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Table 4. Renewable Energy Support Policies (continued)
COUNTRY
REGULATORY POLICIES
FISCAL INCENTIVES
AND PUBLIC FINANCING
Renewable energy
targets
Feed-in tariff /
premium payment
Electric utility quota
obligation / RPS
Net metering /
net billing
Transport
obligation /
mandate
Heat obligation/
mandate
Tradable REC
Tendering i
Capital subsidy,
grant, or rebate
Investment or
production tax
credits
Reductions in sales,
energy, VAT or
other taxes
Energy production
payment
Public investment,
loans, or grants
UPPER-MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES
Albania ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦
Algeria R ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦
Angola ◦ ◦
Azerbaijan ◦ ◦
Belarus ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦
Belize R ◦
Bosnia and Herzegovina R ◦ ◦ ◦
Botswana ◦ ◦ ◦
Brazil R R R • ◦ R ◦
Bulgaria ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦
China R R ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦
Colombia ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦
Costa Rica R R ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦
Dominican Republic ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦
Ecuador ◦ R R ◦ ◦ ◦
Fiji ◦ ◦ ◦
Grenada R ◦ ◦
Iran ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦
Jamaica ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦
Jordan R ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ R ◦
Kazakhstan ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦
Lebanon R ◦ ◦ ◦
Libya ◦ ◦
Macedonia, Republic of ◦ ◦
Malaysia ◦ R ◦ R ◦ ◦
Maldives ◦ ◦ ◦
Marshall Islands ◦ ◦
Mauritius ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦
Mexico R ◦ ◦ ◦
Mongolia R ◦ ◦
Montenegro ◦ ◦
Namibia R ◦
Palau ◦ ◦
Panama ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦
Paraguay ◦ ◦
Peru ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦
Romania ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦
Serbia ◦ ◦ ◦
South Africa ◦ ◦ R ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦
St. Lucia ◦ ◦ ◦
St. Vincent and the Grenadines¹ ◦ ◦
Thailand R R R ◦ ◦ ◦
Tunisia R ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦
Turkey R ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦
¹ Certain Caribbean countries have adopted hybrid net metering and feed-in policies whereby residential consumers can offset power while commercial consumers are obligated to feed 100% of the
power generated into the grid. These policies are defined as net metering for the purposes of the GSR.
² Spain removed FIT support for new projects in 2012. Incentives for projects that previously had qualified for FIT support continue to be revised.
³ State-level targets in the United States include RPS policies.
⁴ The area of the State of Palestine is included in the World Bank country classification as “West Bank and Gaza.” They have been placed in the table using the 2009 “Occupied Palestinian Territory” GNI
per capita provided by the United Nations (USD 1,483).
Source: See endnote 1 for this section.
Note: Countries are organised according to annual gross national income (GNI) per capita levels as follows: “high” is USD 12,736 or more, “upper-middle” is USD 4,126 to USD 12,735, “lower-middle” is
USD 1,046 to USD 4,125 and “low” is USD 1,045 or less. Per capita income levels and group classifications from World Bank, “Country and Lending Groups,” http://data.worldbank.org/about/country-andlending-groups,
viewed January 2016. Only enacted policies are included in the table; however, for some policies shown, implementing regulations may not yet be developed or effective, leading to lack of
implementation or impacts. Policies known to be discontinued have been omitted or marked as removed or expired. Many feed-in policies are limited in scope of technology.
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i Tendering column includes all countries that have held tenders. Tenders held in 2015 are denoted with a star.