[4] For most IPPs, particularly in the renewable energy industry, a feed-in tariff or power purchase agreement provides a long-term price guarantee.
[5] Rare in Germany for decades, the IPP business model has grown more common since the EEG (for renewable energy).
In 2002, the government of British Columbia stipulated that new clean renewable energy generation in the province[6] would be developed by independent power producers (IPPs) not BC Hydro, save for large hydro-electric facilities.
PURPA, however, established a class of non‐utility generators, called Qualifying Facilities (QFs), that were permitted to produce power for resale.
India also has many IPP's like ReNew Power, Adani, KPI Green Energy, Hero, Mytrah, Ostro, Greenko, Alfanar, Mahindra Susten, Jakson Ltd.Etc.
The Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (REIPPPP) is an initiative by the South African government aimed at increasing electricity generation through private sector investment in solar photovoltaic and concentrated solar, onshore wind power, small hydro (<40 MW), landfill gas, biomass, and biogas.