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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.…
Ten milestones in 2021 - Hydrogen roadmap & Geothermal projects
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…
Notice on Matters Concerning the Development and Construction of Wind Power and Photovoltaic Power Generation in 2021
This notice clarified the guaranteed grid-connected scale in 2021 should not be less than 90 million kilowatts, and the total household photovoltaic subsidies were also clearly set at 500 million yuan. In order to achieve the construction target, NEA has established a long-term…
Notice on Matters Concerning the New Energy Feed-in Tariff Policy
On 11 June, the NDRC released a new notice guiding the price for feed in tariffs. The new regulations stipulate: on-grid electricity price for new projects in 2021 will be implemented according to the local coal-fired power generation benchmark price; Newly built projects…
Sweden's Recovery Plan / railway investments
Fourth component of green recovery measures of Sweden's recovery and resilience plan. To provide support to improve freight and passenger rail infrastructure. Objective 1: To implement improvements and upgrades to the railway infrastructure for a distance of about 60…
Fuel Security Package - Support for diesel storage
The Australian Government will provide up to AUD 260 million in competitive grants to support the construction of an additional 780 megalitres of diesel storage in Australia. The program will run over 3 years to 2023–24. The 10 projects are expected to start construction in…
Sectoral low-carbon roadmaps
The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment published a report summarising the results of the sectoral roadmaps produced during the past year. It shows that: - The Government’s goal of a carbon neutral Finland by 2035 is achievable for industry and other sectors with…
Sustainable growth agenda
As part of the EU Recovery and Resilience Facility, Finland submitted its plan to the European Commission. The plan is divided into four main pillars: 1) The green transition supports economic restructuring and carbon neutrality: EUR 822 million 2) Digitalization and data…
Support for Newfoundland and Labrador's Offshore oil and gas
The Minister of Natural Resources Seamus O'Regan anounced a CAD 320 million fund towards an agreement with the provincial government, to support offshore energy sector workers during the economic downturn caused by Covid-19. An oil and gas industry recovery task force was…
Environmental Fund program - Sustainable Buildings
The Minister for the Environment and Climate Action presented the Environmental Fund Program, which will provide a dedicated amount to support more sustainable buildings, through a set of incentives that promotes buildings' energy efficiency and their decarbonization. The…
Expanding Tax Support for Business Investment in Zero-Emission Vehicles
On March 2, 2020, the government proposed to expand a 100 per cent tax write-off for business investments in eligible zero-emission vehicles to include a wider array of eligible automotive equipment and vehicles. It proposed to provide a temporarily enhanced first-year…
Recovery and resilience plan / Climate transition dimension/ Sustainable mobility
Sustainable mobility is the 15th component of the Climate Transition pillar from Portugal's Recovery Plan. The EUR 967 million budget will be used to decarbonize and improve the public transport systems and promote its use in order to reduce the dependence on individual road…
Regulation for the installation of 1 million smart meters in the electricity sector
The involvement of distribution licensees in the installation of the oscillators is inevitable in order to ensure optimal scheduling of meters to the most useful locations. In parallel, universal service providers, commercial and network licensees, are obliged to provide their…
State Sector Decarbonisation Programme
The New Zealand Government administers a $219.5 million fund to reduce carbon emissions in the State sector. This work supports the Carbon Neutral Government Programme. To date, the State Sector Decarbonisation (SSD) Fund has committed $96.45 million in SSD funding to…
Banning halogen light bulbs
As of September 2021, halogen light bulbs will be banned, with fluorescent light bulbs to follow suit. This shift to LED bulbs will reduce CO2 emissions by 1.26 billion tones, and new efficiency standards for electrical appliances will help consumers save GBP 75 a year on their…
Green vehicle plates
To increase public awareness of cleaner transport and electric vehicle, the UK Government rolled out green number car plates as of autumn 2020. Drivers will be encouraged to switch to electric vehicles through the introduction of green number plates, which will make the…
UK Sovereign Green Bond
The UK is issuing its first ever Sovereign Green Bond to bolster the dynamism and competitiveness of the country's financial sector, attract the most innovative firms, and lead the global conversation on new technologies such as stablecoins and Central Bank Digital Currencies.…
Energy Effiency Law - Regulations for Buildings
The Energy Efficiency Law includes the energy labeling of all new buildings, and establishes 2 regulations to allow the entry into force of the mandatory rating: - Article 3 mandates the Ministry of Housing and Urbanism to develop the Regulations that regulate the procedure,…
Coal Phase-out and/or Reconversion of Coal Units
As part of its Just transition strategy, Chile plans to phase-out all its coal-fired thermoelectric power plants by 2040. The first step consists in phasing-out 11 coal units by 2024, equivalent to 1731 MW, which represents 31% of the installed capacity of coal power plants.…
"Move without leaving a footprint" program
In order to support public policies and encourage the country's sustainable economic reactivation BancoEstado, the Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications, and the Municipality of Santiago launched the campaign "Move without leaving a trace", which includes a credit with a…
Recovery & Resilience Plan 2020-2026
The Austrian Recovery & Resilience Plan consists of measures designed to tackle the Covid-related economic crisis. The plan is divided into four main pillars: 1) Sustainable development, 2) Digital development, 3) Knowledge-based development, and 4) Fair development.…
Jet Zero Council - R&D in the automotive sector
Out of the GBP 350 million package to fuel green recovery and cut emissions from heavy industry, the government is opening up bids for a further £10million for R&D in the automotive sector. The fund will help companies take cutting edge ideas from prototype to market, including…
Jet Zero Council - Innovative Building Techniques
Out of the GBP 350 million package to fuel green recovery and cut emissions from heavy industry, GBP 26 million will be used to support advanced new building techniques in order to reduce build costs and carbon emissions in the construction
Jet Zero Council - Emissions Reduction in the Heavy Industry
From the GBP 350 million package to fuel green recovery and cut emissions in heavy industry, GBP 139 million will be used to cut emissions by supporting the transition from natural gas to clean hydrogen power, and scaling up carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology. These…
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…