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IEA, Renewable Policy Updated, Issue 16, 30 October 2017
Renewable Policy Update
Based on the following sources:

ADB, AfDB, All Africa, Baker MCkenzie, Biofuels Digest, Bloomberg, BNA.com, BNEF, Cleantechnica, Cronista, EBRD, El Financiero, ENDS,
Euractive, Europe, Enerdata, ESI-Africa, European Commission, IEA Press Intelligence, India Times, International Law Office (ILO),
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Reneweconomy.com.au, Reuters, RVO.nl, Senate.ca.gov, The Hindu Businessline, The Maghreb Times, ThinkGeoenergy, UK GOV, UNFCCC,
URE.gov.pl, Utilities-me.com, Utility Dive, Wind Power Monthly, WindEurope, World Bank
Contents
Renewable energy auctions and tenders .................................................................................. 3

Concluded auctions ................................................................................................................ 3
India’s wind power tariff falls to a record low of Rs 2.64/kWh (USD 40.9/MWh) for 1 GW auction
concluded in October ..................................................................................................................................... 3
Tamil Nadu wind tender gets bid of INR 3.42/kWh ........................................................................................ 4
Enel wins Ethiopia’s 100 MW solar tender ..................................................................................................... 4
Chile’s power tender attracts 24 bidders, fewer than in previous rounds due to decrease in power
demand ........................................................................................................................................................... 4
German awards contracts for 1 GW of onshore wind projects with further price declines........................... 4
Spain awarded contracts to 3.9 GW of solar PV and 1.2 GW of onshore wind projects via capacity auction 4
French government approved bids for 500 MW PV ....................................................................................... 5
Poland contracts 4.725 TWh of power in renewable energy auction, Renesola awarded 42 MW of solar ... 5
Opened auctions..................................................................................................................... 5
Mexico’s third energy auction results to be announced on 22 November .................................................... 5
Argentina's RenovAr 2 renewable energy auction draws 9.4 GW of offers, eight times higher than capacity
auctioned ........................................................................................................................................................ 6
Senegal launches request for proposal (RfP) for 100 MW of solar PV projects ............................................. 6
Madagascar tenders 25 MW of solar PV ........................................................................................................ 6
Ethiopia launches request for proposal (RfP) for 250 MW of solar PV projects ............................................. 7
Queensland (Australia) opens tender for 400 MW renewables and 100 MW storage .................................. 7
Malaysia gets 1.64 GW of solar bids following RfP ......................................................................................... 7
India’s NTPC tenders 241 MW solar PV .......................................................................................................... 7
Saudi Arabia issued a request for qualification (RFQ) for a 400 MW wind project ........................................ 8
Sri Lanka launches tender for 10 MW solar project ....................................................................................... 8
Scheduled/future auctions ..................................................................................................... 9
India plans to auction 4.5 GW of wind capacity in coming months ............................................................... 9
Gujarat’s (India) 500 MW wind auction on hold ............................................................................................ 9
Dutch set December date for 700 MW offshore wind subsidy-free auction.................................................. 9
El Salvador to launch solar auction in December 2017 or January 2018........................................................ 9
Oman to launch tender for more than 200 MW of solar by end of 2017 ...................................................... 9
Russia plans 1GW renewable tender in 2018 ................................................................................................. 9
Victoria announces 650 MW renewable energy auction and introduces new RE target ............................. 10
Cancelled auctions ................................................................................................................ 10
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Poland cancelled biomass auction scheduled to take place in September and October 2017 .................... 10
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Brazil cancels 557.4 MW of renewable projects in the 1 de-contraction auction ...................................... 10
India’s SECI cancels 950 MW of solar tenders, seeks re-tender at lower rate ............................................. 10
Feed-in tariffs (FITs) ................................................................................................................. 12
Ukrainian government considering transition from FITs to auctions ........................................................... 12
German wind FIT falls to EUR 75/MWh from Q1 2018................................................................................. 12
European Commission approves Hungarian support scheme for renewable electricity ............................. 12
Other renewable energy news ................................................................................................ 13
OECD ..................................................................................................................................... 13
Australia signals end to renewables subsidies after 2020 and move away from renewable targets ........... 13
Denmark to provide level playing field for solar subsidies ........................................................................... 13
Luxembourg buys renewable energy produced in Lithuania to reach its 2020 target ................................. 13
German renewables levy to fall slightly in 2018 ........................................................................................... 13
UK confirms up to GBP 557 million for new renewable energy projects (CfD) ............................................ 13
Belgium’s Flanders region raises 2020 targets for solar and wind ............................................................... 14
Slovenia aims to boost biodiesel blending and B100 for heavy-duty trucks ................................................ 14
New Zealand fuel standards to allow higher biofuel blending ..................................................................... 14
City of Barcelona adopts fiscal incentives for solar PV systems with storage for self-consumption in public
buildings........................................................................................................................................................ 14
California will extend its carbon cap-and-trade scheme through 2030 ....................................................... 15
Non-OECD ............................................................................................................................. 15
Indonesia and World Bank create USD 275m fund to push geothermal development in the country ........ 15
Taiwan raises 2025 offshore wind ambition to 5.5 GW from previously targeted 3 GW ............................. 15
Jordan to tender 30 MW/60 MWh PV power storage projects.................................................................... 16
India and Germany (GIZ) sign pact to improve grid integration of renewable energy ................................. 16
Uttar Pradesh may adopt 8% renewables goal ............................................................................................ 16
Tanzania opens bidding for 2.1 GW Rufiji Hydropower project ................................................................... 17
Brazil is working on a new ethanol policy RenovaBio................................................................................... 17
Ukraine adopts its energy strategy to 2035 ................................................................................................. 17
Europe to assist Mozambique in designing auction mechanism for renewables ......................................... 17
Madagascar introduces fiscal breaks for PV ................................................................................................. 17
Saudi Arabia approves net metering framework for systems up to 2 MW size ........................................... 18
Renewable energy finance....................................................................................................... 18
EBRD and IFC provide EUR 215mn loan for wind farm in Serbia .................................................................. 18
World Bank’s Lighting Africa initiative set to deliver more solar to Tanzania .............................................. 18
AfDB to co-finance 50 MW of solar in Burkina Faso ..................................................................................... 18
World Bank approves USD 150 million for Kenya for off-grid solar projects ............................................... 18
Climate change/environmental news ...................................................................................... 19
Portugal’s 2018 budget to include tax on coal ............................................................................................. 19
AfDB issues its Light Up and Power Africa Bond ........................................................................................... 19
The Netherlands plan to shut down all coal-fired power plants by 2030..................................................... 19
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Renewable energy auctions and tenders

