China to Launch Green Certificates in Renewable Energy Sector

China’s National Development and Reform Commission, Ministry of Finance and National Energy Administration recently jointly announced a pilot program for the issuance of green certificates to renewable energy producers coupled with a trading scheme running on a voluntary basis across the country. The proposed green certificate has attracted wide attention across the industry with several companies confirming the purchase of the green certificates to evidence their use of clean energy.

Poland's draft renewable bills would give greater support to large solar plants

Stanislaw Pietruszko, the head of the Photovoltaic Association of Poland (PVAP), says the country’s new renewable energy act could increase Poland’s solar capacity from 3MW to 400MW by the end of 2013.

Poland, which gets about 85% of its power from coal-fired plants, is poised to join Ukraine in offering some of Europe’s highest solar subsidies as its economy grows.

“The proposed rates are very good, higher than those in Germany,” Pietruszko says.

How good is the new Poland law?

In the interview published by wnp.pl, member of the management board at RWE Renewables Robert Macias suggests that a transitional period should be applied for the renewable energy projects which are currently being carried out in Poland. Large part of the projects had been commenced before the enactment of the new regulations on support for renewable energy sources. Many are also not likely to be completed before 1 January 2013, when the amended law on RES will come into force.

Romanian Parliament votes on bill to leave renewable certificates unchanged

As per specialists last week at the launch event of the Romanian Photovoltaic Industry Association the number of green certificates granted to renewable energy producers is likely to remain unchanged through to 2014, according to a bill to be voted in Parliament, although the energy regulator (ANRE) will ask the government to cut certificates in overcompensated technologies.