Renewable Power Generation Costs in 2014
The Irena’s report aims to reduced uncertainty about the true costs of renewable power generation technologies, so that governments can be more ambitious and efficient in their policy support for renewables…
Étiqueté : renewable energy
Towards 2030-dialogue project Issue Papers
How Can Renewables and Energy Efficiency Improve Gas Security in Selected Member States. Implementing the EU 2030 Climate and Energy Framework…
Renewable energy prospects : United States of America
This report is part of IRENA’s renewable energy roadmap, REmap 2030
Energy support measures and their impact on innovation in the renewable energy sector in Europe
This EEA’s report examines the support allocated to energy production and consumption in Europe and its impact on innovation in renewable energy.
Canada – Renewable Energy: Implications for WTO Law on Green and Not-so-Green Subsidies
In the first dispute on renewable energy to come to WTO dispute settlement, the domestic content requirement of Ontario’s feed-in tariff was challenged as a discriminatory investment-related measure and as a prohibited import substitution subsidy…
Renewable Energy Prospects: China
This report is the first in a series of country reports that IRENA has released to supplement the range of global and sector-specific reports released since early 2014 as part of REmap 2030.
Study on the Development of the Renewable Energy Market in Latin America and the Caribbean
The region of Latin America and the Caribbean is already a global low-carbon leader in terms of power generation from hydrological and biomass resources, and it recently has made great strides in developing its other renewable energy sources. Declining costs, maturing technologies, and vast untapped potentials for renewables offer an unprecedented opportunity for further development of the renewable energy market in the region…
International energy governance: Selected legal issues
“The book covers some of the most interesting and pressing areas of international energy law and policy. Eastern-Mediterranean, WTO and energy, external EU energy policy and the promotion of renewable energy and its various effects on market institutions are just examples of legal issues selected for this book…”
A review of renewable energy supply and energy efficiency technologies
In this paper, the authors discuss alternative technologies for enhancing renewable energy deployment and energy use efficiency.
Prospects for renewable energy in GCC States: Opportunities and the need for reform
This OIES study explores the economic potential for, and possible caveats of, renewable energy in the GCC countries. Looking at the case of Kuwait, the authors highlight the growing potential for economic cost savings, primarily for solar photovoltaic power in the GCC states over oil-fired power generation, in the current global high-price environment for oil.
Consumer’s Willingness to Pay for Green Electricity: A Meta-Analysis of the Literature
The number of studies published focusing on people’s preferences for green electricity has increased steadily, making it more and more difficult to identify key explanatory factors that determine people’s willingness-to-pay (WTP)…
Environmental and technology policy options in the electricity sector: Interactions and outcomes
Myriad policy measures aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the electricity sector, promote generation from renewable sources, and encourage energy conservation. To what extent do innovation and energy efficiency (EE) market failures justify additional interventions when a carbon price is in place?…
Energy storage and renewable energy
I consider an economy with fossil fuel and renewable energy and energy storage, and search for the conditions that lead to welfare improvements
when energy is stored…
Renewables 2014 Global status report
The report provides a comprehensive and timely overview of renewable energy market, industry, investment and policy developments worldwide
The role of renewable energy in climate stabilization: results from the EMF27 scenarios
This paper uses the EMF27 scenarios to explore the role of renewable energy (RE) in climate change mitigation…