Concluded auctions
India’s wind power tariff falls to a record low of Rs 2.64/kWh (USD 40.9/MWh) for 1 GW auction concluded
in October
Source: energy.economictimes.indiatimes.com Date: 5 October 2017
Additional sources:
 MNRE (Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) (2017), India gets Lowest Wind Tariff of
Rs. 2.64 per kWh in second Wind Auction of 1 GW, Press release;
 MNRE (2017), Guidelines and regulation for wind auction – tranche II;
The October 2017 auction was the second wind auction round held in India at the national level. The
first auction was finalised in February 2017 when 1 GW of capacity was awarded to 4 companies at
Rs 3.46/kWh price (USD 53.6/MWh). The second auction brought prices 24% lower in comparison to
the earlier round, with the lowest bids reaching Rs 2.64/kWh price (USD 40.9/MWh) for 500 MW
capacity. The remaining 500 MW capacity was contracted at Rs 2.65/kWh (USD 41/MWh).
Auction winners, project sizes and prices contracted

Company name Project Price in Price in Contract Scheduled
size Rs/kWh USD/MWh duration commissio
(MW) ning
1 ReNew Power Ventures Pvt. 250 2.64 40.9
Ltd
2 Orange Sironj Wind Power 200 2.64 40.9
25 years
Pvt. Ltd
to be June/July
3 Inox Wind Infrastructure 250 2.65 41.0
signed 2019
Services Ltd
with SECI
4 Sembcorp Industries Ltd’s 250 2.65 41.0
Green Infra Wind Energy Ltd
5 Adani Green Energy (MP) Ltd 50 2.65 41.0
Total: 1 GW
These results were also lower than wind auction prices achieved three months earlier in Tamil Nadu
state auction were Rs 3.42/kWh (USD 53/MWh) price was found for 200 MW of capacity. The record
low prices of the October national auction can be attributed to a stable financial situation of the
Solar Energy Corporation of India Limited (SECI) who is the offtaker party from the wind project
developers. This allows wind developers to secure cheaper financing than projects contracted in the
state auctions where the state distributor companies are the offtakers and their financial situation
can be less stable.
However, given record low contracted prices and costs resulting from the connection to the grid,
developers have to be sure to secure the best possible location for their projects. High capacity
factors and close proximity to the grid will be crucial to assure developers a return on their
investments. Rules on the priority dispatch and line congestion will vary depending on where the
projects will be located and will potentially impact the projects’ performance.
In light of record low prices for wind projects achieved through auctions, it is reported that Tamil
Nadu, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra states offering FITs between Rs 3.82 and 5.56/kWh
stopped signing contracts with new wind projects1.
In the situation where states cease to sign new PPAs with wind projects under existing FIT schemes,
and where timelines and capacity availability under future auction rounds are unsure, further price
reductions through aggressive bids are likely to be seen in the future. Both February and October
auction rounds were heavily oversubscribed as companies tried to secure future their project
pipeline.
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www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/falling-tariffs-may-dent-wind-power-industry-profits/article19867428.ece
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Note: Used 16.10.2017 exchange rate 1 INR = 0.0154 USD, https://finance.google.com/finance/converter. Price in USD might differ on other websites
depending what exchange rate was applied.
Tamil Nadu wind tender gets bid of INR 3.42/kWh

Source: energy.economictimes.indiatimes.com Date: 29 August 2017
ReGen Power Tech Company submitted the lowest bid so far in an open renewable capacity auction in Tamil
Nadu. The bid was for a 200 MW wind project for INR 3.42/kWh. This is slightly lower than the bids that were
placed in an earlier auction that was held in Tamil Nadu in February. Win bids arrived than at INR 3.46/kWh.
Enel wins Ethiopia’s 100 MW solar tender

Source: pv-magazine.com Date: 23 October 2017
The tender process was launched by Ethiopian power utility EPP in May 2016. The solar plant will be built in
Metehara, around 200 km east of Addis Ababa. The USD 120 million project is scheduled to come online in
2019 and to sell power to the Ethiopian power utility Ethiopian Electric Power (EPP) under a 20-year PPA. The
awarded price has not been made public. The auction is part of the government’s plan to diversify its energy
mix and increase the rate of electrification.
Chile’s power tender attracts 24 bidders, fewer than in previous rounds due to decrease in power demand
Source: rechargenews.com Date: 17 October 2017
Chile’s regulated power market tender received bids from 24 companies, of which around 10 were solar and
wind projects, amid declining demand from a slowing economy that led the government to reduce the amount
of electricity to be contracted. According to power sector regulator CNE, the 24 bids included proposals from
Chilean, Spanish, US and Italian companies in relation to 2.2 TWh a year of power from wind, solar, hydro,
biomass and gas co-generation projects for 20 years, starting in 2024. Among renewable energy bidders are
Spain’s Ibereolica, Gas Natural Fenosa – through its renewable energy unit GPG – and Solarpack, Italy’s Enel,
and the US’s Solar Reserve and JP Morgan through its global renewable energy joint-venture Sonnedix.
According to the Chilean renewable energy association (Acera), the decline in the number of bids compared to
last year was mainly due to the smaller amount of power demanded by power distributors. In the 2016 tender
Chile contracted 12TWh a year.
German awards contracts for 1 GW of onshore wind projects with further price declines
Source: bloomberg.com Date: 15 August 2017
The cost of electricity from the next set of onshore wind farms in Germany fell by a quarter in a government
auction for power purchase contracts run by the regulator Bundesnetzagentur. Bidders dominated by citizen
groups won about 1 GW of capacity at an average price of 4.28 euro cents/kWh (5.03 U.S. cents/KWh), the
Bonn-based agency said on Tuesday. That’s a reduction from the average of 5.71 cents/KWh from the first
contest of its kind held in May and much lower than the average of 5.70 euro cents/KWh estimated by
Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) for prevailing prices across the region.
The result confirms that the wind farms due to be built in the next decade are among the cheapest forms of
electricity, rivalling fossil fuels including coal and natural gas.
Spain awarded contracts to 3.9 GW of solar PV and 1.2 GW of onshore wind projects via capacity auction
Source: minetad.gob.es Date: 26 July 2017
In the most recent capacity auction for renewable energy projects the Spanish Ministry of Energy, Tourism and
Digital Agenda awarded contracts for 3.9 GW of solar PV and 1.2 GW of onshore wind projects. In total,
40 projects won contracts. In the previous auction organised in May 2017, almost no solar PV capacity was
awarded with the majority of contracts going to wind projects.
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French government approved bids for 500 MW PV

