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

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

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

Philippines: The Philippines Energy Plan (PEP)

Pakistan: Renewable Energy Development Sector Investment Program

Pakistan: Renewable Energy Initiatives

Malaysia: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (Ninth Malaysia Plan 2006-2010)

The Ninth Plan strengthens the initiatives for energy efficiency and renewable energy put forth in the Eighth Malaysia Plan that focused on better utilisation of energy resources. An emphasis to further reduce the dependency on petroleum provides for more efforts to integrate alternative fuels.

Date Implemented: 2006-2010

Status: In Force; Framework Policy

China: National Energy Strategy

China: Medium and Long-Term Energy Development Plan Outline (2004-2020)