Incentives by the Mauritian Government for Renewable Energies

The Mauritian Government has already started giving incentives to individuals and companies to turn to renewable energies

1. Setting up of the Maurice Ile Durable (MID) Fund in July 2008 for the transformation of Mauritius into a sustainable energy economy.
2. Grants of Rs 10,000 for purchase of a new Solar Water Heater since 2008 budget for near-eliminating the use of electric and LPG water heaters.
3. As from July 2009 the excise duties, road tax and registration fees for electric cars and hybrid vehicles have been half.
4. Finally the "Grid Code" which has not yet been implemented nor been published but has been developed as per the draft of Long-Term Energy Strategy 2009 -2025 dated September 2009. However it seems that the government is withholding implementation, waiting for PV panel prices to fall by 2011 as per comments on the local newspapers. The feed-in tariffs and net-metering will only be introduced by 2010 as per its action plan.