# Table A.3: Renewable energy policies covered in the RISE dataset

|**Headings**|**RISE ID**|<br>**Our ID**|**Question**|
|---|---|---|---|
|Legal framework for|1.1.1|re_1_1|Does a legal framework for renewable energydevelopment exist?|
|renewable energy(LF)|1.2.1|re_1_2|Does the legal framework allowprivate sector ownershipof renewable energy generation?|
||2.1.1|re_2_1_1|Does an official renewable energytarget exist?|
||2.1.2|re_2_1_2|Is the target legallybinding?|
||2.1.3|re_2_1_3|Is the RE target linked to international commitments(e.g., NDC or regional commitment)?|
||2.1.4|re_2_1_4|Is the target based on a transparent methodology?|
||2.1.5|re_2_1_5|Is there a renewable energyactionplan or strategyto attain the target?|
||2.1.6|re_2_1_6|Is there any provision for consultation with thepublic on the renewableplan?|
||2.2.1|re_2_2_1|Is there an assessment of the role of renewables in the electricitysupply?|
||2.2.2|re_2_2_2|Is there a target for renewables in electricity?|
||2.3.1|re_2_3_1|Is there an assessment of the needs for heatingand coolingin buildings and industryin the countryand of how renewables can contribute?|
||2.3.2|re_2_3_2|Is there a specific target for renewables for heatingand cooling?|
||2.4.1|re_2_4_1|Is there an assessment of thepotential role for renewables in transport includings and electrification?|
||2.4.2|re_2_4_2|Is there a specific target for renewables in transport?|
|Planning for renewable|2.5.1|re_2_5_1|Does the renewableplan or strategyestimate the amount of investment necessaryto meet the RE target?|
|energy expansion (PE)|2.5.2|re_2_5_2|Is there an institution responsible for tracking progress in renewable energydevelopment?|
||2.5.3|re_2_5_3|Is there any periodic reportingmechanism for renewable energy progress?|
||2.5.4|re_2_5_4|Is there a mechanism for adjustingtheplan based on reportingof renewable energydeployment?|
||2.5.5|re_2_5_5|Is currentpolicyenvironment conducive to renewable energydeployment?|
||2.6.1|re_2_6_1|Isgeneration and transmissionplanningintegrated?|
||2.6.2|re_2_6_2|Isplanningfor dispatch included in thegeneration and transmissionplan?|
||2.6.3|re_2_6_3|Is thegenerationplan based on aprobabilistic approach?|
||2.6.4|re_2_6_4|Does the current transmissionplanningconsider renewable energyscale-up?|
||2.7.1|re_2_7_1|Does the government endorse and use the solar/wind resource maps and data applicable to their country that are available through the Global Solar<br>Atlas / Global Wind Atlas, or have they published some other solar/wind resource mapthat conforms to bestpractice in the last fiveyears?|
||2.7.2|re_2_7_2|Has the countrycarried outgeospatialplanningorproduced zoning guidance to inform the commercial development of the RE resource?|
||2.7.3|re_2_7_3|Has the geospatial planning or zoning guidance been carried out according to best practice by i) being undertaken as part of a strategic environmental<br>and social assessment or equivalentprocess; and ii)bymakingthe outputspublicallyavailable?|
||3.1.1|re_3_1_1|Does the country offer long term PPA’s for renewable electricity production for large scale producers (e.g. via. Feed-in-tariffs, PPA’s awarded through<br>auctions etc.)|
|Incentives and regulatory|3.1.2|re_3_1_2|Does the country offer long term PPA’s for renewable electricity production for small scale producers (e.g. via. Feed-in-tariffs, PPA’s awarded through<br>auctions etc.)|
|<br>support for renewable energy|3.1.3|re_3_1_3|Does thegovernmentpublish clear andpracticalguidance on whatpermissions are required to developa RE electricity project?|
|(IR)|3.1.4|re_3_1_4|Does the government offer other direct fiscal incentives for renewable electricity (e.g. capital subsidies, grants or rebates, investment tax credits, tax<br>reductions,production tax credits, FITs for largeproducers?)|
||3.2.1|re_3_2_1|Does the country provideprioritized access to thegrid for RE?|
||3.2.2|re_3_2_2|Do REprojects receivepriorityin dispatch?|

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