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Rota 2030 Programme - Law N°13.755/2018
Brazil 2018 Ended National
[announced ] 2023 Restriction on Biofuel Imports
Thailand 2018 Announced National
National Biofuels Policy
Brazil 2017 In force National
Plan for Expanding Biofuel Ethanol Production and Promoting Ethanol Usage in Motor Vehicles
People's Republic of China 2017 Ended National
Law 13.263 on mandatory biodiesel requirement
Brazil 2016 Ended National
NOM-016-CRE2016 on Quality Specifications for Petroleum Products
Mexico 2016 In force National
Advancing Renewables Programme
Australia 2015 In force National
Biodiesel policy (Regulation No. 12/2015) on Provision, Utilization and Trading of Biofuels as Other Fuels
Indonesia 2015 In force National
Egypt Renewable Energy Tenders (build-own-operate BOO contracts)
Egypt 2015 In force National
Notice on construction of solar thermal power generation demonstration project
People's Republic of China 2015 Ended National
Ordinance No 75/2015 on Ethanol Blending Mandate
Brazil 2015 In force National
Regulations Regarding the Mandatory Blending of Bio-fuels with Petrol and Diesel (Government Notice No. R. 671)
South Africa 2015 In force National
Renewable Fuel Standard
Korea 2015 In force National
Act on the Quality Control of Gasoline and Other Fuels
Japan 2014 In force National
Order IET/1882/2014 of 14 October. Electricity generated by means of non-renewable fuels in STE and hybrid installations
Albania 2014 In force National
Supporting High Value Australian Renewable Energy (SHARE) Initiative
Australia 2014 Ended National
Law of finance 2013 relative to the deletion of customs charges on equipments and material of solar energy
Burkina Faso 2013 Ended National
Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)
Australia 2012 In force National
Australian Solar Institute
Australia 2009 Ended National
Clean Energy Initiative
Australia 2009 Ended National
Climate change financial instrument (CCFI)
Latvia 2009 In force National
Development and Deployment of Utility Scale Renewable Power Plant
Kuwait 2009 In force National
Executive Decree 35091 on Biofuels Regulation
Costa Rica 2009 In force National
Gujarat Solar Power Policy
India 2009 Ended State/Provincial
Moroccan Agency for Solar Energy "MASEN" (Law 57.09)
Morocco 2009 In force National
Renewable Energy Development Law 13.09
Morocco 2009 In force National
Increasing share of renewables through distribution obligation of biofuels
Finland 2008 In force National
Biofuels Industrial Strategy
South Africa 2007 In force National
Development credits for biofuels and plantation revitalisation (MoF Regulations No. 117/2006; No. 79/2007)
Indonesia 2006 In force National
Global Bioenergy Partnership
United States 2006 In force International

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