Brazil grid connection law in the pipeline

Based on several sources, on 14 July 2011, pv magazine reported that the government of Brazil intends to pass legislation permitting grid connections for solar installations by the end of 2011.

REEEP allocates €3 million to 21 low-carbon energy projects

The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) will fund 21 new clean energy projects in 17 countries, aimed at widening access to modern energy and supporting low carbon development in emerging markets and developing countries. A further 7 projects are waitlisted for review and possible support.

Feed-in tariff workshop grapples with African realities

More than 120 energy regulators, utilities and policy-makers from 14 African countries have taken part in a Johannesburg workshop on designing and implementing stable, long-term renewable energy (RE) support schemes such feed-in tariffs in an African setting. Feed-in tariffs (FITs) are already used to promote RE in more than 30 countries around the world, and South Africa has also recently introduced a FIT scheme.

CDP report on BASIC countries shows no one-fit approach to clean energy policy

Policymakers in the world’s major developing countries are achieving mixed results in their efforts to stimulate clean energy investment, the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) has found. The research was commissioned by the Renewable Energy and Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) to identify corporate best practices in promoting energy efficiency measures and the use and development of renewable energy in Brazil, China, India and South Africa, known as the BASIC countries.

Emerging market regulators meet in Cape Town

Electricity regulators, stakeholders, and experts from South Africa, India, Mexico, and Brazil convened in Cape Town from 19-21 May 2010, to explore the challenges of regulating the electricity sector to support renewable energy and energy efficiency.

Up-scaling small-scale wind in China

A new comprehensive roadmap study outlining out how China can support the small wind power (SWP) industry will be disseminated at a workshop during the China International Wind Energy Exhibition & Symposium (CWEE 2010) in Shanghai next week.

Transparency is critical: South Africa EGI report

In its report "The Governance of Power: shedding light on the electricity sector in South Africa", the Electricity Governance Initiative (EGI) makes a series of recommendations on how to promote open, transparent, and accountable decision-making processes in the South African electricity industry.

Seven innovative finance projects light up lives in India with SELCO

Small amounts of REEEP funding can transform the lives of the poor. This is the message in seven encouraging case studies from SELCO India, a REEEP partner that has used funding to remove financial barriers and test finance and product innovation at the grassroots level. In the process, it has refuted many general assumptions about the affordability of renewable energy services targeted at the poor.

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