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Obligation to blend biofuels in transport
The budget law 2007 sets the mandatory part of biofuel to be blended in diesel and gasoline in tranport to 2%. The law of 17 December 2010 defining the excises taxes takes over this percentage and additionaly sets sustainable criteria for the blended biofuels. The budget laws…
National Renewable Energy Action Plan 2011-2020
The European Directive 2009/28/EC of April 23rd 2009 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources establishes the general targets, in all European Union member states, of 20% share of energy from renewable sources in gross final consumption and 10% of energy from…
Electricity sector regulation (Electricity Law 24/2013)
Law 24/2013, of the electricity sector was approved on 26 December 2013, and entries into force on 28 December 2013, replacing the Law 54/1997. It sets up the principle of financial and economic sustainability: the system revenues have to cover all the system costs. Regarding…
Feed-in Tariffs for RES and investment grants for small and large (>100kW) PV, hydropower, and biomass
Feed-in tariffs are one the main instruments that was introduced 2009 by the federal government for promoting electricity production from renewable energy sources. Feed-in tariffs are not supposed to cover the entire unit technical cost of electricity from a particular energy…
Electricity Market Act 2007
The Electricity Market Act of 2007 initially set out a feed-in tariff provided for electricity purchased under obligation. Some modifications were made in 2009 when the purchasing obligation was waived and restrictions set for supporting wind energy. In 2012 additional…
Act on Promoted Energy Sources and on Amendment of Some Laws (Act No. 165/2012 Coll.)
The Act sets a mandatory connection to the transmission or distribution system an electricity generating plant and purchases such electricity which is produced from RES. Furthermore sets so called “Green Bonuses” for electricity produced from RES which are defined in €/MWh. The…
Mongolia renewable energy feed-in tariff
Mongolia’s feed-in tariff for the renewable energy power production is primarily regulated by country’s Renewable Energy Law enacted in 2007. The tariff prices are reported in ranges within which power purchase agreements can be negotiated and signed with the National Dispatch…
Mongolian Law on Investment
Mongolia Investment Law was adopted in 2013. The Law was introduced in order to create an attractive investment environment in various sectors in Mongolia, including energy and renewable energy sectors. The Law protects the legal rights and interests of investors in the…
Mongolia State Policy on Energy 2015-2030
In 2015 government of Mongolia adopted the State Policy on Energy for 2015-2030 periods. The main objectives of the policy are to build the energy security of the country, assure sustainability of the energy sector development and create the basis for faster deployment of…
Mongolia Concession Law
Mongolia Concession Law was adopted in 2010. The Law establishes framework for granting concessions to private investors to use existing infrastructure facilities owned by the state, and to construct new infrastructure facilities for the purpose of providing services to the…
Renewable Energy Law
The Renewable Energy Law was enacted by the Parliament on January 11, 2007. It aims to increase the utilization of renewable energy in Mongolia and to regulate the generation and the supply of renewable energy. The important provisions of this law define: The RE-related powers…
Feed-in tariff for distributed solar systems
On 16 July 2013 the National Energy Policy Commission (NPS) of Thailand adopted new feed-in tariff scheme supporting rooftop and community ground-mounted solar installations. The goal of the scheme is to support installation of 1 GW of new, small-scale solar systems in Thailand…
National Energy Policy 2003
The Policy led to the formulation of the energy regulator for Malawi and guides every development in the energy sector within Malawi. It also maps out strategies for increasing access to renewable energy based applications in the country. Strategic objectives for the energy…
White Paper on Renewable Energy and Clean Energy Development
The Objective of the policy is to increase the share of modern renewable energy consumed and provide affordable access to energy throughout South Africa, thus contributing to sustainable development and environmental conservation. South Africa has an estimated existing (in 2000)…
Growth and Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (GPRSP2) 2011-2015
The energy sector aims of the Strategy Paper include improving the population's access to electricity, increasing electricity exports to the sub-region and developing renewable energy (green energy) for environmental protection. DRC has great renewable energy resource potential…
Investment Code Law No.0004/2002
Electricity is prioritized for investment under the code. The code has also set up ANAPI as a One-Stop-Shop for all investment including renewable energy
Malawi Rural Electrification Programme (MAREP)
The programme is a long standing initiative to increase access to electricity in rural areas. The Rural Electrification Programme MAREP operates under the Rural Electrification Act of 2004 which has also established the Rural Electrification Fund. The rural electrification…
