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Best Practice Guidelines - Irish Wind Industry
The Irish Wind Energy Associations comprehensive new guidelines on best practice for on-shore wind projects in Ireland were launched on 7 May 2008. The Guidelines are meant to spur the development of the wind industry, and support what IWEA says will be private investment of…
Microgeneration Support Programme
On 16 April 2008, a small- and micro-generation support programme was announced. It included studies aimed at identifying the potential and establishing the necessary infrastructure and field trials of small and micro-scale wind, solar and hydro generation in the domestic and…
Generation of Electricity using Renewable Energy Sources
This law, which came into force in June 2006, transposes EU Directive 2001/77/EC regarding the promotion of electricity produced from renewable energy sources (RES) in the internal electricity market. It also seeks to promote, by granting priority to the generation of electrical…
Cabinet of Ministers Ruling for Wind and Solar Thermal Electric Energy quotas
The Royal Decree-Act 6/2009, of 30th April, laid down the inception of the Pre-assignment Registry for energy installations belonging to the Special Regime. It also allowed the possibility of establishing a specific schedule aiming to plan and control the commissioning of…
Tax and duty exemptions
Starting in 1998, the Government has reduced import duties and VAT on solar and wind generation systems and components. Presently, solar and wind energy generating systems are exempt from both import duties and value added tax (VAT). Components for use with solar and wind…
Renewable Energy Services Programme (RESPRO)
The Renewable Energy Services Project (RESPRO)was launched as a three-year project, funded in part by the UNDP and GEF, and has been continued by the Ministry of Energy as a programme to create a non-profit trust to manage and extend solar PV services to needy communities as an…
Canadian Renewable Conservation Expenses (CRCE)
Canadian Renewable Conservation Expenses (CRCE) is a category of fully deductible expenditures associated with the start-up of renewable energy and energy conservation projects for which at least 50% of the capital costs of the property would be described in Class 43.1 and 43.2.…
Renewable Energy Feed-In Tariff: Hydropower (IV)
Under the Electricity Law 2000, a feed-in tariff was introduced on 1 March 2007 for hydropower installations with contracts of 20 years. The tariff comprises 6.07 Eur cents/kWh, together with a bonus of between 0.5 and 3.5 for small installations and a bonus of between 0 and…
Hydropower Revival Plan
The French Ministry announced in July 2008 a plan to boost hydropower as part of Frances goal of increasing the share of renewable sources of energy in its final energy consumption to 23% by 2020. The plan does not include the construction of new hydropower facilities, but seeks…
EBRD Loans for Russian Hydropower
On 8 September 2006, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development announced the long-term loan of EUR185 million to finance the modernisation of nine power stations on the Volga-Kama cascade, one of Russias largest sources of hydro power. As of 2006, hydro generation was…
Program for the promotion of renewable energies, rural electrification and sustainable supply in domestic fuel (PERACOD)
PERACOD, a co-operation programme between the Senegalese government and the German development agency GTZ managed by the Ministry of Energy, is aimed at increasing rural energy access through the deployment of domestic fuels and renewable energy (RE). Running from 2004 to 2015,…
Investment Priorities Plan (IPP)
The government shall assist developers in obtaining all applicable fiscal and non-fiscal incentives, including registration as a pioneer industry under the Board of Investments (BOI) and securing of access to lands and offshore areas where ocean, wind and solar resources shall…
Small and Very Small Power Purchase Agreements
Intiated following the amendment of the EGAT (Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand ) Act, the small power producer (SPP) purchase agreements were meant to initiate private participation in power sector development. The objectives of purchasing electricity from SPPs were:…
Solar Traffic Lights
In January 208, the Central Energy Fund (CEF) announced that it had committed USD 5.7 million to the installation of solar power traffic lights in South Africa. Thousands of intersections have been identified for solar powered traffic lights and a pilot solar traffic light…
Solar hot water hybrid system promotion project
The DEDE initiated in 2008 the Solar Hot Water Hybrid system promotion project. The programme ficially supprot the deployment of high efficiency solar collector and waste heat from air conditioner and boiler installations and stimulate investment. The government provides grants…
Green Power
The operators of renewable energy plants not operating under the German Feed-In Scheme, the EEG, have the opportunity to sell the electricity generated in their plants at a premium on the market. This "green electricity" entered the market as a new product which could be…
Think Climate - Financial aid programme for energy savings and renewable energy in housing
Since 1 January 2008, the Ministry of Environment established a new financial incentive programme to encourage investments in high efficiency housing, energy-efficient refurbishment of existing housing, the installation of renewable energy sources and energy-efficient equipment,…
CO2 Reduction Action Plan
The CO2 Reduction Action Plan was presented on 3 May 2006 by the Minister of Environment, introducting multi-sectoral measures targeting emissions reductions. The Plan includes the following sectors and measures: Transport: -increasing vehicle fuel excise tax -reforming…
klima:aktiv Programme
The klima:aktiv programme, running from 2004 to 2012, is overseen by the Ministry of Environment and managed by the Austrian Energy Agency. The programme aims to support energy eefficiency and increased use of renewables in all sectors of the economy through direct grant…
National Energy Conservation Programme 2008 (NEP 2008)
The National Energy Conservation Programme has been offering energy efficiency grants to households each year for the last 6 years. In 2008, five different types of energy efficiency improvements are subsidised as part of the programme, each with a different subsidy intensity…