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Israel
Israel does not have a FIT program.
Summary
On August 6, 1998, the Government of Israel approved a decision of the Ministerial Committee for the Environment and Hazardous materials: “To Act to promote the development of technologies for the efficient exploitation of alternative energies through the reduction of dependence on imported fuels and to reduce environmental pollution”. In order to apply this decision, an inter-ministerial task force was established to propose projects in the area and to recommend measures to integrate investors from Israel and abroad in alternative energy projects. On the 4th of November, 2002, the government adopted a decision that has emerged as the primary decision in the area of alternative energy production.
The two main elements of the decision are:
1) The Establishment and operation of electrical facilities and power stations for the production of electricity through renewable energies should be encouraged by private electricity producers as well as the Israel Electric Company; and
2) Beginning in the year 2007, 2% of the country’s electricity must be provided to consumers by renewable electrical facilities. This rate will increase by one percent every six years, such that by the 2016, electricity will be produced by the said facilities at a rate of 5% of the overall electricity provided to consumers.
Legal analysis
There currently is no legal analysis of this law. If you are a lawyer from Israel, and interested in submitting an analysis, or providing more up-to-date information about the current status of the renewable energy policy, we would be happy to hear form you. Contact us
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