Law No. 3.179 creating the State Policy to Encourage the Generation and Use of Solar Energy (Pró-Solar). Country/Territory Brazil Territorial subdivision Tocantins Document type Legislation Date 2017 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Energy Keyword Renewable energy Research Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Environmental planning Authorization/permit Energy conservation/energy production Policy/planning Geographical area Amazonia, Americas, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic, South America, South Atlantic Entry into force notes This Law enters into force on the day of its publication. Abstract This Law, consisting of 11 articles, creates the State Policy to Encourage the Generation and Use of Solar Energy (Pró-Solar) with the purpose of harnessing the solar potential of the State to rationalize the consumption of electric energy. Pro-Solar aims to: I - increase the use of solar energy in the state energy matrix; II - stimulate the implementation of solar energy systems and investments in this area, including technological development and photo-voltaic and photo-thermal generation, for commercialization and self-consumption in urban and rural areas, by public and private initiative, considering residential, community use, commercial, industrial and agricultural sectors; III - especially, to encourage the generation and use of photo-voltaic energy in areas far from the electricity distribution network; IV - transform the State into a national reference for generation and consumption of solar energy; V - reduce the demand for electricity at times of peak consumption; VI - encourage the implantation of industries of equipment, materials and components used in solar energy systems, propitiating the generation of employment and income; VII - promote: a) training programmes in all stages of the solar energy production chain; b) study on the application of the use of electric energy from solar energy; c) educational campaigns on the advantages of using solar energy; VIII - contribute to the reduction of the indices related to the emission of greenhouse gases; IX - encourage public institutions to develop research programmes aimed at increasing the generation and use of solar energy in Tocantins; etc. Full text Portuguese Website www.al.to.leg.br