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Government Purchases of Electricity from Renewable Resources
Canada 1997 Ended National
Renewable Energy Auctions
Panama 1997 In force National
Renewable Energy Investment Support Programme
Sweden 1997 Ended National
Tax subsidies for power production based on renewable energy sources
Finland 1997 Ended National
Brightness Programme
People's Republic of China 1996 In force National
General Electricity Law
El Salvador 1996 In force National
Green Power
Germany 1996 In force National
RD & D Budget Allocations - 1996
Austria 1996 Ended National
Electricity Act 1995
Zambia 1995 In force National
Energy Regulation Act 1995
Zambia 1995 In force National
Renewable Energy R&D funding
New Zealand 1995 Ended National
Ethanol Production Bounty Scheme
Australia 1994 Ended National
Income Tax Act - Accelerated Capital Cost Allowance
Canada 1994 In force National
National Energy Policy
Guyana 1994 In force National
Regulations on the Efficient Use of Energy and tax incentives
Costa Rica 1994 In force National
SADC Energy Protocol 1994
Namibia 1994 In force National
Small and Very Small Power Purchase Agreements
Thailand 1994 In force National
Bioenergy - RD&D Programme
Finland 1993 In force National
Environmental Impact Assessment
Paraguay 1993 In force National
Rural Electrification Policy
Fiji 1993 In force National
The Electric Concession Law (Ley de Concesiones Electricas)
Peru 1992 In force National
Electricity Feed-In Law of 1991 ("Stromeinspeisungsgesetz")
Germany 1991 Ended National
Mini-Hydro Law
Philippines 1991 In force National
General Law of Ecological Equilibrium and Environmental Protection
Mexico 1988 In force National
Project for Developing Small and Medium-sized Hydro Power Plants
Japan 1980 Ended National
Office of Energy Research and Development (OERD)
Canada 1974 In force National
Itiapu Treaty (Paraguay-Brazil)
Paraguay 1973 In force International
Yacyreta Treaty (Paraguay-Argentina)
Paraguay 1973 In force International
Brokopondo Agreement
Suriname 1958 Ended National

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