
90 04 POLICY LANDSCAPE COUNTRY REGULATORY POLICIES FISCAL INCENTIVES AND PUBLIC FINANCING Renewableenergy targets Feed-intariff/ premiumpayment Electricutilityquota obligation/RPS Netmetering TradableREC Tendering Heatobligation/ mandate Biofuelsobligation/ mandate Capitalsubsidy orrebate Investmentor productiontax credits Reductionsinsales, energy,CO2,VAT, orothertaxes Energyproduction payment Publicinvestment, loans,orgrants UPPER-MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES Albania Algeria Angola Argentina R Azerbaijan Bahrain Belarus Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil R R R R Bulgaria China R R Colombia R Costa Rica Dominican Republic Ecuador2 Fiji Grenada Hungary Iran Jamaica Jordan Kazakhstan Lebanon Libya R Macedonia Malaysia R R Maldives Marshall Islands Mauritius 5 Mexico Palau Panama Peru Romania Serbia South Africa R St. Lucia Thailand R R Tunisia R Turkey R 2 Ecuador’s FIT that expired in 2012 was re-launched in 2013. 3 The area of the Palestinian Territories is included in the World Bank country classification as “West Bank and Gaza.” They have been placed in the table using the 2009 “Occupied Palestinian Territory” GNI per capita provided by the United Nations (USD 1,483). Note: Countries are organised according to annual GNI per capita levels as follows: “high” is USD 12,616 or more, “upper-middle” is USD 4,086 to USD 12,615, “lower-middle” is USD 1,036 to USD 4,085, and “low” is USD 1,035 or less. Per capita income levels and group classifications from World Bank, 2014. Only enacted policies are included in the table; however, for some policies shown, implementing regulations may not yet be developed or effective, leading to lack of implementation or impacts. Policies known to be discontinued in 2013 are marked with an X; historic discontinuations have been omitted from the table.. Many feed-in policies are limited in scope of technology. In cases where a national and sub-national policy exist within the same policy category, the national policy is displayed. Source: See Endnote 1 for this section. – existing national, – existing sub-national, – new, R – revised, 5 – removed/expired, * – sub-national TABLE 3. RENEWABLE ENERGY SUPPORT POLICIES (continued)