invested annually in the expansion of renewables by 2030, via market premiums and investment grants. Around EUR 500…
The Buildings Programme
The Buildings Programme launched in 2010 aims to significantly reduce the energy consumption and CO2 emissions of the Swiss building stock. Efforts include replacement of fossil fuels based heating systems or efficient use of thermal insulation building envelop. It is financed…
Green Municipal Fund for solar farm and storage facility
The Ministry of Infrastructure and Communities, and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities' (FCM) President, announced an investment of CAD 11.5 million to build a solar energy farm and storage facility in Summerside through the Green Municipal Fund (GMF). The GMF is funded…
Act No. 1396/2010 on the Production Subsidy for Electricity Produced from Renewable Energy Sources
Finland’s feed-in premium scheme supports renewable electricity production from wind power, biogas, forest chips and wood fuels. The scheme pays producers a premium based on the difference between a target price and the market price of electricity, with specific premium…
Government investment in Åland offshore wind project
Finland allocates part of the EU Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) funding to an offshore wind energy project in Åland, supporting the development of renewable power generation capacity and contributing to Finland’s objective of increasing the share of renewables in the…
Inflation Reduction Act 2022: Sec. 13501 Extension of the Advanced Energy Project Credit
The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022, which seeks to reduce domestic inflation – notably brought by the global energy crisis – whilst tackling climate change, extends the Advanced Energy Project Credit for the production or recycling of wind turbine blades, the…
Infrastructure and Jobs act: Low carbon power
Provisions from the Infrastructure and Jobs Act pertaining to low carbon power encompass incentives for hydroelectric power (budget of USD 763 million) and building low carbon power in communities where coal power plants have closed (budget of USD 750 million). In May 2024,…
Innovative Energy Loan Guarantee Program - offshore wind loan guarantee program
In a joint meeting including the Secretaries of Energy, Interior, and Commerce at the White House, the US government announced a national goal of deploying 30 GW of offshore wind by 2030. US Loan Programs Office (LPO) provides access for up to USD 3 billion in funding through…
Israel - US Clean Energy Projects
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and Israel’s Ministry of Energy (MoE) along with the Israel Innovation Authority have selected eight clean energy projects to receive USD 7.15 million under the Binational Industrial Research and Development (BIRD) Energy program. The total…
2022 government spending in energy transition projects
The Israeli Ministry of Energy is earmarking investment support to 19 energy transition projects in various
Renewable Energy Electricity Subsidy
The Chinese government earmarked subsidies for renewable electricity generation (wind, solar and biomass) provided to local public utilities and power generation
Contract for Difference (CfD)
Contract for Difference (CfD) was introduced in UK in October 2014 aiming to replace Renewable Obligations system in the UK. CfD scheme is designed to support deployment of large scale renewable projects (more than 5MW). The CfD is based on a difference between the market price…
Energy-Intensive Industry – RES
The program aims to improve energy efficiency in energy-intensive industries covered by the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU
National Recovery and Resilience Plan / M2C2: Renewable energy, hydrogen, grid and sustainable mobility
Among the objectives of the Italian National Recovery and Resilience plan, one aims to develop low-carbon technologies and to settle more sustainable and resilient electricity and transport sectors. This component includes five objectives: 1. Increase energy from…
Save 2021: Energy efficiency plan
The "Save 2021" Program is part of the flagship projects subsidized by the Fund for Recovery and Sustainability by improving the energy class of households, by at least 3 energy categories (over 30% Primary Energy Saving). The total investment of the project will contribute to…
National Energy Transition Roadmap
The Malaysian government unveiled the National Energy Transition Roadmap (NETR) on 27 July 2023 to facilitate energy transition through the six main pillars - energy efficiency, renewable energy, hydrogen, bioenergy, green mobility and carbon capture, utilisation and storage…
Thai Feed-in Tariff (FiT) Policy
In 2022, the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) of Thailand released the most recent guidelines governing the expansion of feed-in tariffs until 2030. These regulations endorse the implementation of SPP Hybrid Firm and VSPP Semi-Firm programs, setting targets of 200 MW and 269…
2024 Investment Programs and Projects (PPI) - Low-carbon electricity
In the framework of its Investment Programs and Projects (IPP), the Mexican government is allocating specific funding for developing low-carbon electricity