National Renewable 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…
National Energy Policy 2008
The National Energy Policy of Zambia was adopted in 2008 with the objective to remove barriers to the development of renewable energy capacity in the country. Measures to achieve barrier removal include: ensuring availability of data and information on market demand, resource…
Regional and Domestic Power Markets Development Project
The objective of the project is to improve operational efficiency in the electricity sector and expand renewable generation, transmission and distribution capacity in order to better serve domestic power demand and to support regional power market integration. The anticipated…
Guidelines for the simplification of the permitting procedures for small decentralised and/or distributed electricity production
The Minister of Energy, Commerce, Industry and Tourism has authorised through the Electricity Law (article 38-(1) and (4B) to issue guidelines to CERA (Cyprus Energy Regulatory Authority) in order to implement certain policies. Establish a framework for easier permitting of…
Public Policy on efficient management and surpluses of small scale self-generation (Decree 348 of 2017)
March 1st, 2017, the Colombian Ministry of Mining and Energy (MINMINAS) issued the Decree 348 of 2017, as an amendment to Decree 1073 of 2015, in respect to the public policy guidelines upon efficient energy management and delivery of energy surpluses from small-scale…
Law 1715, regulating the Integration of Non Conventional Renewable Energies to the National Energy System
The law 1715 encourages the integration of alternative energy in the Colombian Energy mix. This law aims to incentivise private capital investment in renewable energy integration. The law provides fiscal incentives, establishes a dedicated fund and creates the legal basis for…
Law approving the "Paris 2015 Agreement". Presidential Law of the Republic 1844/2017.
On 14th July 2017, the Congress of Colombia approved the law ratifying country’s accession to the Paris Climate Agreement which was adopted on December 12th, 2015, in Paris,
National Policy for the Integral Management of Solid Waste, CONPES 3874/2016
The National Policy for the Integral Management of Solid Waste is a national policy for social, economic, environmental and health interest. This policy seeks to adopt measures aimed at prevention in the generation of waste the Minimization of those who go to disposal…
Energy from Renewable Sources Act (ERSA)
The Energy from Renewable Sources Act was adopted in 2011. It regulates the generation and consumption of energy from Renewable Sources (RS) with the aim of creating conditions which allow the national targets for the share of energy from RS in final gross energy consumption to…
BRUSSELS - Green Certificate Scheme
In addition to direct financial incentives, the Government to the Brussels-Capital Region awards Green Certificates (GC) to all renewable energy producers. The number of GC granted is directly proportional to the CO2 savings made by the installation compared to a benchmark. In…
Support Scheme for the Production of Electricity from Renewable Energy Sources for self-consumption 2017
The plan includes the following categories: Category A: Photovoltaic (PV) capacity up to 5.2KW connected to the network with (net-metering) for all consumers. Total Available Power: 23MW • Subcategory A1 : PV systems for houses which are used as permanent residences for…
Support Scheme for Solar Water Heaters for residences (Establishment and replacement)
The Scheme support the establishment and replacement of a Solar Water Heater System for Residences. The grant is allocated to EUR 350 for all the system and EUR 175 only for solar
Approval for Sectoral Loan for the Development of Geothermal Energy in Guanacaste (Convenio de Cooperación para un préstamo sectorial para el desarrollo de la geotermia en Guanacaste)
The law 9254 approves bilateral loans with the Japanese Government and the European Investment Bank for the ficing of geothermal projects larger than 50 MW to be developed by the national utility Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE). The projects – Pailas II and…
Import Duty Exemptions for Solar and Wind of Bangladesh (Statutory Regulatory Order)
The regulatory code 155 provides import duty exemptions for solar cells, modules and lanterns. As the table shows, the duties for other wind and solar equipment are also relatively low. Equipment Import duty Photovoltaic cells, even if they are assembled into modules or…
Biofuels Promotion Laws
In April 2006 the Argentine government passed Federal Law No. 26093, the “Biofuels Law”, enacted by its Regulatory Decree No. 109/2007 in February 2007. The Decree set forth guidelines to promote the development of biofuels. The law establishes criteria for plants to be…
Costa Rica National Programme on Biofuels (Programa Nacional de Biocombustibles) 2008
In 2008 the Ministry of Environment and Energy and the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock jointly presented the National Biofuels Programme, in which the general objective aims the developing a biofuels industry to contribute to energy security and efficiency, mitigation…
Energy Act 2012
