The Geopolitics of Renewables
The book explores the implications for interstate energy relations of a transition towards renewable energy
Étiqueté : renewables
Energy Democracy : Germany’s Energiewende to Renewables
This book outlines how Germans convinced their politicians to pass laws allowing citizens to make their own energy, even when it hurt utility companies to do so…
Technical and economic analysis of the European electricity system with 60% RES
In a brief study, the French operator of the country’s nuclear plants unsurprisingly finds that backup generation capacity for fluctuating wind and solar will need to be as flexible as possible…
The sustainability of renewable energy in Europe
This book demonstrates that the much-needed global shift in energy production and use must happen at a territorial level in order to be truly successful and sustainable…
Security of Supply, Capacity Auctions and Interconnectors
Energy policy aims to deliver security, sustainability and affordability, but politicians treat security of supply as over-riding. Absent market and regulatory failures, liberalized energy-only electricity markets might deliver adequate capacity. Ambitious targets for subsidized renewables and policy uncertainty have undermined the commercial case for the investment needed to handle increased intermittency and raised concerns for capacity adequacy. In response Britain now holds annual capacity auctions. The paper examines the case for, criticisms of, and the outcome of the first auction, criticizing the decision to ignore the contribution that interconnectors make to security of supply.
The Future of electricity: Attracting investment to build tomorrow’s electricity sector
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Renewables in the EU: Policy performance, drivers and barriers
The authors are carrying out a broad, quantitative assessment of the relevance of factors framing the diffusion of renewable energy technologies in the EU. The analysis covers both economic and non-economic factors and places particular emphasis on the relationship between them…
Why the best path to a low-carbon future is not wind or solar power
This paper examines five different low and no-carbon electricity technologies and presents the net benefits of each under a range of assumptions…
Rethinking how to support intermittent renewables
Intermittent renewable energy sources, including solar and wind power, typically remain more expensive than conventional power sources…
Renewables: The only path to a secure, affordable and climatefriendly energy system by 2030
Economic and environmental goals sometimes appear to require opposite paths of action. This paper demonstrates, however, that renewables not only drastically reduce emissions; they also create jobs and offer real medium- and long-term savings to the European economy…
Issues and options with regard to the renewables target in the context of the 2030 EU Climate and Energy Package
Renewables – a contested success story of the 2008 package…
Electricity production from solar and wind in Germany in 2013
The slides show the monthly production of photovoltaic, wind and conventional energies in Germany. They will be updated weekly to provide actual and transparent data.
Climate-smart technologies : integrating renewable energy and energy efficiency in mitigation and adaptation responses
“A unique feature of this publication is that it introduces a variety of concrete projects, initiatives and strategies currently being undertaken and implemented across the ACP region and beyond, showcasing concrete examples of how new technologies as a whole, and renewable energy in particular, can assist island nations in meeting the challenges climate change pose to them.”
Designing renewable electricity policies to reduce emissions
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 and reducing pollution emissions from the power sector justify these policies’ costs has been the subject of considerable debate. We argue in this paper that the debate is misguided because it does not consider two important interactions between renewable electricity generators and the rest of the power system…