Energy Access Fund
Chile's Energy Access Fund (FAE) provides funding for energy access small-scale projects focused on renewable energy sources such as solar thermal and solar photovoltaic systems. The objective of the fund is to improve energy access for rural and isolated
Law 20.257 on non-conventional renewable energy
The Law N° 20,257 better known as Non-Conventional Renewable Energy Law (NCRE Law), enacted on 1 April 2008, aims to fulfill future energy requirements by developing non-conventional renewable energy sources, such as geothermal, wind, solar, tidal, biomass and small…
Special Incentives Regime for Infrastructure Development (REIDI): Electricity generation projects
Brazil's Special Incentives Regime for Infrastructure Development (REIDI) relieves taxes to facilitate the implementation of renewable electricity generation projects in the
Commission Regulation 813/2013 with regard to ecodesign requirements for space heaters and combination heaters
This Regulation establishes ecodesign requirements for the placing on the market and/or putting into service of space heaters and combination heaters with a rated heat output = 400 kW, including heat pump space
Danish Energy Agreement for 2012-2020 - ban on fossil-fuel based heating
The agreement establishes a framework for the policy on climate and energy up to 2020 and outlines the direction Denmark will take until 2050. This includes a ban over the installation of fossil-fuel based boilers in new buildings, from 1st January 2013
Renewable Heat Act - ban on gas heating
The Renewable Heat Act extends the existing ban based on fossil oil and coal to all systems that can be operated with fossil fuels, including gas boilers, in new buildings. The law is set in context of decarbonising the building sector by
Powering Up Britain (2023)
£240 million. The “Powering Up Britain” document outlines the UK’s ambitious hydrogen strategy, aiming to produce up to 10GW of low-carbon hydrogen by 2030. Key initiatives include the Net Zero Hydrogen Fund, the first electrolytic hydrogen allocation round, and plans for…
Guarantee of origin for renewable gases
The Council of Ministries approved a decree to create the guarantee of origin system for renewable gases (hydrogen, biogas, biomethane, etc.), which will allow consumers and producers to distinguish them respect to gases from fossil origins. It is partially based on the EU…
Government support for a microgrid in Daintree
Australian government is supporting the development of a Daintree renewable microgrid, incorporating an 8 MW solar farm, 20 MWh of battery storage and a 1 MW green hydrogen plant for North Queensland communities. It will be a valuable demonstration of solar to hydrogen…
Energy to Work - Hydrogen Roadmap
This Roadmap is a follow up of the National Hydrogen Strategy presented in June 2020. "The vision presented in the roadmap is that by 2050 a market for the production and use of hydrogen will have been established in Norway. In the short-term, the government will seek to…
Energy Island funding
Denmark plans to build two world-first "energy islands" with a minimum capacity of 4 GW to convert low-carbon electricity into green hydrogen and synthetic fuels, supporting its 2050 carbon neutrality goal. One of the islands, located in the North Sea, will be co-owned by the…
CEFC Advancing Hydrogen Fund
Funding to support the growth of Australia's hydrogen industry including equity and debt financeused to support projects that align with the National Hydrogen Strategy. Eligible projects can include advancing hydrogen production, developing export and domestic hydrogen supply…
Strategic Ecology Support (Flemish region)
The support scheme is an addition to the already existing Ecology Premium Plus scheme (EP-Plus). In contrast to the Ecology Premium Plus scheme, whereby a company must make a choice from technologies that are on the limitative technology list (LTL), the Strategic Ecology Support…
R-2000: environmentally friendly homes
The R-2000 program is funded under the Budget 2017 Energy Efficiency in Housing, Industry and Transportation which has been allocated CAD 67.5 million in the first four years and CAD 15.9 million in ongoing federal funding. Originating as far back as 1980, R-2000 is a building…
Green InnoBoost programme
Since Morocco published its National Energy Strategy and established IRESEN to build Morocco’s clean energy innovation capabilities, IRESEN has shifted from supporting only R&D and laboratory infrastructure to also helping the potential products from the R&D projects to reach…
Auction of Solar Corporation of India (SECI)
In the 500 MW Bhadla Phase-III Solar Park auction, Acme Solar lodged the winning bid of INR 2.44 (USD 0.037)/kWh to develop 200 MW, while SBG Cleantech quoted INR 2.45 (USD 0.038)/kWh to bag an order for 300 MW. The new lowest tariff shows a 7% decrease on the previous cheapest…
American-Made Challenges programme
The US Department of Energy (DOE) and NREL initiated the programme to support innovative energy technologies with unique prizes. The programme provides non-dilutive cash prizes (i.e. public grants that are direct payments with unrestricted use) and in some cases, vouchers for…
