The principal aim of this article is to provide the reader with an overview of the key legal considerations at play in relation to European Union (EU) energy security...
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The principal aim of this article is to provide the reader with an overview of the key legal considerations at play in relation to European Union (EU) energy security...
A variety of renewable electricity policies to promote investment in wind, solar, and other types of renewable generators exist across the United States. The federal renewable energy investment tax credit, the federal renewable energy production tax credit, and state renewable portfolio standards are among the most notable. Whether the benefits of promoting new technology...
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The United States is in the throes of two unfolding energy revolutions, and partisans-convinced that only their side holds the key to American prosperity, security, and safety-are battling over which one should prevail. In The Power Surge, Michael Levi takes readers inside these revolutions to find out what's really happening-and which side is right...
This is the first handbook to provide a global policy perspective on energy, bringing together a diverse range of international energy issues in one volume...
This paper examines the history of nuclear energy, safety developments of reactors and nuclear energy policy from the 1950s on
In the UK electricity market generators are obliged to produce a certain amount of their electricity with renewable energy resources in accordance with the Renewable Obligation Order. This obligation comes with an (indirect) subsidy rewarding firms with tradable green certificates for their renewable energy production...
This book offers structured, comparative case studies of the development of four central climate policies: emissions trading systems, renewables, carbon capture and storage, and energy policy for buildings, examining the intriguing similarities and differences in how these have taken shape.
This OIES comment reviews President Obama’s plans to address climate change, as expressed in his recent State of the Union Address
The book explains Russian energy policies, instead of a policy. It portrays a picture with multiple policy drivers, including institutional, regional and federal, environmental and commercial...
The six Persian Gulf monarchies are home to some of the world’s largest hydrocarbon reserves, and also some of the cheapest energy prices and highest per-capita consumption. Government subsidies based on socio-political objectives have contributed to regime longevity, but they have also stimulated demand for resources comprising the region’s chief export and biggest contributor...
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This IEA review analyses the energy-policy challenges currently facing Sweden, and provides studies and recommendations for each sector.
This IEA analysis addresses the fact that, to date, relatively little effort has been directed toward evaluating how well economic instruments work. Using the buildings sector to illustrate how such measures can support energy efficiency, this paper can help policy makers better select and design economic instruments appropriate to their policy objectives and national...
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For the past 40 years, political leaders have promised that government can plan and engineer a fundamental transformation of our energy industry. They were wrong...
This report is about the institutions for international energy cooperation between governments, and, how they need to adapt to meet today's energy policy challenges...