Source: photon.info Date: 31 July 2017
The French government has approved 77 bids to develop large-scale PV plants, for a total capacity of more
than 500 MW, most of which are in the Occitanie (103 MW) and Nouvelle-Aquitaine (139 MW) regions. The
capacity is between 500 kW and 17 MW each. According to French consultancy Enerdata, 94.59 MW were
awarded to subsidiaries of Engie, namely Engie Green, La Compagnie du Vent, CNR and Solairedirect.
The average price proposed by the winners is EUR 55.5/MWh for installations between 5 MW and 17 MW, and
average price for all projects is EUR 63.9/MWh. The next bid approval will take place in December 2017 and
will also involve a capacity of 500 MW, says the company.
Poland contracts 4.725 TWh of power in renewable energy auction, Renesola awarded 42 MW of solar
Source: pv-magazine.com Date: 10 July 2017
The Polish government has contracted around 4.725 TWh of power in the renewable energy auction it held on
June 29, according to information provided to PV magazine by local PV analyst Piotr Pająk. According to Pająk,
although the Polish authorities have not disclosed the number of PV projects selected in the auction, solar is
expected to have the largest share of the 472 awarded projects.
The lowest bid for the auction was PLN 195 (USD 52.6)/MWh, the highest bid reached PLN 398.97
(USD 107.6)/MWh. The Polish energy regulator URE had set a ceiling price for PV of PLN 450
(USD 121.3)/MWh.
Opened auctions
Mexico’s third energy auction results to be announced on 22 November

Source: elfinanciero.com.mx Date: 8 October 2017
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Mexico’s third energy auction results are scheduled to be announced on 22 November 2017. The first two
Mexican energy auctions set record low prices for solar PV, but the industry expects that those records will not
be brought further down with November announcements. This assumption is based on the fact that solar
panel prices have stabilized and that the industry believes that solar PV costs will level out or even begin to
increase. Further price cuts are expected to be achieved for wind projects.
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Argentina's RenovAr 2 renewable energy auction draws 9.4 GW of offers, eight times higher than capacity
auctioned
Source: cronista.com Date: 20 October 2017
Further reading:
 Press release by the Ministry of Energy and Minerals of Argwentina here;
 Cronista, 17 October 2017;
Preliminary information indicates that the second round of Argentina’s RenovAR auction round was heavily
oversubscribed. The auction was opened for 1.2 GW of renewable capacity and 228 proposals were submitted
for over 9 GW of capacity. The Ministry of Energy and Mining of Argentina aim was to lower renewable
electricity prices via the auction. The maximum prices for RenovAr 2 were set 10% lower vs. results of the last
round in hope to further cut the prices. The average price awarded in RenovAr 1 and 1.5 was USD 57.44/MWh.
RenovAR 2 auction – capacities opened for auction with maximum prices caps and applications made
Cumulative
Capacity Maximum Number of capacity of
Technology auctioned price limit offers received Results
(MW) USD/MWh received applications
(MW)
Wind 550 56.25 58 3818
To be
Solar PV 450 57.04 99 5290
announced
Biomass 100 110 20 188
on 29
Small hydro 50 105 15 32
November
Biogas 35 160 32 60
2017
Landfill 15 130 4 15
Total 228 9403
Bid submissions closed on 19 October 2017 with results to be announced on 29 November. From then until
15 May 2018, successful bidders will have the time to sign renewable electric energy supply contracts with
CAMMESA (the wholesale power market administrator of Argentina) and FODER (Fund for the Development of
Renewable Energies) adhesion contracts. PPA contracts will be signed for a period of 20 years. Successful
bidders will have a 2 year time limit for the commissioning of the winning projects from the moment of the
contract signature.
In light of the huge interest in the last auction, the government does not exclude the possibility of running a
round 2.5 in order to award additional projects beyond the 1.2 GW capacity opened initially.
Additionally, by the end of 2017 Argentina plans to auction for the construction of at least four new
transmission lines to accommodate the new capacities coming online.
Senegal launches request for proposal (RfP) for 100 MW of solar PV projects
Source: pv-tech.org Date: 18 October 2017
Senegal’s Electricity Regulatory Commission (CRSE) has issued a Request for Proposals (RFPs) for 100 MW of
solar projects to be built in three regions. The tender will be structured through the World Bank’s “Scaling
Solar” programme and projects are due to be located in three selected locations (Touba in the region of
Diourbel, Kahone in the Kaolack region, or in Niakhar in the Fatick region of Senegal). Interested parties can
submit their proposals until 5 February 2018.
Madagascar tenders 25 MW of solar PV

Madagascar’s Ministry of Energy and Hydrocarbons has issued a Request for Pre-Qualification (RFQ) for a
25 MW solar PV project planned to be built near Antananarivo, the country’s capital city. The first phase of the
process will consist of the pre-qualification of potential bidders who have the required experience, expertise
and financial capital to quickly complete the production of a big independent solar energy project of this
volume. The tender will be structured through the World Bank’s “Scaling Solar” programme. Interested
developers must submit their applications by 10 January 2018. Pre-selected bidders will then have access to
the Request for Proposal (RfP) phase.
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Ethiopia launches request for proposal (RfP) for 250 MW of solar PV projects
Source: pv-tech.org Date: 5 October 2017
State-run utility Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP) has issued a request for qualification (RfQ) for two solar PV
projects each with a capacity of 125 MW. The tender will be structured through the World Bank’s
“Scaling Solar” programme and the deadline for applications is 21 November 2017.
Queensland (Australia) opens tender for 400 MW renewables and 100 MW storage
The Queensland government in Australia has submitted an open tender calling for the development of
400 MW of large-scale renewables and 100 MW of energy storage projects. It has received 115 proposals from
79 different companies for the programme. Bids were placed on projects in a large range of technologies and
energy storage projects. Among these were a 2.2 GW wind energy project, a 6.4 GW solar project, about
500 MW of other renewable energy technologies adding to 6 GW of energy storage projects.
The tender was part of a raft of announcements, including confirmation of a commitment to source 50% of its
electricity from renewables by 2030. Queensland currently lags behind the progress of other Australian regions
in terms of renewable energy installed, but multiple projects have been announced.
Malaysia gets 1.64 GW of solar bids following RfP

Source: renewablesnow.com Date: 11 August 2017
Further reading:
 Global Solar Finance and Investment website
Malaysia’s Energy Commission (ST) received bids for nearly 1.64 GW of solar capacity in response to a request
for proposal (RfP) for large-scale solar projects. The auction will award 360 MW of capacity in Peninsular
Malaysia and 100 MW in the federal territory of Labuan for a combined 460 MW.
The best offer received in that round was MYR 339.8/MWh (USD 79.1; EUR 67.3) for a 30 MW solar project on
the peninsula. The highest bids were for MYR 530/MWh for Labuan projects of 5 MW and 2 MW.
India’s NTPC tenders 241 MW solar PV

Source: photon.info Date: 13 August 2017
The National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) has tendered 241 MW in three separate PV projects under
the domestic content requirement (DCR) category to be developed across the states of Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh,
and Rajasthan, according to consultancy Mercom Capital Group.
1. The 86 MW “Kawas-Gandhar” project will be tendered in Gujarat, consisting of a 65 MW and a