Green Innovation Fund
In March 2021, Japan's New Energy and Industrial technology Development Organisation set up the Green Innovation Fund, worth up to 2 trillion yen ($19.2 billion), to implement ambitious green projects over the next decade as part of additional stimulus measures in response to…
National Policy on Sustainable Hydropower Development in Lao PDR
The Policy on Sustainable Hydropower Development in Lao PDR, approved through the Decree of 12 January 2015, supersedes the 2006 National Policy on Environment and Social Stability of the Hydropower Sector (No. 561/CPI). It offers policy guidance to agencies that oversee…
National Policy on Environmental and Social Sustainability of the Hydropower Sector in Lao PDR
The National Policy on Environmental and Social Sustainability of the Hydropower Sector in Lao PDR of 2006 is based on the three principles of sustainability: economic, social and ecological sustainability, along a list of criteria detailed in the law. It applies to all large…
Accelerating Household Electrification through Regulated Solar Home Systems
The circular provides guidance on the implementation of the Solar Home Systems (SHS) as part of the Household Electrification Development Plan (HEDP). It aims to attain 90% household electrification by 2017. It states that SHS can be installed by distribution utilities (DU),…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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
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…
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 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
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
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
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…
Act No. 30/2013 amending and supplementing Act. 309/2009 Coll. on the promotion of renewable energy and highly efficient cogeneration
The provision clarifies the term, electricity autoconsumption by technology, the value of installed capacity of the electricity generating facility, certificate proving time of putting the facility of an electricity producer into operation. Definition of the time of putting…
Auctions of up to 150 MW of wind energy (159-2011)
This decree auctioned another 150MW of wind power under the same technical and local content conditions as Decree 403-09, but allowed more than one project to be awarded per bidder (up to 100MW per bidder). The decree established that carbon credits from the Clean Development…
The Decree on connection and access of renewable electricity to the national grid
The Decree sets the conditions for the connection and access of renewable electricity producers to the national grid. It supersedes the previous conditions set in
Thermal rehabilition and climate friendly heating "Sanierungsoffensive"
Grants are made available in the field of building thermal rehabilitation. Eligible target groups are: (co-) owners or tenants of a single- or two-family house; home owners / property owners and tenants of flats in multi-story residential buildings. The following project…
Support Scheme for Renewable (Hydropower) Generation - Resolution 403
The "Renewable Energy Production and Use Support Scheme (Hydroelectric Power Plants)" defines measures to facilitate the construction and operation of a hydroelectric power plant (HPP) with a private initiator of more than 5 MW. The support scheme includes: - a support period of…
Call 25 FEE - Energy Efficiency in Buildings Aviso 25 – Eficiência Energética nos Edifícios 2017/18
Call 25 supports energy efficiency measures leading to the improvement of energy performance of existing buildings in both service and residential
Costa Rica Electricity Generation Expansion Plan 2016-2035 (Plan de Expansion de la Generacion Electrica) 2017
The Electricity Generation Expansion Plan is updated every 2 years. In May 2017 a new version was released. The Electricity Generation Expansion Plan 2016-2035 summarizes the electricity development strategy at a national level for the next 20 years, taking into account the…
Resolution on Further Development of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency 2017-2025
In June 2017 a Resolution on Further Development of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency for 2017-2025 in Uzbekistan. The resolution sets the following renewable energy targets: Technology Cumulative capacity targets (MW) 2018 2019 2020 2021 2025 New hydropower 60.7…
Royal Decree 617/2013 on professional certificates in the renewable energy sector
Royal Decree 617/2013 establishes a certificate of national competence for the Energy and Water vocational family in the Renewable Energy vocational area, and is included in the National Register of certificates of professional competence by vocational qualification level, based…
Royal Decree 110/2015 on disposal of photovoltaic modules
Royal Decree 110/2015 on wastes of electrical and electronical devices, classifies different wastes of electrical and electronical devices including photovoltaic modules and sets out the procedure for the reception, treatment and removal of different kind of photovoltaic modules…
