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Tax credit for energy transition
…additional dependent. Since 2005 and the Programme Law setting the directions of the energy policy (POPE), private individuals have been able to benefit from a tax credit for the purchase of the most efficient materials or equipment in terms of saving energy or generating renewable energy. From 1st January 2015, the CITE will be subject to an eco-conditionality criterion: the work must be performed by installers that hold the quality sign "recognised Grenelle de l 'environnement".Between 2005 and 2011, over 6 million of the 34 million primary residences in metropolitan France benefited from the CITE at least once.
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Promotion of Energy Efficient Electronic Products, The Group for Energy Efficient Appliances (GEEA)
…EUs adoption of the Energy Star label in 2000, the GEEAs labelling activities have diminished relative to their other technical work with manufacturers. The participating national energy agencies and government departments are: - Switzerland: The Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE) - Denmark: The Danish Energy Authority (DEA) - Sweden: The Swedish National Energy Administration (STEM) - Austria: The Austrian Energy Agency (E.V.A.) - Germany: The German Energy Agency (dena) / Gemeinschaft Energielabel Deutschland (GED) - Netherlands: The Netherlands Agency for Energy and the Environment (NOVEM) - Finland: The Information Centre for Energy Efficiency Finland (Motiva) - France: The French Agency for Energy and the Environment (Ademe)
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Promotion of Energy Efficient Electronic Products, The Group for Energy Efficient Appliances (GEEA)
…EUs adoption of the Energy Star label in 2000, the GEEAs labelling activities have diminished relative to their other technical work with manufacturers. The participating national energy agencies and government departments are: - Switzerland: The Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE) - Denmark: The Danish Energy Authority (DEA) - Sweden: The Swedish National Energy Administration (STEM) - Austria: The Austrian Energy Agency (E.V.A.) - Germany: The German Energy Agency (dena) / Gemeinschaft Energielabel Deutschland (GED) - Netherlands: The Netherlands Agency for Energy and the Environment (NOVEM) - Finland: The Information Centre for Energy Efficiency Finland (Motiva) - France: The French Agency for Energy and the Environment (Ademe)
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Renewable Energy Feed-in Tariffs (II)
…EUR 0.0762/kWh, with a bonus for efficiency between 0 and EUR 0.003/kWh. - Animal waste (Arreté of 13 March 2002): EUR 0.045 to EUR 0.05/kWh, with a bonus for efficiency between 0 and EUR 0.003/kWh. - Solar photovoltaics (Arreté of 13 March 2002): A tariff of EUR 0.305 per kWh has been set in the overseas departments (DOM), in the islands of Saint Pierre et Miquelon and Corsica and of EUR 0.152 per kWh for mainland France. New tariffs have subsequently been set for most of these technologies (see related entry).
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Renewable Energy Feed-in Tariffs (I)
…0.299/kWh (0.0456) for medium-voltage connections and FF 0.274/kWh (0.0418) for high-voltage connections. - Solar (PV or any radiative technology): The rate is 0.305/kWh in the overseas departments and Corsica, and 0.0155/kWh on mainland France. It also provides a grant of 4.6/watt for direct grid-connected installations. - Biogas from landfills: production sites built after the publication of the law are guaranteed, in metropolitan France, rates up to 0.0572/kWh for small installations, up to 0.0450/kWh for large installations and linear interpolation for medium-sized installations…
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Betty Cherwon
Ambassador, Kenya. Ambassador Betty Cherwon, MBS, ‘ndc’(K) is a long serving Foreign Service Officer at the Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs of the Republic of Kenya. She is a seasoned diplomat who joined the Ministry in 1996 and has served in various capacities in the Ministry and its Missions in Berlin, Cairo and London. Prior to her appointment as Kenya’s Ambassador to France with accreditation to Portugal, Serbia, Monaco and the Holy See, Ambassador Cherwon was the Chief of Protocol at the Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs of the Republic of Kenya, a post she held from 2020 to 2023. Ambassador Cherwon has a cross-section of expertise and skills acquired for almost 20 years in the fields of Public Policy, Strategic Planning, Protocol, Negotiation, Political Analysis and Diplomatic Etiquette. Ambassador Cherwon has an MA in International Studies from the University of Nairobi. She holds a BA in Education from Kenyatta University and a Postgraduate Diploma in D...
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Mouhamadou Makhtar Cissé
Minister of Petroleum and Energy, Senegal.
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Renewables 2022 Transport biofuels
Forecast summary Biofuel use expands in 2022 despite rising costs Global biofuel demand is expected to be 6% or 9 100 million litres per year (MLPY) higher in 2022 than in 2021. Renewable diesel makes up the largest share of this year-on-year expansion, thanks to attractive policies in the United States and Europe. Blending requirements and financial incentives support demand growth in India and Brazil, and Indonesia’s 30% biodiesel blending requirement also boosts biodiesel use in that country. Nevertheless, we have revised year-on-year growth downwards 25% from our 2021 forecast, with price and market developments…
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Dr Young Tae Kim
Secretary-General of the International Transport Forum (ITF) at the OECD. Dr. Young Tae Kim is the Secretary-General of the International Transport Forum (ITF) at the OECD. Elected by transport ministers of the ITF member countries in 2017, he was confirmed for a second five-year mandate in 2022. Under the leadership of Secretary-General Kim, the ITF has grown from 59 to 69 member countries and into a truly global organisation with a presence on five continents. He has strengthened the ITF’s role as a convener of transport policy leaders and global platform for dialogue for better transport, inter alia by establishing Regional High-level Dialogues on Transport for Asia, Latin America and in Europe, that complement the ITF Summit, the world’s premier transport policy event and largest gathering of transport ministers.Before becoming ITF Secretary-General, Dr Kim distinguished himself in the civil service of his native Korea, serving as Director-General in the Ministry of Land, Infrastru...
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Céline Gelis
Former Energy Analyst.