21 MW project. The entire capacity will be awarded to a single contract that will provide engineering
procurement construction (EPC) and O&M services for 15 years period. The bid-submission deadline
is October 10, 2017.
2. The 22 MW “Auraiya” project will be tendered in Auraiya, Uttar Pradesh. The project to be awarded
to a single bidder in a single block of 22 MW. The project will be developed on turnkey basis and the
bid-submission deadline is October 11, 2017.
3. The 133 MW “Anta” solar project was tendered in the state of Rajasthan. The project will be
developed at the Anta Combined Cycle Power Project in Kota. The bid-submission deadline is on
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10 of October.
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Saudi Arabia issued a request for qualification (RFQ) for a 400 MW wind project
Source: renewablesnow.com Date: 17 July 2017
Saudi Arabia has issued a request for qualification (RFQ) regarding a 400 MW wind project in Dumat Al Jandal,
the Al Jouf region that would be the Kingdom’s first utility-scale wind farm.
The RFQ was opened on Sunday by the Renewable Energy Project Development Office (REPDO) of Saudi
Arabia’s Ministry of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources. The RFQ window will close on August 10 and the
qualified companies will then proceed to the request for proposals (RFP) stage. That process is scheduled to
start on August 29 and close in January 2018.
The Dumat Al Jandal wind project is part of round one of the National Renewable Energy Program (NREP), the
other part being the 300-MW solar photovoltaic (PV) scheme in Sakaka for which an initial tender was issued
on April 17, 2017. The winning bid for the solar project will be announced in November 2017.
“The release of Dumat Al Jandal’s wind project RFQ, and upcoming RFP next month, ensures that we remain
on course to tender 700 MW in round one this year,” said Khalid Al-Falih, Minister of Energy, Industry and
Mineral Resources. NREP seeks to have 3.45 GW of renewable energy capacity by 2020 and a total of 9.5 GW
by 2023.
The wind and solar projects will secure 20-year and 25-year power purchase agreements (PPAs), respectively.
Sri Lanka launches tender for 10 MW solar project

Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB), which is Sri Lanka’s largest electricity provider, has issued a Request for
Proposals (RfP) for the construction of a 10 MW PV power plant. The CEB said the Vavunathivu Solar PV Power
Project will be connected to a grid substation near Vavunathivu, a town in Batticaloa District. The project will
have to be developed on Build Own & Operate (BOO) basis. The solar facility will deliver power to CEB under a
20-year PPA. The maximum price set for the tender is LKR 18.37 (USD 0.122)/KWh. Project proposals must be
submitted to CEB by August 15, 2017.
Earlier in the year (May 2017) Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Power and Renewable Energy and the CEB issued call for
tenders for 60 solar PV plants with 1 MW capacity each for BOO contracts with ceiling price standing also at
LKR 18.37 (USD 0.122)/KWh.
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Scheduled/future auctions
India plans to auction 4.5 GW of wind capacity in coming months
Source: economictimes.indiatimes.com Date: 16 October 2017
The government is planning to auction 4.5 GW wind projects in the next four months to increase wind capacity
addition in the country, sources say. "An additional bid of 1.5 GW wind projects will be rolled out in October.
There will be two more wind bids of the same capacity in December this year and February next year," a
government official aware of the developments told the newspaper.
The successive bids come with a backdrop of meagre wind capacity additions this year and very low prices
achieved in previous auctions, as the government is looking to enhance its capacity installation in the wind
sector. “The government wants to speed up the capacity installation in wind projects," the official said. The
auctions will be conducted by Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI).
Gujarat’s (India) 500 MW wind auction on hold

Source: economictimes.indiatimes.com Date: 25 October 2017
The Gujarat High Court has passed an interim order restraining the state from holding its first wind energy
auction scheduled for November 1. The court acted in response to a petition by Indian Wind Energy
Association, which said the Gujarat State Electricity Commission’s permission to hold the auction was contrary
to law because the Centre has not issued guidelines for the sale of state wind projects.
500 MW wind auction already received techno-commercial bids with a combined capacity of some 1.5 GW.
Dutch set December date for 700 MW offshore wind subsidy-free auction
The economics ministry of the Netherlands has invited companies interested in a subsidy-free tender for the
700 MW Hollandse Kust South 1&2 offshore wind zone to hand in bids between 15 and 21 December. Only if
the subsidy-free tender fails to yield an acceptable bid will a tender procedure that includes subsidies with the
lowest bid price as main criteria be initiated. Awarded projects will have to be executed within 4 years from
the auction results announcement making the auction condition more challenging.
The Dutch government earlier this year decided to try out an auction for Hollandse Kust 1&2 without offering
support, following the game-changing result of Germany’s first offshore wind tender in April in which 1.38 GW
of offshore acreage was allocated to zero-subsidy bids.
El Salvador to launch solar auction in December 2017 or January 2018

In December 2017 or January 2018 El Salvador’s energy regulator Consejo Nacional de Energía (CNE) wil launch
a capacity tender for solar PV projects and perhaps for other renewable energy technologies. Exact details of
the auction are not yet finalised. This will be a third renewable capacity auction held in El Salvador.
Oman to launch tender for more than 200 MW of solar by end of 2017
Oman is currently preparing for a solar PV capacity tender. The capacity to be auction is not yet decided and
will most likely range between 200 MW and 500 MW as various resources report. It is reported that the Oman
Power and Water Procurement company (OPWP) completed a feasibility study for the utility-scale project and
that the tender call will be launched by the end of 2017 with the winners to be selected in the third quarter of
2018. The project will be grid connected to the Main Interconnected System of Oman.
Oman is targeting to add around 4 GW of renewable generation capacity by 2030, a figure that would cover at
least 10% of its power demand.
Russia plans 1GW renewable tender in 2018

