Israel
Israel has a FIT scheme.
On 2 June 2008, the Israeli Public Utility Authority (PUA) approved a feed-in tariff scheme for solar PV. The tariff scheme started in July 2008. In February 2009, a feed-in tariff for small-scale wind energy producers has been implemented by PUA.
Summary
In the case of solar PV, a tariff of 0.37 €cent/kWh (2.01 NIS/kWh) is granted for a period of 20 years. Solar PV plant should not exceed 15 kWp for domestic households and 50 kWp for the business sector. The law does not allow for free-standing PV systems. Project size is intended to be increased by the responsible Ministry. Tariff payment is limited to the first 50 MW installed capacity. Projects are selected based on the first-come first served principle.
In the case of wind energy, the maximum output shall not exceed 15 kW for domestic households and 50 kW for industrial users. Domestic household receive a tariff payment of 30 €cent/kWh (1.60 NIS/kWh) and industrial producer 23 €cent/kWh (1.25 NIS/kWh).
Tariffs will be reduced by 2 percent per year. The total capacity cap is of 30 MW and the program runs until 2016
Legal analysis
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More information
More information is provided by the Public Utility Authority – Electricity (in Hebrew only) and the national utility authority PUA (in Hebrew only).
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