The objective of this project was to provide, in cooperation with arepo consult, consultancy services to the national Moldovan energy regulator ANRE concerning the creation of a new law on renewable energy in order to facilitate a viable market for renewable energy. The report is based on a literature review, interviews conducted during a field trip to Moldova and some general assessment calculations of the authors. The focus of the report lies on the identification of barriers to the implementation of a functioning feed-in-tariff and on the definition of capacity building and advisory needs.

The main findings of our study are as follows: Before making rules and regulations for a feed-in tariff system, extensive information on the resource base, e.g. wind speed, needs to be acquired, because a marginal change in wind speed can have a measurable impact on energy production costs. Furthermore, we point out the fundamental requirements for a functioning feed-in-tariff system. Among those is a high need for institutional capacity buidling.