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Environmental Impact Assessment
This decree states the requirement for environmental impact analysis for electricity generation projects. It also includes the requirement for a decommissioning plan and a decommissioning guarantee which is determined on a case-by-case basis. The following renewable energy…
Tax incentives for renewable energy
Under the VAT Act 2013 and VAT (Amendment) Act 2014, Kenya offers an exemption from value added tax (VAT) and import duties for supplies imported or bought for the construction of a power-generating plant or for geothermal exploration, as well as certain plant and machinery.…
Wind auction (424-2011)
Given the below-expected prices obtained in the 2011 auction from the 159/2011 Decree, the Decree 424/2011 was set in order to allow developers who were unsuccessful with the 159/2011 decree to be awarded PPAs at USD 63.5/MWh for projects up to 50MW. The project developers had…
National Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA)
In the energy sector actions under the programme include mobilization of investment to promote new and renewable energies (solar, photovoltaic and biogas in public areas and households in the rural area). In the water sector the adaptation programme includes provision of…
Private generation of wind energy
The Decree 158/012 allows industrial consumers, which generate wind energy, to establish contracts with the National Electricity Utility (UTE). The contracts are defined for three different types of generation configurations: on-site generation, off-site generation and…
Renewable Energy Fund for off-grid solutions
The Government has opened a Renewable Energy Fund Account with a 7.9 million Pula (bwp) grant from the Global Environment Fund as seed money. The Fund is aimed at subsidizing renewable energy technologies for off-grid solutions especially for applications including solar water…
Solar Photovoltaic Methodology
The methodology for the evaluation of the minnimum national component of the investment schedule which is attached is an integral part of this resolution. These procurement procedures should be applied to the contracts signed by the electricity utility (UTE), pursuant to the…
Decentralized Rural Electrification Strategy (2015-2017)
The DRE Strategy aims to maximize the social impact of decentralized renewable energy and tackle challenges at all levels from household to policy. A key objective is to bring the benefits of modern energy technologies to rural children and families and promote transfer of…
Uganda Energy Credit Capitalisation Company (UECCC)
The Uganda Energy Credit Capitalisation Company (UECCC) was established to provide financing options with the aim of facilitating investment in renewable energy projects. It works with development partners and financial institutions to offer the following services: Partial…
Solar Photovoltaic Dispatch
The law stipulates the conditions for grid dispatch of solar PV. It states that solar PV based electricity will be considered to have zero marginal cost. The solar PV generation will be dispatched if the plants and the solar resource are available and there are no technical…
Wind Dispatch
The law stipulates the conditions for grid dispatch of wind power. It states that wind based electricity will be considered to have zero marginal cost. The wind plants shall be dispatched provided they are available, the wind resource is there, and that there are no operating…
Law on biofuels
The law promotes and regulates the production, commercialization and the use of biofuels. It also aims to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases under the terms of the Kyoto Protocol. It mandates a 5% bioethanol blend after 2015 and 5% biodiesel blend starting in 2012. The…
Zambia Solar PV Tender
On 16 th of February 2016 Zambia’s Industrial Development Corporation Limited (IDC) formally issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for a combined 100MW of solar PV power tender Round 1. The tender is organised within Scaling Solar Zambia program that is supported by World Bank…
Subsidy for solar PV with storage installations (Programm zur Förderung von PV-Batteriespeichern)
Germany on 1st of March will start a new EUR 30m programme to support investments into the battery storage of electricity generated from PV residential installations in order to strengthen grid services of solar plants and help cost reduction. The programme will last until 2018.…
Zambia Scaling Solar Programme
In July 2015, the President of the Republic of Zambia, formally directed the Industrial Development Corporation Limited (IDC) to drive the urgent development and installation of at least 600 MW of solar power , in order to redress the current power deficit in Zambia and…
Morocco Net-Metering legislation (Law n°58-15)
In the end of 2015 the government of Morocco adopted Law n°58-15 amending renewable energy law and introducing net-metering scheme for solar PV and onshore wind plants. Only power plants connected to the high-voltage grid may participate. Those connected to the middle- and…
Morocco Renewable Power Tenders (MASEN)
Since 2010 Moroccan government is tendering new solar and wind capacity through auctions in order to meet country’s renewable energy targets and in order to increase capacity production for growing energy demand. MASEN is responsible for auctioning solar PV capacity while ONE…
