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191 04 RENEWABLES 2014 GLOBAL STATUS REPORT EC38C89DDE53F42085257B6D005A9133/$File/pr13029. pdf?OpenElement; Anne Galloway, “Vermont House passes net metering bill on voice vote; raises cap to 15%,” Bennington Banner, 1 February 2014, http://www.benningtonbanner.com/ localnews/ci_25039149/vermont-house-passes-net-metering- bill-voice-vote. 75 James Montgomery, “Mixed Results: Arizona Keeps Net Metering, But Levies Smaller Solar Fee,” Renewable Energy World, 15 November 2013, http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/ rea/news/article/2013/11/mixed-result-arizona-keeps-net- metering-but-levies-smaller-solar-fee?cmpid=SolarNL-Saturday- November16-2013; GTM Research, op. cit. note 66. 76 International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), Renewable Energy Auctions in Developing Countries (Abu Dhabi: 2013). 77 Mario Sergio Lima, “Brazil Energy Auction Sells 2.3 Gigawatts of Wind-Power Projects,” Bloomberg, 13 December 2013, http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-12-13/brazil-energy- auction-sells-2-3-gigawatts-of-wind-power-projects.html; 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South Africa from Jenny Muirhead, “Weekly Intelligence Brief: September 20–October 7,” CSP Today, 7 October 2013, http://social. csptoday.com/print/29768?utm_source=http%3A%2F%2Fuk. csptoday.com%2Ffc_csp_pvlz%2F&utm_medium=email&utm_ campaign=CSP%20Ebrief%2007-10-13%20 en&utm_term=Using%20CSP%20to%20purify%20 water&utm_content=125566. 86 Muirhead, op. cit. note 85. 87 GTM Research, PV News, June 2013; Lucy Woods, “India delays solar auction for second time,” PV Tech, 6 January 2014, http://www.pv-tech.org/news/india_delays_solar_tender_bid_ for_second_time. 88 “Asia Report: What’s Driving, and Hampering, India’s Wind Market Momentum,” Renewable Energy World, 5 September 2013, http:// www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2013/09/ asia-report-whats-driving-and-hampering-indias-wind-market- momentum-1. 89 Offshore wind licences were awarded in an auction held by the Department of Interior (DOI) and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) for USD 3.8 billion. There have since been additional licences granted. James Montgomery, “First US Offshore Wind Leases Go to Deepwater,” Renewable Energy World, 1 August 2013, http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/ article/2013/08/first-us-offshore-wind-leases-go-to-deepwater. 90 Debjoy Sengupta, “Government extends generation based incentive scheme for wind power,” Economic Times, 5 September 2013, http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2013-09-05/ news/41802395_1_wind-power-generation-based-incentive- merchant-power-plants. 91 China from Frank Haugwitz, “Ministry of Finance announced that manufacturers are subject to 50% VAT rebate,” Briefing Paper-China Solar PV Development, Asia Europe Clean Energy (Solar) Advisory Co. Ltd (ACEA), September 2013, p. 2, and from Hydroworld, “China announces new policy to encourage hydroelectric power development,” 22 January 2014, www. hydroworld.com/content/hydro/en/articles/2014/01/china- announces-new-policy-to-encourage-hydroelectric-power- development.html; Iran from IEA/IRENA Policies and Measures Database, “Renewable Energy Development Fund,” 12 November 2013, http://www.iea.org/policiesandmeasures/renewableenergy. 92 Danish Ministry of Energy, “How energy-intensive companies to help you go green,” 1 July 2013, http://www.ens.dk/info/nyheder/ nyhedsarkiv/saadan-kan-energitunge-virksomheder-faa-hjaelp -groenne. 93 Ocean Energy Systems, op. cit. note 43. 94 BNEF, Energy: Week in Review, 2–8 July 2013. 95 Kiley Kroh, “New York Governor Announces $1 Billion for Solar Energy,” Think Progress, 9 January 2014, http://thinkprogress. org/climate/2014/01/09/3139091/cuomo-big-solar/. 96 France from TECSOL, “Fin du credit d’impot pour le photovotaique, maintien pour le chauffe-eau solaire,” 22 September 2013, http://tecsol.blogs.com/mon_weblog/2013/09/ fin-du-cr%C3%A9dit-dimp%C3%B4t-pour-le- photovolta%C3%AFque-maintien-pour-le-chauffe-eau-solaire. html; United States from DSIRE USA Database, “Federal Electricity Production Tax Credit (PTC),” 2 October 2013, http:// dsireusa.org/incentives/incentive.cfm?Incentive_Code=US13F. 97 Novinte, “Bulgaria MPs OK 20% Renewable Energy Tax, Defy Protests,” 5 December 2013, http://www.novinite.com/ view_news.php?id=156142; Ilias Tsagas, “Czech Republic ends FIT program, extends solar tax,” PV Magazine, 16 September 2013, http://www.pv-magazine.com/news/details/ beitrag/czech-republic-ends-fit-program--extends-solar-tax- _100012748/#axzz2nwMg7Z3c; Sarah Azau, “Wind Energy Sector Faces Uncertainty Crisis,” Wind Directions, April 2013, p. 19. 98 GTM Research, PV News, March 2014; FS-UNEP and BNEF, Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment 2014 (Frankfurt: 2014). 99 Sidebar 7 from the following sources: “disruptive” technologies that are emerging and may compete with utility-provided services include solar PV, battery storage, fuel cells, geothermal energy systems, wind power, micro-turbines, and electric vehicle- enhanced storage, per Edison Electric Institute (EEI), Disruptive Challenges: Financial Implications and Strategic Responses to a Changing Retail Electric Business (Washington, DC: January 2013), http://www.eei.org/ourissues/finance/documents/ disruptivechallenges.pdf; this is particularly true in developed countries where such business models are deeply entrenched, 99