Source: rawi.ru Date: 7 October 2017
The Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation plans to hold tenders in 2018 for the construction of
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renewable energy (RES) facilities with a total capacity of almost 1 GW. The First Deputy Energy Minister Alexei
Texler mentioned that 57 MW capacity will be reserved for solar PV projects while almost 900 MW will go to
wind projects.
Victoria announces 650 MW renewable energy auction and introduces new RE target
Source: pv-magazine.com Date: 23 August 2017
The auction will support legislation that is being introduced to the state parliament at the end of August to set
the Victorian Renewable Energy Targets (VRETs). The state wants renewables to account for 25% of its energy
mix by 2020 and 40% by 2025, according to an online statement.
It remains uncertain how much of the auctioned capacity will be reserved for solar developers. The state
government will start accepting expressions of interest from prospective developers in October.
Cancelled auctions
Poland cancelled biomass auction scheduled to take place in September and October 2017
Source: ure.gov.pl Date: 30 September 2017
Further reading:
 Additional auctions information available in Polish here;
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On 23 of August 2017, the Polish Energy Regulatory Office (URE) announced an upcoming biomass auction to
take place on four days in September and October 2017 (28 September; October 2, 4 and 6 October). URE was
to open four auction baskets for new and already existing projects smaller and larger than 1 MW. However,
the auctions were cancelled when on September 29 a new regulation was adopted by the government
changing rules on the amount of renewable electricity to be sold. There was no announcement on
rescheduling the auction.
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Brazil cancels 557.4 MW of renewable projects in the 1 de-contraction auction
Source: pv-tech.org Date: 30 August 2017
Brazil’s energy agency ANEEL has cancelled nine solar projects totalling 249.7 MW of capacity and 16 wind
farms with a combined capacity of 307.7 MW in its first ever de-contraction auction.
The auction took place due to a high number of projects being contracted in Brazil’s first reserve energy
auctions between 2014 and 2015 remaining unbuilt and becoming idle. This was partly the result of
inexperienced players partaking in the initial auction. The de-contraction will allow the government to make
more accurate predictions about energy generation in the future and avoid a situation of having excess energy.
A release from the Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) said the de-contractions would also result in the
reimbursement of BRL 105.9 million (USD 33.5 million) to the nation’s Reserve Energy Account (CONER).
India’s SECI cancels 950 MW of solar tenders, seeks re-tender at lower rate
One of India’s leading lights for solar deployment suffered a setback last week as it was forced to drop
950 MW of planned solar tenders due to tumbling prices.
The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has cancelled proposed tenders in the states of Andhra Pradesh
and Karnataka after a sharp drop in the price of solar in India to just INR 2.44/kWh – at the Bhadla Solar Park in
Rajasthan – turned the heads of would-be bidders.
Following a series of delays, tenders for 950 MW of capacity – which was also to include storage support of
5 MW/2.5 MWh for every 50 MW of PV installed – were eventually announced between June and August last
year. This capacity comprised 650 MW for Andhra Pradesh’s Kadapa Solar Park Tranche-IV and 100 MW for
Tranche-V, and an additional 200 MW at Karnataka’s Pavagada Solar Park Tranche-VI.
However, the benchmark tariff set for these tenders was INR 4.43/kWh (USD 0.069/kWh) – a price that now
appears quite uncompetitive given the recent cost reduction of solar projects across India. Mercom Capital
reports that “steeply declining solar tariffs” may well have prompted the cancellation of the entire tendered
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capacity of 950 MW, but a SECI official has confirmed that there are plans afoot to renegotiate the capacity
with state leaders based on new, lower tariffs more in line with current pricing.
“The lowest solar tariff has fallen to INR 2.44/kWh, so even with VGF [Viability Gap Funding], a project that
includes storage can never hope to match it,” SECI managing director Ashwini Kumar told the Economic Times.
“Everybody in the industry is disappointed because it was the first time we were trying this.”
The scrapped tenders’ storage plans were encouraging, and would have drastically boosted India’s installed
storage base. India’s Ministry of New and Renewable Energy felt that its VGF support scheme would have
helped offset the increased cost of storage, enabling developers to match these record-low tariffs that lacked
both storage and VGF.
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Feed-in tariffs (FITs)

Ukrainian government considering transition from FITs to auctions
The Ukrainian government is discussing whether to replace the current FIT scheme for large-scale solar
projects with a new incentive scheme based on auctions, according to information provided to PV Magazine by
the Ukrainian Association of Renewable Energy (UARE). The association, however, believes that the proposal,
which is being widely discussed in the legislative environment, may be premature as it overestimates the pace
of decreasing the technology cost and underestimates the financial effect of project delays.
The current FIT for large-scale PV projects connected between 2017 and 2019 is EUR 0.1502 (USD
0.1775)/kWh.
According to the UARE, the introduction of a tendering system may discourage investors from financing
renewable energy projects due to a series of weaknesses in pricing, such as the requirement in a qualitatively
and clearly regulated tender procedure and the complexity of forming a tender lot due to the necessity to
integrate decisions of different decision-making bodies.
German wind FIT falls to EUR 75/MWh from Q1 2018

Source: renewablesnow.com Date: 31 August 2017
The fixed preferential tariffs for new onshore wind power capacity in Germany, built outside tenders, will drop
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by 2.4% from 1 of January 2018 to EUR 74.93/MWh.
The rate for the first quarter of 2018 will be lower because installations over the 12 months to July 2017 were
significantly above the government-set corridor. The Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagetur) said that
onshore wind deployment topped 5 GW in the period, triggering the steepest level of degression.
Even at the new level, the feed-in tariff (FIT) remains much higher than the rates achieved in the country’s first
two onshore wind tenders, completed in May and in August. The average successful bid in the first tender
arrived at EUR 57.1/MWh, while in the second it dropped further to EUR 42.8/MWh. Together, the tenders
awarded contracts to 1.8 GW of wind farms, most of which proposed by citizens' co-operatives.
The tariffs for wind capacity outside tenders are being adjusted quarterly and apply for projects that have
secured approval before the end of 2016 and can be realised in 2017 and 2018. From the start of 2017, new
solar and wind projects bigger than 750 kW have to compete in tenders.
European Commission approves Hungarian support scheme for renewable electricity

Source: europa.eu Date: 11 July 2017
The European Commission has found the new Hungarian support scheme for renewable electricity to be in line
with EU state aid rules. The scheme will help Hungary to reduce CO2 emissions, in line with EU energy and
climate goals, whilst preserving competition.
The scheme, with a yearly budget of up to HUF 45 billion (approximately EUR 146 million), foresees state
support either through a FIT or through a price premium, in line with the following guidelines:
 Support with a FIT will be limited to small installations (below 500 kW) and demonstration projects.
 Installations with a capacity above 500 kW will receive a premium on top of the market price of
electricity, exposing them to market signals. For installations with a capacity above 1 MW and wind
installations, the premium will be determined and beneficiaries selected in a competitive bidding
process.
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Other renewable energy news

OECD
Australia signals end to renewables subsidies after 2020 and move away from renewable targets
Australia’s government has shifted away from renewables by rejecting a recommendation by the nation’s chief
scientist to set a post-2020 clean energy target, instead opting for a 'technology-neutral' plan that prioritises
reducing electricity prices.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull claimed in an online video that a new policy, known as the National Energy
Guarantee, would reduce power prices and prevent a repeat of the crippling electricity blackouts seen in South
Australia. “Past energy plans have subsidised some industries, punished others and slugged consumers,” said
Turnbull in a statement. “Our plan has no subsidies, no certificates and no tax.”
Denmark to provide level playing field for solar subsidies

