2j7YOwO

ENDNOTES 05 POLICY LANDSCAPE
“Resolución 024 del 13 de marzo de 2015” (Bogotá: 2015); Energy
Commission, Net Metering Sub-Code for Connecting Renewable
Energy Generating Systems to the Distribution Network in
Ghana (Accra: January 2015), http://docplayer.net/13629065-
Net-metering-sub-code-for-connecting-renewable-energygenerating-systems-to-the-distribution-network-in-ghana.html;
Nepal from Reto Thoenen, Swiss Agency of Development and
Cooperation, personal communication with REN21, 25 January
2016; Andy Colthorpe, “Net metering law comes into effect in
Pakistan for solar up to 1 MW,” PV-Tech, 7 September 2015, http://
www.pv-tech.org/news/net_metering_law_comes_into_effect_
in_pakistan_for_solar_up_to_1mw.
35 ‘South Carolina – Net Metering,” DSIRE USA Database, updated
3 April 2015, http://programs.dsireusa.org/system/program/
detail/3041.
36 Liam Stoker, “Dubai utility DEWA launches solar PV and net
metering scheme,” PV-Tech, 16 March 2015, http://www.pv-tech.
org/news/dubai_utility_dewa_launches_solar_pv_and_net_
metering_scheme.
37 Ilias Tsagas, “Spain approves ‘sun tax,’ discriminates against
solar PV,” Renewable Energy World, 23 October 2015,
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/articles/2015/10/
spain-approves-sun-tax-discriminates-against-solar-pv.
38 Ibid.
39 Meister Consultants Group, “The 50 States of Solar: Net
Metering Quarterly Update,” 12 November 2015, http://
www.mc-group.com/the-50-states-of-solar-net-meteringquarterly-update/;
Julia Pyper, “Hawaii regulators shut down
HECO’s net metering program,” Greentech Media, 14 October
2015, http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/
hawaii-regulators-shutdown-hecos-net-metering-program.
40 Meister Consultants Group, op. cit. note 39.
41 The policy includes a carve-out mandating 10% distributed
generation as a component of the 2032 goal; an additional
mandate of 12% “energy transformation projects” by 2032 is on
top of the 75% mandate. “Vermont: Renewable Energy Standard,”
DSIRE USA Database, updated 16 June 2015, http://programs.
dsireusa.org/system/program/detail/5786.
42 25x’25, “Federal Appeals Court rules Colorado RPS is
constitutional,” Weekly REsource, 17 July 2015,
http://www.25x25.org/index.
php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1302&Itemid=246.
43 Olga Grigoryants, “California’s ambitious renewable energy bill
signed into law,” Reuters, 8 October 2015, http://planetark.org/
wen/73738.
44 Herman K. Trabish, “California utilities ready plans for community
solar programs,” Utility Dive, 5 May 2015, http://www.utilitydive.
com/news/california-utilities-ready-plans-for-community-solarprograms/394045/.
45 Julia Pyper, “Hawaii passes legislation to go 100% renewable,”
Greentech Media, 12 May 2015, http://www.greentechmedia.com/
articles/read/hawaii-passes-legislation-to-go-100-renewable1.
46 “New York – Renewable Portfolio Standard,” DSIRE USA
Database, updated 16 December 2015, http://programs.dsireusa.
org/system/program/detail/93.
47 “Nova Scotia achieves milestone level of wind power generation,”
CBC News, 26 June 2015, http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/novascotia/nova-scotia-achieves-milestone-level-of-wind-powergeneration-1.3129623.
48 Becquerel Institute, “Interview with Laurent Quittre, President and
Founder of ISSOL,” 13 May 2015, http://becquerelinstitute.org/
interview-to-laurent-quittre-president-and-founder-of-issol/.
49 “PV module prices drop to 80% below 2009 levels; Czech Rep.
reignites home user market,” PV Insider, 9 November 2015, http://
analysis.pv-insider.com/pv-module-prices-drop-80-below-2009-
levels-czech-rep-reignites-home-user-market.
50 Solar Energy Industries Association, “Impacts of Solar Investment
Tax Credit Extension,” fact sheet (Washington, DC: SEIA/GTM
Research, 18 December 2015), http://
www.seia.org/research-resources/
impacts-solar-investment-tax-credit-extension.
51 Becky Beetz, “Japan: Solar tax breaks will be removed, PV
accounts for 3.3% in Q3,” PV Magazine, 3 December 2015, http://
www.pv-magazine.com/news/details/beitrag/japan--solar-taxbreaks-will-be-removed--pv-accounts-for-33-in-q3_100022270.