The Energy Act harmonizes Croatian legislation with the EU Directives 2009/72/EC and 2009/73/EC hence with the outlines of Third EU Energy Package. Energy Act regulates measures to ensure secure and reliable energy supply, efficient power generation and its use, stipulates how…
Private Sector Power Generation Policy of Bangladesh 1996
Goal of the Private Sector Power Generation Policy of Bangladesh Act of 1996 is to attract private investment in power
National Renewable Action Plan of Lebanon (NREAP 2016-2020)
NREAP of Lebanon presents a strategic planning of the Renewable Energy Sector in the country. The strategy presents several scenarios for achieving 12% by 2020, target in 2009. The target is set to implement Renewable Energy projects that would actually produce approximately 767…
Law Authorising Autoproducers (Ley que Autoriza la Generación eléctrica autónoma o paralela)
The Law regulates utility-scale private sector projects in Costa Rica. It states that utility-scale renewable energy projects can opt for one of the following three types of contracts: Direct contracts for projects under 20 MW; Auctions for projects up to 50 MW; Legislative…
Dominican Republic Net-Metering Regulation 2011
Regulation to establish the conditions for access to the Net Metering Program in the Dominican Republic. The Regulation establishes the rights and responsibilities of the Distribution Companies and the Customers. The main goals are: (1) Establish the procedure for…
Costa Rica Regulation of liquid biofuels and their mixtures 2017
The new regulation aims to regulate the roles of the actors involved along the biofuel value chain and the requirements for the storage, transport and distribution of biofuels. With the development of the biofuel industry, the reactivation of the agricultural sector at a…
Payment of benefit of conserving fossil fuels
To all ministries, especially oil and energy and subsidiaries and their affiliated organizations and public institutions and all title holders and row in the rules allowed an annual budget of up to one hundred billion dollars each year on currency five hundred thousand billion…
Regulation on Incentive Fees to Promote Electricity Production from RES and cogeneration
All electricity customers shall pay the incentive fee for electricity production from renewable energy sources and cogeneration. The incentive fee shall be specified on the electricity bill, as well as other fees according to the Energy Act. The incentive fee is collected…
New Electricity Law (Ley Orgánica del Servicio Publico de energía eléctrica)
The law identifies the new structure of the electricity sector in Ecuador, and the role of the Government in the promotion of projects of Renewable energy sources. The law determines that the Electricity Master Plan, PME, will be prepared by the Ministry of Electricity and…
Concession Framework Law for the Use of Hydraulic Forces for Hydroelectric Generation (Ley Marco de Concesión para el Aprovechamiento de las Fuerzas Hidráulicas para la Generación Hidroeléctrica)
Law 8723 is part of the regulatory framework for giving concessions for use of hydraulic resources that can be obtained from waters in the national territory, under the mandate of subsection 14) of section 121) of Costa Rica
Use of Renewable Energy Sources in Developments
New buildings or a building that is renovated can get an extra 5% building space if it is "A" energy class on the Energy Performance Caetificate and at least 25% of primary energy consumption is covered by Renewable Energy Sources. The incentive is given by the local planning…
Regulations on the Efficient Use of Energy and tax incentives
The Regulations on the Efficient Use of Energy encourages the development and use of renewable energy sources in Costa Rica. The regulation exempts equipment used for renewable energy from import duties and provides several tax exemptions (e.g. excise tax, ad valorem tax,…
Ordice on the Use of Renewable Energy Sources and Cogeneration 2012
The goal of this policy is to support fulfillment of long-term national goals in the sector of renewable energies and in an energy sector as a whole. Also, it supports Croatia in its attempt to ensure long-term sustainable economic development with respect to environmental…
Petroleum (fuel quality) regulations
The policy provides for the regulation of quality of all petroleum products from wholesale to retail level. The Statutory Instrument regulates the quality of blending unleaded petrol with ethanol before it is sold to the
Costa Rica Regulation on Net-Metering (Technical standard for Planning, Operation and Access to National Grid)
The regulation AR-NT-POASEN-2014 established net metering for micro- and small renewable energy producers in Costa Rica. The regulation establishes two modalities of the net metering available: “Simple” net metering, where monthly surplus is credited towards the next month,…
National Development Plan 2015-2018
The National Development Plan 2015-2018 marks the course of the government. It sets out the strategic pillars, priorities, objectives, programs and projects that are necessary as well as the type of goverce needed to move towards a society founded on equity, knowledge,…
Renewable Energy Policy of Bangladesh
The objectives of the Renewable Energy Policy for Bangladesh are to: Harness the potential of renewable energy resources and dissemination of renewable energy technologies in rural, peri-urban and urban areas; Enable, encourage and facilitate both public and private sector…