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Policy
People's Republic of China
2021
Report on the Implementation of China's Fiscal Policy in the First Half of 2021
The Report on the Implementation of China's Fiscal Policy in the First Half of 2021 issued by the Ministry of Finance contains the following objectives and orientations :1. In 2021, the subsidy standard for new energy vehicles will be reduced by 20% from the 2020 level.2. Optimize the renewable energy power generation subsidy policy, issue a renewable energy tariff additional subsidy with a budget of 89 billion CNY to support solar PV, wind power and other renewable energy power generation.3. From 2021, new centralized photovoltaic power plants, industrial and commercial distributed photovoltaic projects and onshore wind power…
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Policy
Colombia
2021
Ten milestones in 2021 - Increasing natural gas users
…in 2021, the Minister of Mines and Energy assured that 2021 will be the year to encourage the sustainable reactivation of Colombia, which will promote equity, development and new opportunities for the country and its regions, in three strategic axes: 1) Energy Transition, 2) Energy security and 3) Mining diversification and formalization. One of the objective is to increase the number of natural gas users. In 2021, 250,000 families will be able to access this service, and another 25,000 will stop cooking with firewood. This is in line with the goal of 10,361,333 natural gas users…
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Policy
European Union
2017
Regulation (EU) 2017/1938 concerning measures to safeguard the security of gas supply
This regulation aims to safeguard an uninterrupted supply of gas throughout the European Union. It notably includes that the competent authority of each member state to ensure enough gas supply equivalent to: - Extreme temperatures during a 7-day peak period occurring with a statistical probability of once in 20 years; - Any period of 30 days of exceptionally high gas demand, occurring with a statistical probability of once in 20 years; - A period of 30 days in the case of disruption of the single largest gas infrastructure under average winter conditions.This regulation has been amended by Regulation 2022/1032, setting…
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Policy
Indonesia
2021
Presidential Regulation No. 98 on the Implementation of Carbon Pricing to Achieve the Nationally Determined Contribution Target and Control over Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the National Development
…this emissions trading scheme to cover oil- and gas-fired power plants starting in 2027. As of 2025, the MEMR has not adopted any regulation for the purpose of establishing mandatory carbon pricing for the production, processing and transportation of fossil fuels. It establishes a measurement and reporting system for GHG emissions. Business actors are required to measure their GHG emissions (Article 60) and measurement is done by multiplying activity data with emission intensity factors (Article 61). Measurement must be done at least once a year (Article 61). Business entities must report the measurement results in the National Registry System…
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Policy
Spain
2023
Emergency Plan of the Spanish Gas System 2023–2026
Following the EU Regulation 2017/1938, this Plan establishes several measures for each level of crisis that might be applied to control natural gas demand.
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Policy
Australia
2017
Technical guidelines for the estimation of greenhouse gas emissions by facilities in Australia – 2017-18 reporting year (October 2017)
Establishes the latest methods to be used by auditors in estimating greenhouse gas emissions, including methane, for the 2017-2018 recording year
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Policy
Ireland
2018
The SEMC Capacity Market
…Capacity Market is a Capacity Remuneration Mechanism (CRM) designed to complement energy-only payments in wholesale electricity markets and to address the “missing money” issue characteristic of wholesale electricity markets. Its purpose is to ensure long-term security of supply by ensuring that investors can recover their long-run marginal costs. Notwithstanding power generation decarbonisation objectives and increasing renewable electricity targets, the intermittent nature of some renewable technologies currently requires that dispatchable (typically fossil fuel) generation remains crucial for system security to ensure security of supply. Ireland’s CRM is designed within the governance framework of the Single Electricity Market…
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Policy
Egypt
2025
Gas emergency plan
The government has activated the pre-established emergency plan concerning natural gas supply priorities, interrupting natural gas deliveries to certain industrial activities, while increasing fuel oil consumption by power stations to the maximum available quantity.
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Policy
Australia
2024
Future Gas Strategy
The Future Gas Strategy envisages an ongoing use of gas as the emerging energy source in Australia, ongoing to 2050, including under Australia's pledges. The strategy’s objectives are to:support decarbonisation of the Australian economysafeguard energy security and affordabilityentrench Australia’s reputation as an attractive trade and investment destinationhelp our trade partners on their own paths to net zero.
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Policy
Georgia
2024
National emergency management plan in the natural gas sector
The National emergency management plan in the natural gas sector implements administrative actions to manage consumption during emergencies and encourages voluntary reductions by specific consumer groups.