52 Paul Bodner and Dave Turk, “Announcing: Mission Innovation,”
White House blog, 29 November 2015, https://www.whitehouse.
gov/blog/2015/11/29/announcing-mission-innovation.
53 Jason Deign, “Australia prepares for ‘inevitable’ grid defection,”
Greentech Media, 16 October 2015, http://www.greentechmedia.
com/articles/read/australia-prepares-for-mass-grid-defection;
“PV module prices drop to 80% below 2009 levels…,” op. cit. note
49.
54 Melissa Eddy, “Denmark, a green energy leader, slows pace of
its spending,” New York Times, 5 December 2015, http://www.
nytimes.com/2015/12/06/world/europe/denmark-a-greenenergy-leader-slows-pace-of-its-spending.html?_r=1.
55 Bärbel Epp, “India: Solar system suppliers call for solar process
heat obligation,” Solar Thermal World, 11 November 2015, http://
www.solarthermalworld.org/content/india-solar-systemsuppliers-call-solar-process-heat-obligation,
Figure 40 based
on data from Bärbel Epp, solrico, personal communication with
REN21, March 2016.
56 Legifrance, op. cit. note 6.
57 UNFCCC, Republic of Malawi Intended Nationally Determined
Contribution, http://www4.unfccc.int/submissions/INDC/
Published%20Documents/Malawi/1/MALAWI%20INDC%20
SUBMITTED%20TO%20UNFCCC%20REV%20pdf.pdf, viewed
24 January 2016.
58 UNFCCC, Bosnia and Herzegovina INDC, http://www4.unfccc.
int/submissions/INDC/Published%20Documents/Bosnia-
Herzegovina/1/INDC%20Bosnia%20and%20Herzegovina.pdf,
viewed 24 January 2016.
59 UNFCCC, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Intended Nationally
Determined Contribution (INDC), http://www4.unfccc.int/
submissions/INDC/Published%20Documents/Jordan/1/
Jordan%20INDCs%20Final.pdf.
60 Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA), “ARENA
announces new priorities,” press release (Canberra: 14 July 2015),
http://arena.gov.au/media/arena-announces-new-priorities/.
61 Bärbel Epp, “Czech Republic: Residential subsidy scheme
until 2021, more eligible technologies,” Solar Thermal World,
8 February 2016, http://www.solarthermalworld.org/content/
czech-republic-residential-subsidy-scheme-until-2021-moreeligible-technologies.
62 Bärbel Epp, “France increases public support for solar thermal,”
Solar Thermal World, 11 December 2015, http://solarthermalworld.
org/content/france-increases-public-support-solar-thermal.
63 Italy Ministry of Economic Development, “Heat loss: at the start
of the public consultation on the simplification and improvement,”
10 February 2015, http://www.sviluppoeconomico.gov.it/index.
php/it/per-i-media/notizie/2032232-conto-termico-al-via-laconsultazione-pubblica-su-s.
64 Bärbel Epp, “Slovakia: Solar collectors second most favourite
choice for green homes,” Solar Thermal World, 15 January 2016,
http://www.solarthermalworld.org/content/slovakia-solarcollectors-second-most-favourite-choice-green-homes.
65 New York State Energy Research and Development Authority
(NYSERDA), “Renewable Heat NY,” http://www.nyserda.ny.gov/
All-Programs/Programs/Renewable-Heat-NY, viewed 12
February 2016.
66 Virach Maneekhao, Department of Alternative Energy
Development and Efficiency (DEDE), Bangkok, Thailand, personal
communication with solrico, November 2015.
67 Legifrance, op. cit. note 6; SLoCaT, op. cit. note 7.
68 Meghan Sapp, “Japan looking to commercial aviation biofuels
use by Tokyo 2020,” Biofuels Digest, 8 July 2015, http://www.
biofuelsdigest.com/bdigest/2015/07/08/japan-looking-tocommercial-aviation-biofuel-use-by-tokyo-2020/.
69 IEA, Sustainable Production of Second-Generation Biofuels
(Paris: February 2010), https://www.iea.org/publications/
freepublications/publication/biofuels_exec_summary.pdf.
70 Ecaterina Casinge, “Parliament rubber stamps EU biofuels reform
amid final controversy,” EurActiv, 29 April 2015, http://www.
euractiv.com/sections/transport/parliament-rubber-stamps-eubiofuels-reform-amid-final-controversy-314196.
71 Meghan Sapp, “German biodiesel industry up in arms as
government reverses on blending volumes,” Biofuels Digest, 17
August 2015, http://www.biofuelsdigest.com/bdigest/2015/08/17/
05
RENEWABLES 2016 · GLOBAL STATUS REPORT
249