Renewable Electricity Policy in Germany, 1974 to 2005

Lauber, Volkmar; Mez, Lutz

doi:10.1177/0270467606287070

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“…This reflects a remarkable broadening of political support for the feed‐in tariff. In 2000, when the milestone German Renewable Energy Sources Act was initially passed, only the ruling coalition of SPD and the Green Party, a center‐left coalition, had supported the law (Lauber & Mez, , p. 110). The strong support in parliament for subsidizing renewable energy reflected a broad renewable energy advocacy coalition in Germany, which included environmental groups, farmers, and increasingly cleantech industries (Laird & Stefes, ).…”

Section: Germany: Legislative Policy Designmentioning

confidence: 99%

The power of process: State capacity and climate policy

2018

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State capacity is central to the provision of public goods, including environmental protection. Drawing on climate policy making, this article argues that the division of labor between the bureaucracy and legislature in policy formulation is a critical source of state capacity. In cases of bureaucratic policy design, the legislature sets policy goals and delegates policy design to bureaucracies. This division of labor shifts distributional conflict to autonomous bureaucracies, allowing for effective policy design. California followed this path in climate policy making, setting it on track to meet climate goals. In cases of legislative policy design, bureaucracies set goals and legislatures design policy measures. Since legislators have incentives to respond to vested interests, legislative policy design is vulnerable to regulatory capture. In Germany, legislative policy design in climate policy making is preventing attainment of emissions reduction goals, as industry interests succeeded in blocking key policy measures. Our findings highlight procedural sources of state capacity.

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Section: Germany: Legislative Policy Designmentioning

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The power of process: State capacity and climate policy

2018

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“…The program was also complemented by feed-in tariff for solar electricity introduced in 1991. Though the support for RE was not widespread, and the installations increased slowly until 1999 [11,36], this phase created foundation and societal demand for the later policies.…”

Section: Germany's Solar Power Policymentioning

confidence: 99%

‘Sticky’ Policies—Three Country Cases on Long-Term Commitment and Rooting of RE Policy Goals

2020

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Denmark, Germany, and Finland are countries that have emerged as technology leaders in key renewable energy fields—wind energy, solar power, and bioenergy. In this article, we dig into the policy trajectories of these countries and concentrate particularly on a phenomenon that is common for them all—the long-term commitment to promoting particular renewable energy (RE) technologies. Analyzing commitment, its causes and its consequences, can be considered important, as earlier findings show that long-term, consistent policy signals are a key for policy success. In this article, we point out that this ‘sticking’ to a RE technology has emerged and manifested in multiple ways in the case countries. Examples include relying on existing cultural capacities when navigating energy policy direction, strategically promoting scaling of technology markets to root new energy practices in society and developing energy policies as an extension of existing socio-technical structures. In order to understand these dynamics in more depth, we utilize literature on policy robustness and resilience. While all the case countries, Denmark, Germany, and Finland, have generated robust RE policy goals, Finland has failed to foster resilience simultaneously. We conclude that analysing stickiness of policy elements can be fruitful when seeking to understand and design transformative policies. Further, it can be taken as a complementary analytical perspective in the policy mix studies.

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“…Patient capital can come in different forms. The German feed-in tariff (FIT) policy is a good form of public 'patient capital' supporting the long-term growth of renewable energy markets (Lauber and Mez, 2006). By contrast, the availability but also frequent uncertainty surrounding tax credits in the US and the UK are a form of 'impatient capital' -which indeed has not helped industry take-off (Porritt, 2011;Cowell, 2012).…”

Section: Funding a 'Green' Industrial Revolutionmentioning

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The Green Entrepreneurial State

Mazzucato

2015

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SWPS 2015-28 (October) DisclaimerThe works available here are the responsibility of the individual author(s) and do not necessarily represent the views of other SPRU researchers. As matters of policy and practice, SPRU does not endorse individual research contributions. Guidelines for authorsPapers shall be submitted in pdf or Word format. They should contain a title, an abstract, and keywords. Papers should be submitted to one of the Editors, who will process them and send them to the appropriate Associate Editor. Two members of SPRU will be asked to provide a short written review within three weeks. The revised versions of the paper, together with a reply to the reviewers, should be sent to the Associate Editor, who will propose to the Editors its publication on the series. When submitting the authors should indicate if the paper has already undergone peer-reviewing, in which case the Associate Editors may decide to skip internal review process. The SPRU Working Paper Series aims to accelerate the public availability of the research undertaken by SPRU-associated people of all categories, and exceptionally, other research that is of considerable interest within SPRU. It presents research results that in whole or part are suitable for submission to a refereed journal, to a sponsor, to a major conference or to the editor of a book. Our intention is to provide access to early copies of SPRU research. 1" "The Green Entrepreneurial State by Mariana Mazzucato SPRU, University of Sussex Abstract: The paper considers the direct, strategic investments that have been made by international public institutions creating and shaping (not only fixing) green technology. It builds on the key themes found in the The Entrepreneurial State: debunking public vs. private sector myths.

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Renewable Electricity Policy in Germany, 1974 to 2005

Cited by 43 publications

References 12 publications

The power of process: State capacity and climate policy

The power of process: State capacity and climate policy

‘Sticky’ Policies—Three Country Cases on Long-Term Commitment and Rooting of RE Policy Goals

The Green Entrepreneurial State

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