How to promote renewable energy systems successfully and effectively

Haas, Reinhard; Eichhammer, Wolfgang; Huber, Claus; Langniß, Ole; Lorenzoni, Arturo; Madlener, Reinhard; Menanteau, Philippe; Morthorst, P.E.; Martins, António Gomes; Oniszk, A; Schleich, Joachim; Smith, Adrian; Vass, Z.; Verbruggen, Aviel

doi:10.1016/s0301-4215(02)00337-3

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“…First, policies may regulate either the price of renewable electricity or the quantity produced, a distinction most famously analyzed by Weitzman (1974). Second, policies may support investment in RES-E capacity or directly subsidize generation (Haas et al 2004, Haas et al 2008, Menanteau et al 2003. Policies are categorized along these dimensions in Table 1.…”

Section: Varieties Of Renewable Energy Policy Designmentioning

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Assessing the strength and effectiveness of renewable electricity feed-in tariffs in European Union countries

2013

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. We develop a new indicator for FIT strength that captures variability in tariff size, contract duration, digression rate, electricity price, and electricity generation cost to estimate the resulting return on investment. We then regress this indicator on added RES-E capacity using a fixed effects specification. We find that FIT policies have driven solar PV and onshore wind capacity development in the EU. However, this effect is overstated without controls for country characteristics and may be concealed without accounting for the unique design of each policy. We provide empirical evidence that the interaction of policy design and market dynamics are more important determinants of RES-E development than policy enactment alone. Terms of use: Documents in

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Section: Varieties Of Renewable Energy Policy Designmentioning

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Assessing the strength and effectiveness of renewable electricity feed-in tariffs in European Union countries

2013

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“…Typical energy infrastructure related topics are the regulation of natural monopolies, liberalization of wholesale and retail markets, privatization, ensuring public service obligations, stimulation of innovation, promoting/integrating renewable technologies [17,56,61,[69][70][71][72]. For example, the liberalization of the electricity market posed the choice to move from a public monopoly model to one of a single buyer, wholesale competition, and retail competition.…”

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Towards the Comprehensive Design of Energy Infrastructures

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2016

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Abstract:Energy infrastructures are increasingly perceived as complex, adaptive socio-technical systems. Their design has not kept up; it is still fragmented between an engineering and economic dimension. While economists focus on a market design that addresses potential market failures and imperfections, opportunistic behavior, and social objectives, engineers pay attention to infrastructure assets, a robust network topology, and control system design to handle flows and eventualities. These two logics may be complementary, but may also be at odds. Moreover, it is generally unclear what design choices in one dimension imply for the other. As such, we are ill-equipped to identify, interpret, and address the challenges stemming from technical innovations, e.g., the integration of renewable energy technologies, and institutional changes, e.g., liberalization or new forms of organization like cooperatives, which often have interrelated operational and market implications. In response, this paper proposes a more comprehensive design framework that bridges the engineering and economic perspectives on energy infrastructure design. To this end, it elaborates the different design perspectives and develops the means to relate design variables of both perspectives along several layers of abstraction: the form of infrastructure access of actors, the division of responsibilities among actors, and type of coordination between actors. The intention is that this way system and market design efforts can be better attuned to each other and we further our understanding and conceptualization of the interrelationship between the techno-operational and economic-institutional dimensions of energy infrastructures. The framework also aids in overseeing the broader institutional implications of technical developments (and vice versa) and stimulates awareness of lock-ins and path-dependencies in this regard.

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“…In the same paper, the advantages and disadvantages of different FIT models were examined, and an analysis of design options was made focusing on the implications for both investors and society. Haas et al (2004) and Gonzalez (2008) conclude that the specific design elements of support schemes and not so much the type of chosen support scheme are a major factor for their success. Political commitment and other factors including the granting of administrative authorisations are also important as they may cause delays in investments and render RES investments unattractive.…”

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Feed-in tariffs for promotion of energy storage technologies

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a b s t r a c tFaster market integration of new energy technologies can be achieved by use of proper support mechanisms that will create favourable market conditions for such technologies. The best examples of support mechanisms presented in the last two decades have been the various schemes for the promotion of renewable energy sources (RES). In the EU, the most successful supporting schemes are feed-in tariffs which have significantly increased utilisation of renewable energy sources in Germany, Spain, Portugal, Denmark and many other EU countries. Despite the successful feed-in tariffs for RES promotion, in many cases RES penetration is limited by power system requirements linked to the intermittency of RES sources and technical capabilities of grids. These problems can be solved by implementation of energy storage technologies like reversible or pumped hydro, hydrogen, batteries or any other technology that can be used for balancing or dump load. In this paper, feed-in tariffs for various energy storage technologies are discussed along with a proposal for their application in more appropriate regions. After successful application on islands and outermost regions, energy storage tariffs should be also applied in mainland power systems. Increased use of energy storage could optimise existing assets on the market.

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How to promote renewable energy systems successfully and effectively

Cited by 184 publications

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Assessing the strength and effectiveness of renewable electricity feed-in tariffs in European Union countries

Assessing the strength and effectiveness of renewable electricity feed-in tariffs in European Union countries

Towards the Comprehensive Design of Energy Infrastructures

Feed-in tariffs for promotion of energy storage technologies

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