This report summarizes the findings of a review aimed at understanding emerging approaches to energy subsidy reform, discerning trends, and identifying major strands of thinking and research in the field, as reflected in major policy and academic journals relevant to the subject. The review was initiated in early 2020 as …
David Cameron’s planned subsidy cuts for U.K. wind power are unsettling the investors the prime minister needs to fund infrastructure of all kinds, the company developing one of the nation’s biggest wind farms said. The ruling Conservative Party, seeking to shore up voter backing in rural districts, has pledged to …
Power distribution reforms must be a top priority for India to ensure electricity access to all by 2019, says this comprehensive review of the Indian power sector conducted by World Bank. This report assesses progress in implementing the government of India's power sector reform agenda and examines the performance of …
The pot of money that ministers have set aside to subsidise UK renewable power is likely to run out much more quickly than previously thought, according to research, placing green energy projects in jeopardy. An analysis by Aurora Energy Research suggests the government has its forecasts wrong on wholesale electricity …
Germany, the world’s biggest solar market by total capacity, is set to install the fewest panels since 2008 after subsidies fell faster than prices. Germany added 818 megawatts of panels in the first five months of the year, a 45 percent drop from a year earlier, the BSW-Solar lobby said …
SolarCity, the fast-growing provider of rooftop solar electricity systems, is moving into the panel manufacturing business, acquiring a start-up and planning to build one of the world’s largest module factories in Buffalo, executives said on Tuesday. The move into manufacturing, a business that has proved deadly for many other upstart …
Delhi government has claimed that it has successfully implemented its scheme to make the city kerosene-free. The scheme was launched in 2012-13, in collaboration with three oil marketing companies and Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas. “Under the scheme, free gas connection along with an LPG cylinder, two burner gas …
Even though the new Narendra Modi-led government has strongly advocated the use of solar power, the solar thermal industry still awaits reimbursement of Rs.375 crore subsidy dues of the direct channel partners/manufacturers of solar water heaters pending since 2012. The members of the Solar Thermal Federation of India (STFI) said …
Since its inception in 2003, Bangladesh’s solar home system (SHS) program has installed household electrification systems in three million rural households, two-thirds of them in the last three years. In the same time period, the country’s rural electricity cooperatives have extended access to the national electrical grid to about 1.3 …
Countries across the European Union are finishing new rules for handing out 43 billion euros ($58 billion) in annual EU farm subsidies, a change that has spooked conservationists in drier, pastoral nations like Spain. A quirk in new EU guidelines could provoke farmers in Mediterranean countries -- where vast, unirrigated …
. 7.5 a unit by 2020 if indigenous solar cells are used Say cost of solar power could fall & remain at ` Domestic manufacturers of solar cells have said that use of indigenous products can help keep cost of solar power low, countering the government's claim that it will …
Poor infrastructure in the way of legal entitlement of foodgrain for poor In line with the Centre's promise to work in close coordination with state governments, the Union government is considering extending the deadline given to states for identification of beneficiaries under the National Food Security Act beyond July 5. …
When Narendra Modi was chief minister of Gujarat he aggressively promoted renewable source of energy with focus on generating solar electricity. But the manufacturers of solar panels for water heater systems in the state are yet to get Rs 30 crore worth of subsidy since the last two years from …
Members of the Solar Thermal Federation of India (STFI) have asked the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) to clear Rs 375 crore subsidy dues of direct channel partners/manufacturers of solar water heaters pending since 2012. The ministry launched a scheme in 2010 under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar …
The US Commerce Department on Tuesday set preliminary subsidy rates on imported photovoltaic products from China, signaling that it may impose punitive duties on the products. The department made its preliminary affirmative determination that Chinese producers and exporters of crystalline silicon photovoltaic products received countervailing subsidy rates ranging from 18.56 …
The National Food Security Act was supposed to be implemented in Assam from June 1 but this could not be achieved due to certain technical hurdles. On the other hand, 52 lakh families have already been given beneficiaries identity cards. The first hurdle in the implementation of the Act is …
The Government had launched the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission, which is a major initiative of the Government of India and State Governments to promote ecologically sustainable growth while addressing India's energy security challenge. It will also constitute a major contribution by India to the global effort to meet the …
After verification, 9.4 lakh households in Delhi have been found eligible to avail of the benefits of the Food Security Scheme that was introduced by the previous Sheila Dikshit-led Delhi Government. These eligible households will receive their food security ration cards within a month. The Delhi Government’s Department of Food, …
The Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources has sought Tk 14,200 crore budgetary allocations as subsidy for the coming fiscal 2014-15 to purchase petroleum fuels for costly rental power plants, officials concerned said. The subsidy sought for the fiscal 2014-15 is Tk 2,600 crore higher than the allocated amount …
During China’s transition to a market economy in the 1980s and 1990s, the rural population faced substantial barriers to accessing health care and encountered heavier financial burdens than urban residents in paying for necessary health services. In 2003, China started to implement a rural cooperative medical scheme (RCMS), mainly through …
The EU is facing an energy wake-up call as a food and fuel crisis looms – caused by political instability playing out with Russia over Ukraine and climate vulnerability in Europe’s key exporters. Big decisions are being taken now about Europe's energy future as the EU negotiates a new set …
