policy_id,country_iso,country_update,policy_name,policy_title,jurisdiction,supernational_region,country,subnational_region,policy_city_or_local,policy_instrument,sector,policy_description,policy_type,stringency,policy_status,decision_date,start_date,end_date,high_impact,policy_objective,reference,last_update,impact_indicators.comments,impact_indicators.name,impact_indicators.value,impact_indicators.base_year,impact_indicators.target_year 211004271,TUN,Sporadic,"Law and Decree on Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy","Law and Decree on Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy Tunisia (2005)",Country,,Tunisia,,,"Strategic planning","Electricity and heat, Renewables","The Law has as its objectives to strengthen the rational use of energy, renewable energy deployment, and energy substitution. Decisions specific to renewable energy include: - Mandatory use of solar water heaters in new public buildings; - Optimizing a profitable use of photovoltaic energy in various fields; - Enhancing the use of wind energy for electric power generation; - Encouraging energy capitalization of waste and geothermal waters. Tax and financial incentives related to the development of renewable energies included in the decree are: - Subsidies for demonstration projects ranging up to 50% of the cost, with a maximum of TND 100,000; - Subsidies for investments of 20%, with a maximum of TND 100,000 for solar water heating projects. IEA/IRENA Global Renewable Energy Policies and Measures Database © OECD/IEA and IRENA, [November 2020]","Energy efficiency, Renewables",,"In force",2005,,,Unknown,Mitigation,https://www.iea.org/policies/4878-law-and-decree-on-energy-conservation-and-renewable-energy?country=Tunisia&qs=tunisi,,,,,,