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Policy
People's Republic of China
2023
Measures for Collection of Proceeds from the Assignment of Mining Rights
…previous G.D. MoF Measures [2017] No. 35 and [2019] No. 11. This new regulation is aimed at refining the paid use system for mineral resources, ensuring China's energy resource security, safeguarding the rights of national mineral resource owners and regulating the distribution of income derived from mineral resources.One of the most notable amendments concerns the methods of calculating income from the assignment of mining rights (hereafter, "assignment income"). This income is now determined through two components: (1) the transaction price during mineral rights bidding; and (2) the assignment income rates applied when selling mineral products. The regulation…
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Policy
People's Republic of China
2020
Adjustments and improvements to Subsidy Policies for New Energy Vehicles
At the end of March 2020, the Chinese State Council decided to extend until 2022 the subsidies for new energy vehicles (NEVs) including electric vehicles, plug-in hybrids and fuel cell vehicles, in order to alleviate the impact of Covid-19 on car sales and fuel. The subsidies, which were introduced in 2009, were due to be curtailed in 2020. The government set a target for NEVs to account for a fifth of auto sales by 2025, compared to the current 5 percent. Extending the subsidies aims to buffer the impact of the pandemic, boost car sales and increase the…
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Policy
United States
2020
Executive Order 13953, Addressing the Threat to the Domestic Supply Chain From Reliance on Critical Minerals From Foreign Adversaries and Supporting the Domestic Mining and Processing Industries
…by President Donald J. Trump and calls for targeted action to address risks associated with critical mineral supply chains. The aim of the order is to work toward securing the supply of minerals that are critical to maintaining the US’s economic and military strength.This document:Recognises the need for international cooperation and recalls that the USA is highly dependent on foreign suppliers of critical minerals, especially China;Determines that the country’s reliance on critical minerals from foreign adversaries constitutes an unusual and extraordinary threat, and declares a national emergency to deal with the threat;Orders the Secretary…
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Policy
India
2009
Asian Development Bank Carbon Capture and Storage Fund
…the demonstration of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies; identify, lower and/or eliminate general and country-specific technical, regulatory, institutional, financial, economic, environmental, and/or social barriers to CCS technology demonstration; and identify, eliminate or mitigate real or perceived risks in CCS capture, transport or storage technology demonstration.” All ADB developing member countries are eligible for funding, with initial priority given to the People’s Republic of China, India, Indonesia, and Vietnam. Projects co-financed by the fund are listed at the following link: https://www.adb.org/projects/fund/Global%20Carbon%20Capture%20and%20Storage%20Institute%2C%20United%20Kingdom
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Policy
People's Republic of China
2021
Guiding opinions on coordinating and strengthening the work related to climate change and ecological environmental protection
The Chinese Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE) issued guidelines to coordinate and strengthen climate and environmental planning, with the goal of reaching a peak in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2030, and carbon neutrality by 2060. The report includes the following opinions: Strengthening national strategy by integrating climate and environmental tasks into national and provincial economic policy; Coordinating the formulation of the Long-term Plan for Building a Beautiful China, National Climate Change Adaptation Strategy 2035 and action plan for peaking CO2 emissions before 2030; Improving the realization of synergies from reducing pollution and reducing carbon; Integrating environmental statistics…
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Policy
Netherlands
2010
International Energy Programme
The Dutch government initiated the International Energy Programme, a research co-operation partnership, to further benefit from international experience and knowledge in the field of sustainable energy policies. The backbone of the programme is knowledge management and international networking. The Energy Programme aims to enhance Dutch national policies through information sharing and international co-operation, especially with focus countries namely Russia, Romania, Ukraine and China.
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Policy
People's Republic of China
2015
Notice on increase of solar PV installations in 2015
…Provincial construction plan of photovoltaic power stations in 2015 must not exceed the scale se by NEA. Projects within the qualified scale enjoy national renewable energy fund subsidies (FIT).
For roof distributed PV projects and ground mounted self-consumed distributed PV installations, NEA do not restrict the construction scale.
NEA encourages provinces to proritise construction PV projects below 35 kv voltage (66 kv for northeast China). A single project capacity should not exceed 20 MW, and the electricity generated by the PV station should be consumed within the main substation area.
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Policy
People's Republic of China
2017
Notice on Formulation of the 13th Five Year Plan for Solar Power Poverty Alleviation
…should be constructed in provinces that experience solar curtailment issues.
The county should be considered as a basic unit, for village level power station each household should correspond to 5 to 7 kW, and for the centralized power station, each household should correspond to 25 to 30 kW.
China Development Bank and Agricultural Development Bank should be granted in charge of formulating detailed regulations and programmes to support solar power poverty alleviation projects.
Additionally, solar PV targets and projects for the poverty alleviation should be included in the annual total solar PV power generation quotas for each province and city. -
Policy
People's Republic of China
2018
Notice on Provisional Management Measures for Distributed Wind Power Project Development and Construction for all provinces
…project standard.
Grid connection model: Distributed wind power projects should either choose “self-consumption with surplus power connection” or “all power connection” model, but projects connecting surplus power will not receive subsidies from the Renewable Energy Development Fund.
Land Use: Projects can be built on land under the right of use of project developers (e.g. industrial park land), but should not occupy permanent prime farmland of China. The project planned on other types of land needs to go through application processes according to the law.
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Policy
People's Republic of China
2015
Energy Efficiency Leader Scheme
…and public institutions.
To be part of the Top Runner programme, products, industry stakeholders and public institutions must exceed specific energy-efficiency benchmarks set by the China Energy Label. It is expected that the government will regularly update the categories of most energy-efficient end-use appliances, most energy-efficient firms in high energy intensive industries, and most energy-efficient public institutions. The implementation guidelines set out in greater detail selection criteria and process for the Top Runner Programme.
The scheme involves seven Chinese government agencies, including the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Finance, and the Ministry…