Order IET/1882/2014 of 14 October. Electricity generated by means of non-renewable fuels in STE and hybrid installations
Order IET/1882/2014 of 14 October establishes the methodology for calculating the electricity generated by means of non-renewable fuels in STE and hybrid installations (classified in article 2 of RD 413/2014 as b.1.2. and in article 4 of RD 413/2014 as type 2 hybrid…
Implementation and application of the alternative heating technology "passive solar energy collection system" (Implementación y aplicación de la tecnología alternativa de calefacción “sistema pasivo de recolección de energía solar de forma indirecta”) Dec
Decree 019 of 2008 provided for the immediate construction of passive solar heating systems "Trombe Walls" by the government. "Trombe walls" are a building technique where heat collecting building materials are used in sun-facing façades and heat is then transferred to the…
The Electric Concession Law (Ley de Concesiones Electricas)
The Electric Concession Law (Decree-Law 25844 of 1993) provides the legal framework for the electric sector in Peru. The law states that a definitive concession is required for the development of electric generation energy that uses hydraulic and other renewable resources (for…
Peru Renewable Energy Auctions
Since 2009 Peru has held renewable-energy auctions for grid connected generation and for off-grid electrification, based on the framework established by Law No. 28832 of 2006 and Decree 1002 of 2008. The following table provides a summary of auctions in Peru. The amount of…
Punjab Policy on net metering for Grid Interactive Rooft-top Solar Photovoltaic Power plants
To achieve the objectives of the New and Renewable Sources of Energy Policy (NRSE) 2012, the Government of Punjab announced the Policy on net metering for Grid Interactive Roof-Top Solar Photovoltaic Power Plants to apply to the distribution licensee and consumers of…
Madhya Pradesh Small Hydro Power Policy
The Madhya Pradesh Small Hydro Power Policy is a comprehensive and liberal policy so as to expedite the harnessing of available potential of hydro power sources. The policy is applicable to all the small hydro power projects (SHPs) up to 25 MW capacity which have been identified…
Uttar Pradesh Solar Energy Policy 2013
To meet the demand of increasing energy supply, the state government, on January 23, 2013, approved a solar energy policy. The policy will allow solar power projects to be set up to increase private investment of the state and make the non-agricultural barren land available in…
Tax Incentives for renewable energy
Uganda offers a range of fiscal incentives, including investment capital allowances ( i.e. , tax deductible expenditure) and exemption for duties and taxes for imports of plant and machinery. These incentives were last updated in June 2005. Under the Value Added Tax (VAT)…
Tax incentives for renewable energy
The Tax Code of 2015 includes a number of fiscal incentives for investments in the production and distribution of renewable energy: Investments in renewable energy can benefit from a reduction in corporate income tax equivalent to 50% of the investment undertaken. Equipment…
Small Power Producers (SPP) Framework
The Small Power Producers (SPP) framework created an enabling environment for private project developments of projects up to 10MW in 2008, through standardised power purchase agreements. An SPP is defined as a generating facility of < 10MW producing power from renewable or…
Renewable energy capacity auction (500 MW wind, 200 MW biomass)
On 23rd of October government announced first call for renewable energy auction to be held in 2015 in order to procure wind and biomass generation capacity. The call was announced and regulated by Order IET/2212/2015. This was the first auction launched under new mechanism that…
Electricity Act 1995
The government passed the Act to regulate the generation, transmission, distribution and supply of electricity. The Act prohibits the establishment of any electricity undertaking unless in accordance with the Electricity Act and the Energy Regulation Act. The exception is any…
Rural Electrification Act 2003
In November 2003, the Government of Zambia enacted the Rural Electrification Act which established the Rural Electrification Fund (REF) and the Rural Electrification Authority (REA). REA's overall mandate is to increase availability and access to electricity in rural areas from…
Egypt Renewable Energy Tenders (build-own-operate BOO contracts)
New National Renewable Energy Strategy adopted in Egypt in 2015 stipulated renewable energy auction mechanism to be introduced in Egypt for future renewable energy capacity procurement. Presidential Decree enacting Renewable Energy Law (Decree No 203/2014) in 2014 established…
Energy Regulation Act 1995
The Energy Regulation Board (ERB) regulates the energy industry. With regards to renewable energy the Board has given priority to developing a Renewable Energy Feed In Tariff Regulatory Framework for Zambia. This is expected to be completed in the near
Feed-in Tariff for Very Small Power Producers (VSPP) (excluding solar PV)
