Stuck between a ROC and a hard place? Barriers to the take up of green energy in the UK

Diaz‐Rainey, Ivan; Ashton, John K.

doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2008.03.038

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“…By using a focus group, we also obtained an unbiased economic valuation of H2B introduction and a more reliable WTP. We also used validity test questions to mitigate consumer confusion [23,24]. Respondents were first asked if they knew about H2B advantages and disadvantages, and then they were asked to identify the H2B-specific ones from among a set of general advantages and disadvantages.…”

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Willingness to Pay and Public Acceptance for Hydrogen Buses: A Case Study of Perugia

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Polinori

2015

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“…One common method is to include questions whose answers should confirm each other [25]. Finally, it is well known that in CV, a divergence between stated and actual consumer behavior exists [24]. To reduce this divergence, we introduced uncertainty in the elicitation format using a multiple-bounded uncertainty approach [26].…”

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Willingness to Pay and Public Acceptance for Hydrogen Buses: A Case Study of Perugia

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Polinori

2015

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“…It replaced the previous non fossil fuel obligation (NFFO). [8] The RO has been the main financial support mechanism used by the UK government to encourage the development of large-scale renewable electricity generation projects. Under the renewables obligation order 2009 (as amended) (RO Order) the renewables obligation (Scotland) order 2009 (as amended) (ROS Order) and the renewables obligation order (Northern Ireland) 2009 (as amended) (NIRO order ) certain renewable source technologies have been eligible to receive support) [9].…”

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Have Technology Specific Measures for the UK Electricity Market Reform Gone Far Enough?

Baker¹

2015

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Abstract-The United Kingdom Government recently published a package of measures which would support investment in low-carbon technologies in the years up to 2020.It has also taken account of the highly uncertain investment conditions relating to the period beyond 2020, which threaten to undermine the 2014 Electricity Market Reform measures and deliver bad value. The CFD scheme under the Energy Act 2013 should provide a stable revenue level which should, in turn, reduce investment risks and financing costs, and so drive innovation and development of low-carbon technologies. The scheme can also cap the support costs for consumers when electricity prices are high. Concerns about the impact of CFD allocation policies on the solar industry can be addressed. This paper indicates that there is a clear benefit in committing to invest in low-carbon generation technologies to 2020, and beyond to the 2030s.The Government should state clearly that it intends to support investments in low-carbon technologies through the 2020s.Index Terms-Renewable obligation, energy solar power, CFD.

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“…In the UK, where suppliers are obliged to purchase specific share of renewable electricity, there is a risk that some suppliers only aim at meeting the minimum requirements of the RO system and sell the already required renewable electricity as a voluntary green electricity product. Thus the environmental benefits of renewable energy are double counted and assigning the required renewable electricity to green tariff customers does not have any influence on the overall energy mix [1,[9][10][11].…”

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“…In addition, green energy market is poorly defined in the UK, and complexities of constructing meaningful additional green source tariffs under the ROC system exist. Competition in electricity markets in the UK is very price-driven which can also explain the low demand [9,17,[27][28][29].…”

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Green energy products in the United Kingdom, Germany and Finland

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McDermott

Järvelä

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EPJ Web of Conferences

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Abstract. In liberalized electricity markets, suppliers are offering several kinds of voluntary green electricity products marketed as environmentally friendly. This paper focuses on the development of these voluntary markets at household level in the UK, Germany and Finland. Since there are already existing renewable energy policies regulating and encouraging the use of renewable energy, it is important to consider whether voluntary products offer real additional benefits above these policies. Problems such as double counting or re-marketing hydropower produced in existing plants are identified.According to our study, the demand varies between countries: in Germany the number of green electricity customers has increased and is also higher than in the UK or Finland. Typically the average additional cost to consumer from buying green electricity product instead of standard electricity product is in the range of 0-5% in all studied countries, although the level of price premium depends on several factors like electricity consumption. Case study of Finland and literature show that the impacts of green energy are not solely environmental. Renewable energy can benefit local public policy.

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Stuck between a ROC and a hard place? Barriers to the take up of green energy in the UK

Cited by 60 publications

References 21 publications

Willingness to Pay and Public Acceptance for Hydrogen Buses: A Case Study of Perugia

Willingness to Pay and Public Acceptance for Hydrogen Buses: A Case Study of Perugia

Have Technology Specific Measures for the UK Electricity Market Reform Gone Far Enough?

Green energy products in the United Kingdom, Germany and Finland

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