22 Aug 2010
by REN21 - Category: Contributed News
On 15 July 2010, the ’Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century’ (REN21), which aims at facilitating policy development for the rapid expansion of renewable energies in developing and industrialised economies, released the ‘Renewables 2010 Global Status Report’, the 5th edition of its annual flagship publication.
What is the purpose of the REN21 Renewables Global [...]
02 Mar 2010
by Florian Bauer - Category: News
In the last decade hundreds of policies promoting renewable energies have been created worldwide. One of the greatest RE success stories is the worldwide deployment of feed-in-tariffs (FiTs) for electricity from renewable sources. Only ten years ago not more than 13 countries had enacted FiTs (see REN21 Global Status Report 2007) while today at least [...]
27 Oct 2009
by Florian Bauer - Category: REEEP
I just read a very interesting interview with Miguel Mendonça (World Future Council Research Manager) on feed-in tariffs. He was interviewed by Xavier Lemaire who is responsible for the Sustainable Energy Regulation Network (SERN) at REEEP.
Miguel Mendoça is the author of “Feed-in Tariffs – accelerating the deployment of renewable energy”. He has co written [...]
New regulations launching a system of feed-in tariffs (FIT) for renewable energy were announced by India’s Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC), based in New Dehli, on September 17, 2009. This is a German model meaning an obligation for utilities to purchase, at a set price, the electricity generated by any renewable energy system. This means [...]