Source: pv-magazine.com Date: 28 September 2017
Solar power in Denmark is to be given a level playing field against the more dominant wind power sector
following a decision this week by the government to allow PV to compete on the same subsidy tender auctions
as onshore wind. As a world-leader in both on- and off-shore wind, Denmark has attained its lofty position via
a combination of windy conditions, a vast coastline and generous subsidies for the sector.
However, under pressure from the nascent but growing solar industry and the Danish People’s Party, the
government is to allow the two technologies to compete on equal terms for the next two years’ worth of
subsidies.
The new measures will impose a limit on total subsidies offered to renewables between 2018 and 2019 of
1 bn Danish krona, which is USD 158 million.
Luxembourg buys renewable energy produced in Lithuania to reach its 2020 target
Source: euractiv.com Date: 27 October 2017
Lithuania and Luxembourg became the first EU member states to agree on the transfer of renewable energy
statistics on Thursday (26 October), meaning the Grand Duchy will now probably hit its 2020 target. Estonia
hopes to broker a similar deal to finance its wind power ambitions.
In 2015, Lithuania met its 2020 renewable energy target of 23% and renewables now hold at least a 25.75%
share of the Baltic state’s energy mix. Conversely, Luxembourg is yet to meet its 11% goal, managing only 5%.
The EU’s Renewable Energy Directive (RED) allows member states to opt for statistical transfer agreements,
under which a certain amount of renewable energy can be shifted from one country’s books onto another’s.
Lithuania and Luxembourg are the first to take advantage of this mechanism, with the Grand Duchy revealing
in its latest energy report that it plans to exploit these agreements in order to hit its target and help the EU
reach its 20% by 2020 goal.
German renewables levy to fall slightly in 2018

Source: cleanenergywire.org Date: 14 October 2017
The EEG surcharge – Germany’s levy to support renewables expansion that consumers pay with their power
bill – will fall to 6.792 euro cents per kilowatt hour (ct/kWh) in 2018, from 6.88 ct/kWh in 2017. The country’s
four transmission grid operators (TSOs) expect an increase of renewable power feed-in, mainly from onshore
and offshore wind parks, but a projected increase in wholesale power prices would lower the support
payments to renewable power producers. More than a third of the levy will be used to pay solar PV power
producers, about a fourth for biomass and onshore wind respectively, and about 14% for offshore wind power
producers, write the TSOs in a press release.
UK confirms up to GBP 557 million for new renewable energy projects (CfD)
Source: gov.uk Date: 11 October 2017
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Energy Minister Richard Harrington confirmed on 11 October 2017 that up to GBP 557 million will be made
available for less established renewable electricity projects as part of the government’s Clean Growth Strategy,
to drive economic growth and clean up the energy system. Project developers will compete for funding
through Contracts for Difference (CfD) auctions.
The latest auction saw the cost of new offshore wind fall by 50% compared to the first auction held in 2015
and resulted in over 3 GW of new generation which could power 3.6 million homes. The next (third) CfD
auction is planned for spring 2019.
Belgium’s Flanders region raises 2020 targets for solar and wind
The Energy Minister of the Belgian Flemish-speaking microregion of Flanders, Bart Tommelein, announced that
EU targets for solar and wind power will be increased by one third in order to cover the missing power
production that was expected to be ensured by a 556 MW biomass power plant located in Langerlo, for which
its owners have recently declared bankruptcy.
Tommelein said that, in order to reach the region’s 2020 renewable energy target, an additional 1 418 GWh is
now needed and that solar and wind will fill this gap. The missing power production represents 5% of total
power generation that the Belgian region must reach in order to achieve the EU targets, which envisage
25 074 GWh of renewable energy by 2020.
Slovenia aims to boost biodiesel blending and B100 for heavy-duty trucks
Source: biofuelsdigest.com Date: 12 October 2017
In Slovenia, the government has adopted a policy that seeks to boost the biodiesel blending mandate to an
undisclosed level while requiring 10% of all heavy-duty trucks to run entirely on biodiesel in the run up to its
policy banning the sale of new gasoline and diesel passenger vehicles from 2030. By then, one-third of buses
and 12% of trucks will be required to run on natural gas while 12% of vans and small trucks will have to be
electric.
New Zealand fuel standards to allow higher biofuel blending

Source: biofuelsdigest.com Date: 22 August 2017
In New Zealand, new fuel standards set to come in October 2 will boost maximum volume of ethanol blends to
3% from the current 1% and to 7% for biodiesel from the current 5%. The shift is expected to result in an
increased demand for biofuel. The new rules will also bring sulfur limits in line with other developed countries
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such as Japan and the United States but those won’t apply until 1 of July 2018.
City of Barcelona adopts fiscal incentives for solar PV systems with storage for self-consumption in public
buildings
Source: pv-magazine.com Date: 2 August 2017
Barcelona City Council has announced a USD 12 million (USD 14.1 million) plan for the deployment of rooftop
PV systems on the city’s public buildings.
The new initiative is part of the programme “Programa de Impulso a la Generación de Energía Solar”, which
was announced by the city administration in March and is aimed at promoting solar for self-consumption in
the city territory.
The city administration has so far installed PV systems injecting power to the grid with a combined capacity of
752 kW. The new projects, however, are planned to be for self-consumption and to rely on storage, where
possible. Of these projects, four are currently under construction, while another six projects will be tendered
soon, the city council said. On top of this, Barcelona’s administration is also planning to tender another
31 rooftop PV projects totalling 1 MW in the near future.
The plan, which does not exclude the participation of private investors, also entails solar rebates that may
cover up to 60% of the cost for buying and installing a PV system, as well as fiscal incentives. At the same time,
the government of the city will create a public power distributor specializing in renewable energy, which will
start operating in the first half of 2018 and will sell power to private citizens and to the City Council.
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California will extend its carbon cap-and-trade scheme through 2030

Source: enerdata.net Date: 24 July 2017
The US state of California has adopted a new legislation package extending the existing CO 2 cap-and-trade
scheme, which was due to expire in 2020, through 2030. It also attempts to strengthen it by requiring large
industrial sites to upgrade old equipment with more efficient and clean technologies by 2023. Under the new
package, the number of carbon allowances granted for free will be cut by 40% by 2030 and carbon offsets will
have to be exclusively sourced from California.
The California emission trading scheme (ETS) was implemented in 2006 and the first permits were auctioned in
2012. It is linked to the carbon market of Quebec (Canada, since 2014) and will link to the new cap-and-trade
programme of Ontario (Canada) in 2018. It is part of California's measures to cut its greenhouse gas (GHG)
emissions by 30% between 1990 and 2020 and currently caps 85% of the state's total emissions. California has
committed to continue CO2 cutting policies, including ambitious renewable policies, in spite of the White
House climate policy.
Non-OECD
Indonesia and World Bank create USD 275m fund to push geothermal development in the country
Source: thinkgeoenergy.com Date: 21 October 2017
Indonesia pushes ahead with its ambitious geothermal development plan, now providing a newly founded
geothermal fund of around Rp 3.7 trillion (around USD 275 million). The interest in the fund is considerable as
the funds are able to lower financial risks on the developer side considerably.
Based on the Regulation of the Minister of Finance (PMK No. 62/PMK.08/2017), funds for the provision of
infrastructure of the geothermal sector can be used for lending activities, equity participation and/or providing
data and geothermal information. For lending and equity participation activities, PT SMI (selected company to
manage the fund) will implement under a corporate business scheme. Meanwhile, for the provision of data
and information on geothermal, PT SMI will perform under special assignment by the Minister of Finance.
Indonesia has a 23% renewable energy target in the energy mix to be reached by 2025.
Taiwan raises 2025 offshore wind ambition to 5.5 GW from previously targeted 3 GW
Taiwan has signalled plans to raise its 2025 offshore wind goal to 5.5 GW from the 3 GW previously targeted.
Economy minister Shen Rongjin said Taiwan’s Bureau of Energy (BOE) plans to announce the raised target as
part of a “mixed tariff” strategy for development in the country, which has rapidly emerged as a key market in
the offshore wind sector’s expansion beyond Europe.
Projects in the Taiwanese approvals system that score the highest under an assessment carried out by BOE will
fall under the feed-in-tariff mechanism earmarked for the original 3GW of capacity, the minister indicated.
The remaining projects will have to compete to sell power at a lower price in a tender held by national utility
Taipower for the extra 2.5 GW.
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Jordan to tender 30 MW/60 MWh PV power storage projects

