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3.19. Under these broad targets, the Fiscal Balance Program aims to strengthen the Kingdom's fiscal and economic foundations to ensure the sustainability of resources for future generations, through: (...) d) establishing rules for the sustainable use of resources; (...).

3.48. The Kingdom of Bahrain introduced Excise Tax system on 30 December 2017, in accordance with Law No. 39 of 2017 ratifying the Unified Agreement on Selective Tax for the Countries of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf. The Excise Tax is imposed on specific goods harmful to human health and the environment. (...)

3.57. Further, Aldur phase-II IWPP is already launched to boost the electricity production to 1,234 MW and water production to 48 MGPD. (...) The privatization initiative is further extended to produce green power through development of grid interactive solar park in Askar to provide more than 100 MW of power, some part of which around 50 MW. Development of modern and efficient Aldur phase-II IWPP has phased out the old and inefficient Sitra Power and Water Station.

3.72. Solar Financing Scheme as part of Tamkeen's Tamweel Scheme to empower enterprises and enable them to purchase solar energy panels to generate energy which in turn will help them reduce their costs.

3.85. In 2019, Decree No. (87) of 2019 was issued establishing the Sustainable Energy Authority (SEA), with an aim to develop a cohesive and sustainable energy policy and to promote renewable energy and energy efficiency in the Kingdom of Bahrain to ensure rapid progress towards the Kingdom's National Renewable Energy Targets and National Energy Efficiency targets by highlighting barriers to their achievement and taking clear and decisive action to ensure the barriers are overcome

3.86. The Sustainable Energy Authority (SEA) works with both the public and private sector energy stakeholders as well as the private commercial, industrial, and residential end users of energy to promote and recommend legislation where needed to ensure uptake of sustainable energy best practices.

3.87. Go Green Initiative: a) Prepared by the Sustainable Energy Authority in cooperation with the Ministry of Works, Municipalities Affairs and Urban Planning as one of the twenty-two initiatives included in the National Energy Efficiency Plan. This guide is considered a pioneering and important step in the history of The Kingdom of Bahrain, as it constitutes a basic reference for all sectors with regard to the standards and special requirements that must be adhered to when requesting new building permits, which encourage and contribute to building more energy-efficient buildings, thus saving an estimated 20% to 30% of electric energy and water The Green Building Guide includes ten mandatory requirements and 64 optional requirements.

3.87. Go Green Initiative: b) Work is currently underway, in coordination with the Ministry of Works, Municipalities Affairs and Urban Planning, to prepare complementary policies to the green building guide through which buildings are classified according to their energy and water savings and their compliance with the mandatory and optional requirements included in the green building guide. Green building classification policies will be one of the important and basic tools for evaluating investments in buildings. and determining investment returns from integrating renewable energy solutions into buildings and applying techniques for improving energy efficiency in them.

3.88. The Electricity and Water Authority (EWA) launched a 5 MW hybrid solar and wind pilot power plant at Ras AbuJarjur to produce 3 MW from solar and 2 MW from wind to address the issues of greenhouse gas emission for the protection of environment.

3.89. Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism (MOICT) have launched numbers of the Energy Efficiency initiatives in cooperation with relevant entities to increase energy efficiency potential in Bahrain:
a) MOICT in cooperation with the World Bank and EWA launched the phase out of condensate lamp project on year 2015, initiated the Min. Energy Performance & Labelling for lightening Technical Regulation by issuing the Ministerial Order No. (3) 2015, the initiative was implemented, and Technical Regulation have been published for a directional lighting which making a considerable impact in improving the energy efficiency of the country's buildings. (...). The Technical Regulation direct the retailers to no longer be able to sell the majority of halogen bulbs for general household use in the Kingdom of Bahrain.