South Korea: Stable Supply of Natural Gases

The government is aiming to secure a stable supply of natural gas for the power and transport sectors.  It is making arrangements with gas producing countries in the immediate region and in the Middle East, and constructing pipelines and LNG terminals in major cities around the country.

Status: In Force; Government Mandate

South Korea: Promotion Act for New & Renewable Energy Development, Utilization & Dissemination + Formation of Market Demand for Renewable Energy and Improvement in its Economics (Alternative Energy Act)

South Korea: Rational Energy Use Act

Philippines: Electric Power Industry Reform Act

Philippines: Power Patrol Program

Reaching approximately 1 million households thus far, the Power Patrol Program uses the tri-media to educate the general population on the benefits of conservation in energy and gasoline fuel use in the commercial, residential, industrial and educational sectors.

Date Implemented: 1993

Status: In Force; Government Initiative

References: National Communication to the UNFCCC

Philippines: Strategy for Sustainable Development (PSSD)

The concept for the Sustainable Development Strategy includes integration of environmental consideration in decision-making, proper pricing of natural resources, conservation of biodiversity, rehabilitation of ecosystems, control of population growth and human resources development, inducing growth in rural areas, promotion of environmental education, strengthening citizens’ participation, and promoting small to medium sized enterprises and sustainable agricultural and forestry practices.

Malaysia: Energy Policy in the 8th Malaysia Plan/Five Fuel Policy

Turkey: Transportation Master Plan

Turkey: 9th Development Plan 2007/2013

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.