• Policy

        • People's Republic of China

        • 2019

        Supplementary Notice of the Interim Administration: Measures for Special Funds of Renewable Energy Development

        An initial version of the Measures for Special Funds of Renewable Energy Development came into effect in April 2015. In June 2019, the Ministry of Finance published a supplementary notice providing revised guidance regarding related subsidies. The supplementary notice supports the development of unconventional natural gas, including coalbed methane, coal mine methane, shale gas and tight gas. As of 2018, the standard subsidy was 0.3 Yuan/m3. Starting from 2019, subsidies will no longer be provided according to this fixed standard. In accordance with the principle of "grow more, subsidize more", for those who exceed the amount of extraction…

        • Policy

        • United States

        • 2019

        (Colorado) House Bill 19-1261 Climate Action Plan to Reduce Pollution

        …hexafluoride, calculated in carbon dioxide equivalent terms. As a result, the Government of Colorado developed the comprehensive Greenhouse Gas Pollution Reduction Roadmap with the same GHG reduction targets listed. The Roadmap targets methane emissions in the oil and gas industry, landfills, sewage treatment plants, coal mines, and other sources. It specifically calls the Air Quality Control Commission to implement rules to achieve 33% methane emissions reduction by 2025 and 50% by 2030 from the oil and gas industry. In addition, it also confirms a 7-million-ton annual CO2e  emissions reduction is needed to reach the 2030 GHG reductions goal.

        • Policy

        • Viet Nam

        • 2021

        Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) to the Paris Agreement (2022 Update): Viet Nam

        …emissions by 30 percent from 2020 levels by 2030 through the Global Methane Pledge and joined the Global Coal to Clean Power Transition Statement. It reported that several important documents have been issued by the Government and the Prime Minister, including: Methane Emission Reduction Action Plan to 2030 and the list of sectors and GHG emission facilities required to carry out an inventory of greenhouse gas. Through its NDC, Viet Nam requests for international support for research and technological transfer on GHG emission reduction technologies, specifically research on technologies and solutions to reduce methane leakage in fossil fuel extraction (coal…

        • Policy

        • Australia

        • 2022

        Australia-India Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (ECTA)

        …force December 29, 2022.The Agreement provides for border tariff elimination for energy sector products such as:critical minerals (e.g. zirconium, titanium);metallic ores (manganese, copper, cobalt, nickel, aluminium, tin ores);titanium oxide;alumina;non-ferrous metals (copper alloys);coal;LNG, crude petroleum.Goods are counted as originating from each country if:wholly produced or obtained in the country (applicable to minerals, raw materials, and waste and scrap materials)meets specific standards for the good as defined in the Agreement (applicable largely to manufactured goods) which mainly cover changes in HS codes and minimum regional value content (RVC) requirements

        • Policy

        • Australia

        • 2014

        Russia Sanctions Regime

        Australia has announced various sanctions on Russia following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Sanctions were first introduced in 2014 and later upgraded in 2015, 2022, and 2023. The measures announced in 2014 were specifically related to designated and declared persons and entities, while the measures introduced in 2022 included restrictions on the import, purchase or transport of certain commodities, such as oil, refined petroleum products, natural gas, coal, aluminium ores, alumina and related products, as well as other energy-related products. 

        • Policy

        • Australia

        • 2023

        Capacity Investment Scheme

        The Capacity Investment Scheme (CIS) provides a national framework to encourage new investment in renewable capacity, such as wind and solar, as well as clean dispatchable capacity, such as battery storage. It aims to help build a more reliable, affordable and low-emissions energy system for all. The CIS involves the Australian Government seeking competitive tender bids for renewable capacity and clean dispatchable capacity projects to deliver an additional 32 GW of capacity by 2030, fill expected reliability gaps as ageing coal power stations exit, and deliver the Australian Government’s 82% renewable electricity by 2030 target.

        • Policy

        • Canada

        • 2015

        Canadian Industry Program for Energy Conservation (CIPEC) Funding for TSM Protocol

        …Resources Canada (NRCan) offers funding to mining companies pursuing energy efficiency and greenhouse gas reduction through the Toward Sustainable Mining (TSM) standard. The TSM standard is an internationally recognized sustainability initiative of the Mining Association of Canada, a national industry association whose members account for the majority of Canada’s production of base and precious metals, uranium, diamonds, metallurgical coal and mined oil sands. The standard includes the following seven protocols that mining companies use to measure and publicly report their performance: 1) Biodiversity Conservation Management, 2) Climate Change, 3) Indigenous and Community Relationships, 4) Preventing Child and Forced Labour…

        • Policy

        • United States

        • 2023

        DOE Clean Energy Demonstration Program on Current and Former Mine Land

        …and Jobs Act (IIJA) - also known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) -  to advance clean energy demonstration projects on current and former mine lands. Deploying clean energy projects in mining communities across the nation is key to strengthening rural economies, creating new, good-paying jobs, and reducing harmful greenhouse gas emissions that jeopardise public health and pollute local ecosystems. The funding also builds on the more than $14 billion whole-of-government effort by President Biden’s Interagency Working Group on Coal and Power Plant Communities to deliver new economic opportunities to communities hit hardest by our evolving energy landscape. 

        • Policy

        • United States

        • 2022

        The CHIPS Act - Division B (Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation Act)

        …of the CHIPS and Science Act (also known as CHIPS or CHIPS+) which provides support for R&D activities for a wide range of scientific and technological research areas, including:Basic R&D for energy storage Provides funding for multivalent ion material R&D, electrochemistry modeling and simulation, and mesoscale electrochemistry.Carbon research Provides funding for carbon materials (coal, coal-waste, and carbon ore) research, carbon sequestration research for subsurface geology R&D to support carbon sequestration, and the establishment of two carbon storage R&D centers.Fusion R&D Provides funding for fusion energy material research…

        • Policy

        • Argentina

        • 1993

        SE 154/93 on the provisions of the Environmental Management Manual of Conventional Thermal Power Plants

        …company to comply with air pollutant limits, notably: For oil boiler: SO2 are to be less than or equat to 1,700 mg/Nm3 and PM at 140 mg/Nm3; For gas boiler: PM emissions must be less than or equal to 6 mg/Nm3;For coal boiler: SO2 emission values ​​must be less than or equal to 1,700 mg/Nm3 and PM at 120 mg/Nm3.Companies have the requirement to install continuous detectors for SO2, NOx and PM concentrations, with the exception of units with a capacity lower than 50 MW, for which measurements can be carried…

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