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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Billets marqués ‘ renewables ’
Designing renewable electricity policies to reduce emissions
Cooperation mechanisms to achieve EU renewable targets
There are considerable benefits from cooperating among member states on meeting the 2020 RES targets. Today countries are supporting investments in renewable energy by many different types of support schemes and with different levels of support. The EU has opened for cooperation mechanisms such as joint support schemes for promoting renewable energy to meet...
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Hybrid energy governance
This article develops a novel theory of energy governance and uses it to assess how institutional innovation can help meet critical challenges emerging from rapid technological change
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An expensive diversion: Abu Dhabi’s renewables investments in the context of its natural gas shortage
In the midst of a shortage of natural gas, Abu Dhabi has launched an investment into renewable energy. Why? Will renewables allow the Persian Gulf sheikhdom to meet rising electricity demand without simultaneous increases in conventional power?...
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Annuaires statistiques 2012 de l’Agence internationale de l’énergie
Natural Gas Information - Coal Information - Oil Information - Electricity Information - Renewable Energy Information - Energy Balances of OECD Countries - Energy Balances of non-OECD Countries - Energy Statistics of OECD Countries - Energy Statistics of Non-OECD Countries
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Medium-term renewable energy market report 2012
Le premier rapport de court terme que l'agence internationale de l'énergie consacre aux énergies renouvelables anticipe une croissance de la production de 40 % d'ici à 2017... (source : la Tribune, 6/07/2012)
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Global trends in renewable energy investment 2012
Selon le rapport du PNUE qui vient de paraître, les investissements dans les énergies renouvelables ont augmenté de 93 % par rapport à 2007
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Renewables 2012 global status report
"le rapport note qu’en 2011, les énergies renouvelables ont continué à se développer dans tous les secteurs consommateurs d’énergie, comme le chauffage, la climatisation ainsi que le transport. La part d’énergie d’origine renouvelable s’est accrue pour atteindre 16,7% de la consommation finale en énergie..."
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The market value of variable renewables
The income that wind and solar power receive on the market is affected by the variability of their output. At times of high availability of the primary energy source, they supply electricity at zero marginal costs, shift the supply curve (merit-order curve) to the right and thereby reduce the equilibrium price of electricity during...
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The benefits of investing in electricity transmission: a case study of Northern Europe
This CEPS Special Report finds that insufficient grid infrastructure and regulatory obstacles prevent the trading potential from being fully realised in Northern Europe...
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Too little oil, too much coal: optimal carbon tax and when to phase in oil, coal and renewables
The authors's main message is that it is optimal to use less coal and more oil once one takes account ofcoal being a backstop which emits much more CO2 than oil
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