Turkey: Draft Energy Efficiency Law

Thailand: Strategic Plan for Renewable Energy Development

Thailand: New energy strategic plan

Thailand: Strategic Plan for Energy Efficiency

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.

Singapore: Innovation for Environmental Sustainability (IES) / Environmental Test- bedding Initiative (Ennovate)

Singapore: Energy Efficiency Improvement Assistance Scheme (EASe)

The Energy Efficiency Improvement Assistance Scheme (EASe) is a co-funding scheme administered by NEA to incentivise companies in the manufacturing and building sectors to carry out detailed studies on their energy consumption and identify potential areas for energy efficiency improvement.

Date Implemented: 2005

Status: In Force; Voluntary

Singapore: One-year accelerated depreciation allowance for energy efficient equipment and technology

This tax incentive scheme is provided under the Income Tax Act.  The objective of the scheme is to encourage companies to replace old, energy-consuming equipment with more energy efficient ones and to invest in energy-saving equipment.  Inefficient equipment not only incurs high operating costs as it consumes more energy but also has a negative impact on the environment as a result of higher emission of pollutants to the environment. 

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