Turkey: Law on Utilization of Renewable Energy Resources for the Purpose of Generating Electrical Energy - No. 5346

Turkey: Draft Energy Efficiency Law

Thailand: Strategic Plan for Renewable Energy Development

Thailand: Revising rules for very small power producers (VSPP) to reward production of electricity from renewable sources

The Energy Ministry has revived a plan to buy electricity from very small hydropower producers by including them in the government-sponsored Very Small Power Producers (VSPP) programme, which aims to increase the incomes of communities with small electricity plants. Electricity generated by the small hydropower plants will be sold to the grid system of the Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA), according to Energy Minister Piyasvasti Amranand.

Thailand: Thailand’s National Energy Policy and Development Plan

Singapore: Energy Recovery from Biomass in Municipal Waste

All incinerable waste not recovered, reused or recycled is sent for incineration at the waste-to-energy incineration plants operated by the National Environment Agency. The combustion of municipal waste including renewables in the waste produce heat, which is recovered to generate electricity. The electricity generated is fed into the electricity grid. The biomass in Singapore’s municipal waste are mainly wood waste, horticultural waste, food waste and paper waste.

Saudi Arabia: Three-year renewable license to conduct a feasibility study for a waste-to-energy (WTE) facility  

Saudi Arabia: Integrated Independent Water and Power Projects (IWPP)

Saudi Arabia: Eighth Five-Year Plan

In the General Objectives the 5th and the 11th statements plan to diversify the economic base with due emphasis on promising areas such as manufacturing industries, particularly energy, and related derivatives, intensive industries, as well as mining tourism and information technology industries and to protect the environment and develop suitable systems in the context of sustainable development requirement.

Date Implemented: 2005-2010

Philippines: International Action Programme (IAP), Doubling the Generating Capacity from Renewable Energy Sources by 2013

To increase renewable energy-based capacity by 100% by 2013, increase efficiency and substantially contribute to the protection of the environment and contribute to the economic growth of the countryside through rural electrification.

Date Implemented: 2003-2013

Status: Voluntary