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Performance Based Incentives (PBI)

Utilities, public sector entities, development banks and others can provide incentives that reflect the amount of energy produced by a renewable energy generation system. This includes rebates calculated on a per-kilo-watt hour basis as well as feed-in tariffs.

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A New Scheme for the Promotion of Renewable Energies in Developing Countries: The Renewable Energy Regulated Purchase Tariff

This report sets out the main findings of discussions carried out by the Developing Countries Group of the European Photovoltaic…

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European Commission

Alliance for Rural Electrification

PhotoVoltaic Technology Platform

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Building Energy Efficiency Policies (BEEP) Database

This database is intended to be a comprehensive collection of building energy efficiency policies from select countries around the world.…

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International Energy Agency (IEA)

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Clean Energy Info Portal: reegle (Website)

This database provides global information on renewable energy, energy efficiency, and climate change, including country energy profiles, a list of…

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Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP)

Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21)

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Country Energy Profiles (Website)

This reegle website provides comprehensive energy profiles for all countries with information from reliable sources such as UN or the…

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reegle

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Database of State Incentives for Renewables and Efficiency (DSIRE)

This database provides comprehensive information on state, local, utility, and federal incentives and policies that promote renewable energy and energy…

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United States Department of Energy

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Distributed Wind Policy Comparison Tool

This Web-based tool allows users to identify policies that have had the most (and least) impact on improving the bottom…

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United States Department of Energy

eFormative Options

North Carolina Solar Center

United States National Renewable Energy Laboratory

United States Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

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Distributed Wind Policy Comparison Tool (Website)

This tool is designed to assist state, local, and utility officials in understanding the financial impacts of policy options that…

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Eformative Options

LLC.

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

National Renewable Energy Laboratory

North Carolina Solar Center

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Energy Efficiency Benefits Calculator

This calculator can be used to help educate stakeholders on the broad benefits of energy efficiency. It provides a simplified…

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Energy and Environmental Economics

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United States Environmental Protection Agency

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Energy Sector Management Assistance Program Publications

This database provides access to all publications of the Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP), a global knowledge and technical…

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Energy Sector Management Assistance Program

Training Materials

How to Upscale Deep Renovations Using Financial Mechanisms: Insight From Best-Practice Jurisdictions on Incentives and Drivers

This recorded webinar addresses the critical question of how financing schemes can be developed to support and leverage the large…

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Global Buildings Performance Network (GBPN)

Clean Energy Solutions Center

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Industrial Efficiency Policy Database (IEPD)

This policy database was designed to help governments implement best industrial efficiency practices. It is organized according to the Institute…

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Institute for Industrial Productivity

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Policy and Regulatory Overviews (Website)

reegle’s policy and regulatory overviews provide country highlights for a variety of policies and regulations relating to energy, energy efficiency,…

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reegle

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Policy Guidelines for Electric Motor Systems, Part 2: Toolkit for Policy Makers

This publication provides a toolkit with proposed policy measures and EMSA’s recommendations for successful policy implementation. It includes best practice…

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Energy Efficient End-use Equipment (4E) Electric Motor Systems Annex (EMSA)

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Principles of Regulating Clean Energy in the ECOWAS Region

This publication focuses on the regulatory aspects of integrating renewable energy sources into existing electricity markets. The Economic Community of…

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United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC)

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Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Law Examples (Website)

This website provides examples of projects supported by the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) to create legal and…

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Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP)

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Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) Presentations Archive (Website)

This website hosts a collection of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) presentations and speeches covering numerous clean energy…

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Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP)

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Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Toolkit (Website)

This digital library offers an array of information from the fields of renewable energy and energy efficiency. Resources include policy…

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Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP)

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Renewable Energy Financial Instruments Guidance Tool (REFINe)

Renewable Energy Financial Instruments Guidance Tool (REFINe) aims to assist policy in identifying appropriate financial instruments to scale-up renewable energy…

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The World Bank