National Renewable Energy Action Plan (NREAP)
The National Renewable Energy Action Plan until year 2020 is a comprehensive document summarizing the national renewable energy policies, forecasting final energy consumption and setting out renewable energy targets and forecast trajectories until 2020. The Action Plan is one…
National renewable energy registry
A national registry has been created to provide information and control regarding all activities related to renewable energy, including equipment, and projects in research and development stage. The types of renewables included in this registry are: Solar, Wind, Hydro, Biomass,…
Law on Geothermal Resources and Natural Mineral Waters - Law No 5686
This Law sets forth the rules and principles for exploring, producing and protecting geothermal and natural mineral water resources. Geothermal and natural mineral waters belong to the state. A special licence is required to carry out exploration activities. The licence may be…
Law on simplification of procedures for land acquisition for the construction of the production of heat, electricity from renewable energy and biofuels
The Law was approved on 2 nd of February 2016 by the Committee of Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on Agricultural Policy and Land Relations. The second step for the Law is to be voted in the Ukraine’s Parliament. If the Law will come into force the key provisions will be: Mandatory…
2014 Energy Policy (2035 and 2050 Horizon)
The Energy Policy of the Slovak Republic (Energy Policy) is the strategic document defining the energy sector's primary objectives and priorities to 2035 with a view to 2050. The Energy Policy is a component of Slovakia's national economic strategy given that ensuring…
Strategic Energy Plan (2014)
In April 2014, the Cabinet of Japanese government formulated the “Strategic Energy Plan.” This plan is the basis for the orientation of Japan’s new energy policy, considering the dramatic changes in energy environments inside and outside Japan, including those caused by the…
Mineral Oil Tax Exemption for Biofuels
The mineral tax exemption for biofuels entered into force on 1 July 2008. This exempts fuels produced from renewable feedstock from the mineral oil tax, provided that they prove they have a positive aggregate environmental impact and are produced under socially acceptable…
Naturemade Labelling Scheme
Specific provisions were developed to protect other renewables from competition with large hydropower plants and to create an incentive to develop non-hydro renewables. The marketers of all Naturemade certified electricity must guarantee that at least 5% of their certified…
Law on Establishment of NEDO
After the oil price crises in the 1970s, the Japanese government enacted the Law Concerning Promotion of Development and Introduction of Oil Alternative Energy in 1980 and implemented measures for development and introduction of alternatives to oil, including renewable energy.…
Ground-mounted PV Auction Ordice
As part of the reform of the German Renewable Energy Law in 2014 renewable energy capacity will be procured in Germany via auction system from 2017. In order to ease in to the new system Germany introduced pilot version of the auction system for ground-mounted solar PV. The aim…
Obligation for CO2 Compensation by Fuel Importers
Importers of transportation fuels are obliged to compensate up to 10% of the fuel related carbon emissions by domestic projects. Domestic projects can be in other sectors than transporation, but they must be additional to exisiting measures such as the building refurbishment…
Nova Scotia Electricity Sector Regulations
Nova Scotia has implemented two separate regulations to address emissions from the electricity sector and enhance the supply of renewables. Greenhouse Gas Emissions Regulations: Nova Scotia has implemented a mandatory declining cap on GHG emissions from electricity generation…
The New Zealand Waste Strategy
The New Zealand Waste Strategy outlines the Government's strategic direction for waste management and minimisation in New Zealand. The New Zealand Waste Strategy 2002 was reviewed and replaced by the New Zealand Waste Strategy 2010. The ‘zero waste’ vision of the 2002 Strategy…
Renewable Energy Target (RET)
The Renewable Energy Target (RET) is designed to deliver a 23.5% share for renewables in Australia’s electricity mix by 2020. The RET legislation includes a legislated annual Large-Scale Renewable Generation Targets (LRET), rising to 33,000 gigawatt-hours of renwable energy by…
SADC Energy Protocol
The SADC Energy Protocol is a regional framework for energy cooperation among Sounthern African countries whose objectives include (1) harmonization of energy policies, strategies and programmes (2) cooperation in development of energy and energy pooling, (3) cooperation in…
2025 Angola Long Term Strategy
The Angola 2025 Long Term Strategy establishes global strategic objectives and includes the 2013 - 2017 Action Plan for Energy. The objective is to achieve 60% basic energy access. According to the strategy, the implementation of a renewable energy development policy is a key…
Ministry of Energy and Water Action Plan 2013-2017