On 15 th of December 2014 Thailand adopted a Feed-in Tariff for Very Small Power Producers (VSPP) of less than 10 MW installed capacity. The new scheme replaces old feed-in premium scheme. The new FIT will be granted for 20 years, an exception being power systems fuelled by…
The Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS)
The Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) was launched in 2009 and subsequently updated in 2010 and 2013. The strategy aims to transform Guyana’s electricity sector from nearly 100% fossil fuel based to nearly 100% renewable energy based. The achievement of this objective is…
Network for wind power (Nätverket för vindbruk)
The network for wind power was founded in 2008 by instructions from the Swedish Government. The network aims at fostering the expansion of wind power by means of information activities, educational activities, networking and economic support to wind power projects . The network…
Private generation of photovoltaic energy (Auctions and Feed-in Tariffs)
The Decree stipulates the terms of the Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) between the National Electricity Utility (UTE) and electricity generators who produce solar photovoltaic energy. It established a 206MW auction for solar PV plants ranging between 500kW and 50MW each. The…
Act on production, remuneration and commercialisation of biogas introducing feed-in tariff (Règlement du 15 décembre 2011)
The Act was adopted on 15 th December 2011 and entered into force on 18th December 2011. The Act establishes legal framework for promotion, development, production and remuneration of biogas that feeds into the natural gas network in Luxembourg. In order to support biogas…
Interconnection Policy for Renewable Generating Source
The purpose of this Policy and accompanying Guidelines is to set forth common interconnection requirements and a common interconnection process, based on a common screening process, for the Utility and the Interconnection Customers to expeditiously interconnect non fossil…
Solar water heating regulations
The regulations, which were drafted in 2010, were gazetted in 2012. They target premises with hot water requirements above 100 litres: new ones will have to install solar heating systems while the existing ones have 5 years to install and use solar heating systems that cover at…
Training and certification for solar technologies installers
Certification scheme was introduced in Malta on the basis of the EU Renewable Energy Directive 2009/28/EC. Requirements outlined in the Directive had to be incorporated by Member States till the end of December 2012 at the latest. Fulfilling its obligation Malta opened…
Solar thermal energy mandate
A solar thermal mandate was established in 2009 by the Solar Thermal Law (Law 18585) with additional provisions in 2011 through Decree 451/011.The different activities under the mandate (Law 18585 and Decree 451/011) are as follows: The law states that research and development…
Decree on renewable microgeneration (net-metering)
The Decree promotes the execution of contracts between UTE (electricity utility) and the final consumers of electricity. It allows net metering for small wind power, solar, biomass and mini-hydro. The National Electricity Utility (UTE) is mandated to buy the excess electricity…
Solar Thermal Energy Plan
The objective of the plan is to stimulate the incorporation of solar thermal panels in Uruguayan houses to heat water and decrease electricity consumption. In order to achieve its objective, the plan aims to address two main hurdles: high initial investment costs and the…
Special Law for the development of the Hydroelectricity Tumarin Project (Law 695)
The Special Law seeks the development and implementation of a 253 MW hydroelectric project, establishing procedures to obtain the Environmental Permit, Special License for water use to generate electricity and the generation license. The Law establishes a differentiated fiscal…
Setting specifications for approved technologies
Suppliers of RES systems are required to regsiter their equipment and prove that it is compliant with relevant EU standards. Once registered these systems will be eligible for incentives and subsidies that the Ministry/Malta resources Authority offers from time to
RES measures in state schools
The Foundation for Tomorrow’s Schools was set up by the Government of Malta in 2001 and has among its objectives the management and ficing of the development, building, upgrading and refurbishment of State schools. Energy conservation and inclusion of renewable energy sources is…
Capital grants for PVs in the domestic/residential sector
In 2005, a grant scheme for the purchase of small photovoltaic (PV) systems for domestic residences was introduced. Eligible applicants could apply for a once-only grant of 20% on the purchase price of a photovoltaic system with a minimum installed size of one kilowatt peak, and…
Capital grants for solar thermal in the domestic sector 2006-2014
First government grant for solar water heaters for households was established in 2005 and went into effect in 2006. At the beginning rebate was set on 20% of the purchase price capped at maximum level of €116.48. During 2006 the rebate was doubled to €232.94 which in consequence…