Haas Et Al (2010) Efficiency And Effectiveness Of Promotion Systems For Electricity Generation From Renewable Energy Sources.pdf

Energy xxx (2010) 1e8
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Efficiency and effectiveness of promotion systems for electricity generation
from renewable energy sources e Lessons from EU countries
Reinhard Haas a,*, Gustav Resch a, Christian Panzer a, Sebastian Busch a, Mario Ragwitz b, Anne Held b
a Energy Economics Group, Vienna University of Technology, A-1040 Vienna, Austria
b ISI, Fraunhofer Institut für System und Innovationsforschung, Karlsruhe, Germany
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Article history: Currently, a wide range of strategies is implemented in different countries to increase the share of
Received 6 November 2009 electricity from renewable energy sources (RES-E). A still controversial discussion is whether quantity-
Received in revised form driven (like Tradable Green Certificates (TGCs) based on quotas) or price-driven (like feed-in-tariffs (FIT))
17 June 2010
instruments lead to preferable solutions for society. The core objective of this paper is pare the
Accepted 22 June 2010
perspectives of quota-based certificate trading systems for an efficient and effective increase of RES-E
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with FIT. The major results of this analysis are: (i) The ess stories of growth in RES-E in EU member
states in recent years has been triggered by FIT implemented in a technology-specific manner at modest
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