Renewable Energy Policy Framework

The Renewable Energy Policy Framework: Power (REPF), developed by Agora Energiewende and the International Network of Energy Transition Think-tanks (INETTT), is a structured assessment framework of the policy and regulatory barriers and opportunities for solar and wind deployment. It has been initially applied to eight Asian countries and is designed to be applicable across diverse national contexts. The REPF takes a systems approach and identifies how regulatory design, institutional capacity, grid infrastructure and market arrangements interact to shape investment outcomes for the scale-up of solar and wind power. 

The global commitment to triple renewable energy capacity by 2030 has shifted attention from ambition to implementation. In most markets, solar and wind are now the cheapest sources of new electricity generation and are frequently more cost-effective than operating existing fossil fuel assets. Yet in many countries, deployment has not accelerated at the pace required. The main constraints are now structural: slow and unclear permitting processes, weak transmission planning and misaligned electricity market and procurement frameworks. The REPF is designed to help national stakeholders identify and address these constraints.  

Available as a web-based interactive platform, the REPF can support governments, regulators, development partners, investors and civil society in identifying priority constraints, sequencing reforms and supporting more effective policy dialogue. By enabling structured comparisons across countries and policy domains, the REPF can facilitate cross-country learning and knowledge exchange on how successful reforms can be adapted and scaled across diverse national contexts.