Source: photon.info Date: 15 August 2017
Further resources:
 Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (MEMR) of Jordan tender documents available here;
The Government of Jordan through the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (MEMR) is seeking
expression of interest from qualified developers interested in investment in electrical storage projects in
Jordan. MEMR wishes to develop an electrical storage project on a designated site at the Ma’an Development
Area No.1 with power of at least 30 MW and an energy capacity of at least 60 MWh primarily for ramp-rate
control of PV and wind power plants, and energy shift of otherwise curtailed renewable energy.
In particular, electrical storage projects are expected be developed in two phases. Phase 1 entails a pilot
project with 30 MW charge and discharge power to be developed at the Ma’an Development Area 1
connected to the existing Ma’an solar substation. The electrical storage is foreseen to be completed by April
2019. According to MEMR, under Phase 1, an additional optional project may be tendered designated as
Phase 2.
The electrical storage size under Phase 2 is yet to be determined. Phase 2 is foreseen to be developed at
Ma’an Development Area 2 and is expected to be completed by 2020.
Phase 1 will involve building an electrical storage facility to be located 9 km South-East of the city Ma’an next
to the existing NEPCO Ma’an Solar 33 kV/132 kV substation. Currently, this NEPCO substation is used for the
integration of several PV plants with a total installed capacity of 164 MW under the Round 1 Direct Proposal
Submission.
The submission deadline was extended from September to mid-October 2017. To date, the results of the
auction are unknown.
India and Germany (GIZ) sign pact to improve grid integration of renewable energy
Source: thehindubusinessline.com Date: 28 august 2017
India and Germany on Monday signed an agreement on technical cooperation under the Indo-German Energy
Programme – Green Energy Corridors (IGEN-GEC). The agreement was signed by India’s Ministry of New and
Renewable Energy and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH India on behalf
of Germany. An official statement said that the main objective of this programme component is to improve the
sector framework and conditions for grid integration of renewable energy.
In 2013, Germany had decided to provide concessional loans of up to 1 billion EUR through KfW (German
Development Bank). In addition, it had offered to lend up to 10 million EUR under technical assistance in
forecasting, balancing, market design, network management and demand side energy efficiency implemented
by GIZ.
These contributions have been further increased in 2015 and 2016 through concessional loans of up to
400 million EUR for transmission infrastructure. Germany also provides a loan of 7 million EUR for training
activities in the photovoltaic solar rooftop sector and energy efficiency in residential buildings under technical
assistance through GIZ.
Uttar Pradesh may adopt 8% renewables goal

Source: asian-power.com Date: 17 August 2017
The government of India’s northern state Uttar Pradesh has proposed the introduction of an 8% renewables
target by 2022, the Hindu Business Line said on Tuesday. Solar power may have a major contribution for
meeting the goal as the government has proposed the addition of 10.7 GW of photovoltaic (PV) capacity by
2022. According to the Draft UP Solar Power Policy-2017, about 4.3 GW of the total capacity is suggested to
come from rooftop solar projects, the newspaper writes.
Among the state’s proposals is the provision of an INR 10,000 (USD 155; EUR 133) subsidy per kW, or a
maximum of INR 20,000 per consumer, for the first 100 MW of projects. To be distributed on a first-come, first
served basis, the incentive will aim to promote the grid-connection of rooftop PV systems.
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Tanzania opens bidding for 2.1 GW Rufiji Hydropower project

Source: esi-africa.com Date: 1 September 2017
The Tanzanian Ministry of Energy and Minerals has opened the tender process for the construction of the
Rufiji Hydropower project, the Citizen reported. The project will see the construction of the largest dam in the
country along the Rufiji River in the Selous Game Reserve.
According to media, the hydropower project is planned to have an installed capacity of at least 2.1 GW with a
minimum guaranteed annual supply of 5 920 GWh.
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The Ministry plans 3 years for the project construction. The period for bid submissions closes on 16 of
October 2017.
Brazil is working on a new ethanol policy RenovaBio

Source: reuters.com Date: 11 August 2017
Brazil is working on its new bioenergy policy, with a strong focus on ethanol, aimed at cutting the country’s
carbon emissions, which should boost demand for cleaner fuels.
The new federal program, called RenovaBio, will give fuel distributors targets to cut emissions, which will force
them to gradually increase biofuels volumes, according to policymakers, executives and analysts following
discussions of the new law.
Ukraine adopts its energy strategy to 2035

Source: enerdata.net Date: 25 August 2017
The Ukrainian government has approved a new energy strategy document entitled "Security, Energy Efficiency,
Competitiveness", which outlines an array of reforms in the energy sector, meant to reduce the energy
intensity, increase the domestic supply of energy, improve energy efficiency and align the domestic policies
with the European Union (EU).
According to the document, nuclear power is expected to meet 50% of the domestic power demand by 2035
while renewable sources will encompass 25% and hydropower 13%. As of 2016, nuclear is the main power
generation source with a share of 49%, followed by coal-fired plants (39%), gas (7%) and hydropower (6%).
Europe to assist Mozambique in designing auction mechanism for renewables

The European Union will provide the government of Mozambique with EUR 4 million in funds to support the
initiative Projeto de Promoção de Leilões para Energias Renováveis (PROLER), which is aimed at creating a
regulatory framework and an auction mechanism for the development of large-scale solar and renewable
energy projects.
In a press release published by several Portuguese media outlets, the local government said that the initiative
is being implemented by the French Development and Mozambique’s state-owned power provider
Eletricidade de Moçambique, E.P. (EDM), and that the EU funds will be allocated through the Africa
Infrastructure Trust Fund.
More details on when and how the new auction scheme may be implemented were not revealed.
Madagascar introduces fiscal breaks for PV

