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Extended and modified renewable energy tax incentives and defined electricity as a clean fuel. 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009: Provided funding for an electric smart grid. Created and modified renewable energy tax cuts. Weatherized modest-income homes. Incentivized federal building energy efficiency.
Renewable energy is also distinct from sustainable energy, a more abstract concept that seeks to group energy sources based on their overall permanent impact on future generations of humans. For example, biomass is often associated with unsustainable deforestation .
Renewable energy law is a particular kind of energy law, and relates primarily to the transactional legal and policy issues that surround the development, implementation, and commercialization of renewable sources of energy, such as solar, wind, geothermal and tidal. Renewable energy, (RE) law also relates to the land use, siting, and finance ...
A Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) is a regulation that requires the increased production of energy from renewable energy sources, such as wind, solar, biomass, and geothermal, which have been adopted in 38 of 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia.
Law on Renewable Energy Sources, 2008; Law on Specially Protected Natural Territories, 2011 [4] Law on Sustainable Development of Environmental and Economic System Yssyk-Kul, 2004; Law on Tailing Ponds and Mine Wastes, 2001; Law on Waste of Production and Use, 2001; Law on Water, 1994
In February 2009, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act was passed, with an initial projection of $45 billion in funding levels going to energy. $11 billion went to the Weatherization Assistance Program, the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant, and the State Energy Program; $11 billion went to federal buildings and vehicles; $8 ...
Ukrainian National Energy and Utilities Regulatory Commission [51] and State Agency on Energy Efficiency and Energy Saving of Ukraine [52] are the main renewable energy regulation authorities. [53] Reforms have been made by Ukrainian government in alternative energy sphere.
The states affect energy in numerous ways, including taxes, land use controls, regulation of energy utilities, and energy subsidies. States may establish environmental standards stricter than those set by the federal government. Regulation of oil and gas production, particularly on non-federal land, is largely left up to the states.