The action plan focuses on development of large scale hydroelectric power and small scale renewable energy power plants that will help increase the electrification rate from 30% to 60% in 2025. The total prodcution capacity is planned to increase from 2,000 MW to 9,000 MW by…
General Electricity Act 2014
The law revised the General Electricity Law of 1996 and opened the energy sector to private sector investment and Public Private Partnerships (PPPs). The law is relevant to renewable energy projects because it regulated the energy sector including renewable energy projects with…
National Adaptation Programme of Action
National Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA) recognizes Angola's potential for low-cost hydroelectric energy, which is evaluated at 18,000Gwh and could cover the country's current and future needs as well as export of surplus to the region. In addition the programme recognises…
Regional Policy for Universal Access to Modern Energy 2014 - 2030
Angola is a member of the Economic Community of Central Africa States (ECCAS)and subscribes to the White Paper on Regional Policy for Universal Access to Modern Energy 2014 - 2030. This is a regional roadmap for achieving 54% access to modern energy which mostly involves…
General Environmental Law no. 05/98
The law outlines the principles for the protection, preservation and conservation of the environment and use of natural resources. It requires all actitivities or undertakings with immediate or long term effects on the environment to be analyzed in advance. It also provides for…
Public Private Partnership Law 02/2011
The PPP Law is the national legal framework that defines contractual arrangements and relationship between the State and private sector at various stages of the public-private investment including investments in the energy sector as well as renewable energy joint ventures…
The National Energy Security Strategy and Policy
The policy defines strategy that, among other things, seeks to maximize the use of renewable energy through the use of Feed-in Tariffs for licensed installations smaller than 10MWin isolated networks. Key priority actions include: restructuring the power sector and encouraging…
Decentralized Infrastructure for rural Transformation (IDTR) (1st and 2nd phase)
Decentralized Infrastructure for Rural Transformation (IDTR) programme ran until 2011. The project invested USD 10.15 million in solar PV resulting in installation of 10174 solar PV systems. The project used auctions to award 4-year installation and service contracts to…
Energy Policy White Paper 1998
The White Paper represents Namibia's energy policy goals aiming to ensure security of supply, growth and socio-economic development. The Paper promotes the use of renewable energy through establishment of institutional and planning frameworks, development of human resources and…
Concentrated Solar Power Technology Transfer for Power Generation in Namibia
The overall goal of the project is to increase the share of renewable energy in the Namibia energy mix by developing the technological framework for transfer and deployment of Concentrated Solar Power technology for on-grid power generation. The three outcomes of this project…
National Energy Fund (NEF)
The National Energy Fund (NEF) was originally based on collections of levies on petroleum products. Currently it also receives money collected by the National Power Utility Nampower. On 01 July 2013, the Government of Namibia approved NEF electricity levy of 1.02, that adds to…
Solar Revolving Fund (SRF)
The Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) is the sole administrator of the Solar Revolving Fund (SRF). The SRF is a credit facility established by MME to stimulate demand for the utilization of renewable energy technologies in the rural areas, especially for communities living in…
Petroleum Products and Energy Act establishing National Energy Fund and Electricity Levy
The Act establishes the National Energy Fund administered by the Department of Energy. The National Energy Fund electricity levy is used for rural electrification, subsidizing electricity tariffs for identified poor communities and renewable energy
SADC Energy Protocol 1994
The SADC Energy Protocol is a regional framework for energy cooperation among Southern African countries whose objectives include: (i) harmonization of energy policies, strategies and programmes (2) cooperation in development of energy and energy pooling, (3) cooperation in…
Environmental Management Act
The Act establishes a National Environmental Council and Environmental Managment agency. The Act further outlines provisions for sustainable management of natural resources and protection of the environment. The Act generally supports and promotes the use of environmentally…
Fourth National Development Plan 2012/2013 - 2016/2017
The development plan serves as a building block of the Vision 2030 for Namibia. Its overarching goals include high and sustained economic growth. From the energy sector point of view, the plan intends to bring online gas-fired and coal fired power stations. Other sources to be…
National Development Plan 2013-2017 (NDP)
The NDP is the overall medium-term development framework within which all sector goals are formulated for the period 2013 – 2017. The NDP links into the national vision or Long Term Development “Angola 2025”. It is therefore the foundation for all renewable energy plans and…