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Name
Country Hungary
Implemented/planned 2001
Agency •Ministry of Environment and Water
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Proyecto de Energia Renovable en el Mercado Electrico Rural (PERMER)

Country  Argentina
Year Implemented 1999
Policy Status Ended
Date Ended 2007
Agency •Secretariat of Energy
Funding Total approximately USD 120.5 million; financed by the World Bank (USD 30 million loan), the GEF (USD 10 million grant), the Argentine Electricity Investment Development Fund FEDEI (USD 26.5 million subsidy), the concessionaires (USD 44 million) and the consumers (USD 10 million)
Policy Type •Incentives/Subsidies
  •Grants
  •Third Party Financing
Policy Target •Multiple Renewable Energy Sources
  •Power
Policy Sector •Electricity
Size of Plant Targeted Small
Description The PREMER programme was established in 1999 as a new component of an existing rural electricition programme (PAEPRA), to be geared specifically to the use of renewable energy sources for rural electrification purposes. PAEPRA (Programa de Abastecimiento Eléctrico a la Población Rural de Argentina) was launched in 1995; as part of an effort to tackle the lack of access to electricity present in rural areas, the national and provincial governments set up a special fund to pay for rural electrification promotion programmes. The programme grants subsidies to private concessionaires who guarantee, via competitive tendering, to provide electricity to rural areas for the lowest amount of subsidies, even if off-grid options have to be implemented. The concessionaire obtains the monopoly of a given province in turn for the obligation to connect the service when requested by the customers and to maintain its continuity over the duration of the concession.

PREMER (Proyecto de Energías Renovables en Mercados Rurales) concentrates on stand-alone generation systems, for scattered settlements and facilities. Consumers must cover the installation cost and provide a flat monthly rate sufficient to cover, over the 15-year concession period, approximately 40 percent of the initial cost in addition to expenses for maintenance and batteries. Additional subsidies are provided to reduce the financial cost for the poorest members of the population, which gradually decrease during the course of the concession. The six-year project ran until mid-2007.
URL energia.mecon.gov.ar/permer/PERMER.html
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