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EU renewable energy support policy: faith or facts?
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Abstract
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| The recentEUCommissionproposalforpromotingthesupplyofpowerfromrenewableenergysources wasoriginallybasedonapan-European,harmonisedtradablegreencertificate(TGC)scheme.We suggest, onthebasisofamulti-disciplinaryanalysis,thatapan-EUTGCsystemisnotthewayforward for Europe.ItisvitalthattheCommission(andthemajorityofMemberStates)avoidsimplementation of suchpolicydesignsputforwardbyacoalitionofvestedinterests.Theyshouldinsteadlookat,andact upon, theavailableevidencefromthosecountriesthathaveexperimentedwithTGCs(e.g.Flanders,UK and Sweden)anddesignpoliciesthatstandabetterchanceofmeetingthecriteriaofeffectiveness, efficiencyandequity.Inparticular,thepoliciesmustenableEUtomeettheimmenseinnovation/ industrialisationchallengebyinducingthedevelopmentofacapitalgoodsindustrythatcan,eventually, diffuse abroadrangeoftechnologiesthatuserenewableenergysources.Onlythenwecanacquirean abilitytoimplementanindustrialrevolutionintheenergysysteminawaythatbroadlymeetsthe criteria ofeffectivenessanddynamicefficiency |
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Language
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English
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Energy policy. - Guildford, 1973, currens
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Publication
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Guildford
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2009
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ISSN
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0301-4215
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1873-6777
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DOI
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10.1016/J.ENPOL.2009.02.043
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37
:6
(2009)
, p. 2143-2146
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ISI
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000266233300018
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