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Feed-in Tariffs -- Operation and Cost Issues
A Copenhagen Prognosis: Towards a Safe Climate Future
This report examines the current state of climate change, offers guidance for the future and a path forward, and finally takes into account the need for climate protection for human development in the third world.
Excerpted from the Key Messages section: "Achieving the necessary 'Great Transformation' to give humanity a reasonable chance t ...
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Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,EU and Member States,Rich and Poor Nations,Asia and Oceania,Africa,Latin America
Crossing the Valley of Death: Solutions to the Next Generation Clean Energy Project Financing Gap
This paper discusses the "Valley of Death", or the difficulty first time green infrastructure projects experience finding investment.From the Introduction:"This paper seeks to summarize our interviewees’ comments and contextualise them with quantitative research from BNEF’s Intelligence database. It is structured in two principal elements."A brief ...
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Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,Rich and Poor Nations
Economic Impacts from the Promotion of Renewable Energy Technologies: The German Experience
From the Abstract:
"The allure of an environmentally benign, abundant, and cost-eff ective energy source
has led an increasing number of industrialized countries to back public financing of
renewable energies. Germany’s experience with renewable energy promotion is often
cited as a model to be replicated elsewhere, being based on a combination ...
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Geographic Focus: EU and Member States
Economic Stimulus: The Case for “Green” Infrastructure, Energy Security and “Green” Jobs
A very thorough examination and review of the case for green energy and the resulting creation of millions of jobs globally between now and 2050. Many charts, diagrams, pie charts, and other visual organizers to help the reader assimilate all the information, which is organized according to the following Table of Contents:
Addressing the ...
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Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,EU and Member States
Feed In Tariffs
This is an article appearing in a The Solar Alliance Newsletter.
The purpose of Solar Alliance is to accelerate the use of solar energy in the United States. They provide technical and policy expertise to support the delivery of solar energy to all markets: residential, commercial, government, and utility customers.
Feed-In-Tariffs ...
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Geographic Focus: US Only
Feed-in Tariff for Renewable Energies: An Effective Stimulus Package without New Public Borrowing
"This brochure describes the basic principles of the Renewable Energy Sources Act
and seeks, above all, to place them in the context of the policy debates that have
been taking place. It is demonstrated that many of the arguments often used against
feed-in tariff do not hold water. Above all, the economic arguments rooted in free
market theory ...
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Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,EU and Member States
Feed-in Tariff Policy: Design, Implementation, and RPS Policy Interactions
From the Conclusion: "Feed-in tariffs are intended to increase the adoption of renewable energy technologies, encourage the development of the RE industry, and provide significant economic development benefits. Experience from Europe suggests that a well-designed feed-in tariff can generate rapid growth for targeted RE technologies by creating c ...
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Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,EU and Member States
Feed-in Tariffs Go Global: Policy in Practice
This paper, which is very much in favor of Feed-in Tariffs (FiTs) as a mechanism to incentivize investment in and the development of renewable energies. The discussion is organized around the following rubrics:
Design Options
Sliding Support Scale
Where Are Feed-in Tariffs Programs in Existence or Being Explored?
The Feed-in Tariff ...
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Host: Renewable Energy World.com
Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,EU and Member States,Rich and Poor Nations,Asia and Oceania,Africa,Latin America
FIT for America: Best Practices in Feed-in Tariff Policies
From the Executive Summary: "This analysis begins with a discussion highlighting the advantages of FiTs. Under the framework of five best practices, the paper examines the impact of current FiT policies in the United States, including Gainsville, FL., the state of Vermont, and three separate initiatives in California. The paper concludes with a ...
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Geographic Focus: US Only
Global Gaps in Clean Energy RD&D: Update and Recommendations for International Collaboration
The report updates a December 2009 IEA paper.
That report found that, in order to achieve a 50% reduction in
energy-related carbon dioxide emissions by 2050, public funding for clean energy research, development and demonstration
(RD&D) must increase by 3-6 times the current levels.
The update discusses the
impacts of green sti ...
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Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,EU and Member States,Rich and Poor Nations,Asia and Oceania,Africa,Latin America
State Clean Energy Policies Analysis (SCEPA) Project: An Analysis of Renewable Energy Feed-in Tariff...
From the Executive Summary: "The use of feed-in tariffs (FIT) is gaining popularity in the United States as a policy option for encouraging renewable energy (RE) development. A number of states have recently implemented FITs and several utilities have launched utility-specific FIT policies to help meet their renewable portfolio standards (RPS) ( ...
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Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,EU and Member States
The Economics of Solar Power
From Article At a Glance: "Solar energy is becoming more economically attractive as technologies improve, and the cost of electricity generated by fossil fuels rises."
"By 2020, hundreds of billions of dollars of investment capital will probably boost global solar generating capacity 20 to 40 times higher than its current level."
"As t ...
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Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,Asia and Oceania
The Little Climate Finance Book
Everything you ever wanted to know about financing global climate change in a highly accessible form, even for lay readers. The discussion is organized around the following topics:
Understanding Financing
Generation
Delivery
Institutional Arrangements (government and non-government)
Comparative Analysis
Wh ...
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Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,EU and Member States,Rich and Poor Nations,Asia and Oceania,Africa,Latin America
Unlocking Finance for Clean Energy: The Need for ‘Investment Grade’ Policy
This report examines the need for "investment grade" policy in order to unlock the dramatic investment required for a significant scale-up in renewables. "Financiability must move to the heart of policy-making."
" ‘Investment grade’ Renewable Energy Policy – Key Features:'
· Clear, unambiguous policy objectives, with clear enforcement p ...
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Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,EU and Member States,Rich and Poor Nations,Asia and Oceania,Africa,Latin America
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