Source: pv-magazine.com Date: 13 September 2017
Madagascar’s government announced it has introduced a VAT and custom duty exemption for the imports of
PV components and 50% reduction on the tax it imposes on the revenue generated by residential and
commercial PV systems. According to a press release from the local Ministry of Finance and Budget, these
fiscal incentives are expected to spur the development of rooftop solar for self-consumption across the
country.
Madagascar aims at granting access to electricity to up to 70% of households, and at covering 85% of its
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energy mix with renewables by 2030. Solar and wind are expected to reach both a 5% share, while
hydropower will have the lion’s share with around 75%.
Saudi Arabia approves net metering framework for systems up to 2 MW size

Source: pv-tech.org Date: 21 August 2017
Saudi Arabia’s Electricity and Cogeneration Regulatory Authority (ECRA) has approved a net metering scheme
that will allow self-consumption and export to the grid. Eligible PV systems up to 2 MW in size will have
exported power offset against consumption with a cash pay off for any differential. The rules will come into
force from July 2018.
Renewable energy finance
EBRD and IFC provide EUR 215mn loan for wind farm in Serbia
Source: EBRD.com Date: 17 October 2017
Underscoring its commitment to investing in renewable energy, the EBRD and the International Finance
Corporation (IFC) are providing a EUR 215 million loan to Čibuk 1 wind farm, the largest wind project in Serbia
and the Western Balkans to date. Total value of the project is EUR 300 million.
The 158 MW Čibuk 1 wind farm is being developed by Vetroelektrane Balkana, owned by Tesla Wind which is a
joint venture between Masdar, a renewable-energy company based in Abu Dhabi, and Čibuk Wind Holding, a
subsidiary of the US-based wind-energy developer Continental Wind Partners.
The Čibuk wind farm is a breakthrough for Serbia as the country works to meet its commitment to produce
27% of domestic power needs from renewable energy sources by 2020.
World Bank’s Lighting Africa initiative set to deliver more solar to Tanzania
A two-year consumer education campaign in Tanzania to promote solar off-grid lighting and energy products in
off-grid communities has been jointly announced by the World Bank-IFC. The programme is part of the Lighting
Africa project designed to provide accessible and cheap solar products.
Mobisol and responsAbility have signed an off-balance sheet debt deal to provide financing for the
electrification of more than 15,000 households and small businesses in Tanzania. According to Mobisol, the
deal is one of the largest ever seen in the off-grid solar sector.
The amount to be provided by the energy funds managed by responsAbility has not been revealed; however
Mobisol stated that it is in the ‘eight-digit U.S. dollar’ range. The mechanics of the deal will involve local special
purpose vehicles, which ring fence specific Mobisol customers exclusively for the responsAbility funds. The
structure has been named MOOVE (Mobisol Off-grid financing vehicle).
AfDB to co-finance 50 MW of solar in Burkina Faso

The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina, has announced that it will provide
an undisclosed sum to co-finance Burkina Faso’s plans to electrify several rural areas in the period 2017-2021.
World Bank approves USD 150 million for Kenya for off-grid solar projects
Source: worldbank.org Date: 26 July 2017
The World Bank today approved an International Development Association (IDA) credit of USD 150 million to
enable marginalized communities in Kenya to access modern energy services through off-grid solar.
Off-grid Solar Access Project for Underserved Counties will serve an estimated 1.3 million people in 277 000
households across 14 counties. It will reach homes, schools, health centres, with maximum private sector
involvement and investment to ensure sustainability. Ten of the counties are located in the north and north-
eastern parts of Kenya as part of the North Eastern Development Initiative (NEDI).
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The project will use a combination of investments to provide modern energy services, to households,
businesses and community facilities using practical business models that attract private sector investment,
knowledge, sustainable services and other key efficiencies.
Climate change/environmental news

Portugal’s 2018 budget to include tax on coal
Source: endseurope.com Date: 20 October 2017
The 2018 budget currently being debated by the Portuguese parliament will include a tax to discourage
electricity generating companies from using cheap imported coal as an alternative to natural gas. The
measure, which eliminates the current exemption for coal from the existing tax on fossil fuels, will come into
force in 2018 and raise an estimated ERU 6.8 to EUR 7.2 million per year. Half the proceeds are to be ring-
fenced for investment in Portugal’s environment fund.
AfDB issues its Light Up and Power Africa Bond

Source: esi-africa.com Date: 13 October 2017
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has issued the first Light Up and Power Africa Bond for USD 90 million
(JPY 10 billion) sold to the Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company, the sole investor in the transaction. The
multilateral development finance institution noted that the Bond supports its ambition to achieve an
important goal of realising Africa’s energy potential and bridging the continent’s energy deficit.
The Netherlands plan to shut down all coal-fired power plants by 2030
Source: reuters.com Date: 10 October 2017
The incoming Dutch government plans to shut all coal-fired power plants by the year 2030, it said in its
coalition pact published on Tuesday. The five remaining plants in the country are highly controversial because
they cost billions of euros to build and three have only recently been completed.
The Netherlands is lagging behind other European countries in achieving its greenhouse emission reduction
goals.
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Renewable energy auctions and tenders

Auction winners, project sizes and prices contracted

Tamil Nadu wind tender gets bid of INR 3.42/kWh

Enel wins Ethiopia’s 100 MW solar tender

French government approved bids for 500 MW PV

Mexico’s third energy auction results to be announced on 22 November

Madagascar tenders 25 MW of solar PV

Malaysia gets 1.64 GW of solar bids following RfP

India’s NTPC tenders 241 MW solar PV

1. The 86 MW “Kawas-Gandhar” project will be tendered in Gujarat, consisting of a 65 MW and a

Sri Lanka launches tender for 10 MW solar project

Gujarat’s (India) 500 MW wind auction on hold

El Salvador to launch solar auction in December 2017 or January 2018

Russia plans 1GW renewable tender in 2018

Feed-in tariffs (FITs)

German wind FIT falls to EUR 75/MWh from Q1 2018

European Commission approves Hungarian support scheme for renewable electricity

Other renewable energy news

Denmark to provide level playing field for solar subsidies

German renewables levy to fall slightly in 2018

New Zealand fuel standards to allow higher biofuel blending

California will extend its carbon cap-and-trade scheme through 2030

Jordan to tender 30 MW/60 MWh PV power storage projects

Uttar Pradesh may adopt 8% renewables goal

Tanzania opens bidding for 2.1 GW Rufiji Hydropower project

Brazil is working on a new ethanol policy RenovaBio

Ukraine adopts its energy strategy to 2035

Europe to assist Mozambique in designing auction mechanism for renewables

Madagascar introduces fiscal breaks for PV

Saudi Arabia approves net metering framework for systems up to 2 MW size

Renewable energy finance

AfDB to co-finance 50 MW of solar in Burkina Faso

Climate change/environmental news

AfDB issues its Light Up and Power Africa Bond

For more information on renewable energy legislation please go to:

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