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List of Figures, Tables and Box viii
Acknowledgements ix
Foreword x
Executive Summary xiii
Introduction xix
List of Acronyms and Abbreviations xxi
Renewable Energy: Barriers and Support Schemes
Barriers to Renewable Energy 3
Cost and pricing 3
Legal and regulatory 5
Market performance 6
Renewable Energy Support Schemes 8
The Feed-in model 8
The quota model 9
The tendering system 14
Net metering 15
The alternatives are not working 16
Energy Efficiency: The Essential Partner of Renewables Dan Bristow 19
Policies Around the World
Germany's Success 25
A brief history of energy resources in Germany 25
Creation of the first feed-in law 26
The 1990 Feed-In Law: Stromeinspeisungsgesetz 27
Complementary support measures 29
The StrEG's main issues of contention 30
The 2000 Renewable Energy Sources Act: Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz 30
The 2004 EEG Amendment 34
The new energy policy of thered-green coalition 36
Effects of the legislation 43
Spain's Success 47
Development of RE policy 47
Electric Power Act 54/1997 48
Royal Decree 2818/1998 49
Royal Decree 436/2004 49
Main features of the Special System 51
Summary of the main changes in the Royal Decree 436/2004 52
Barriers for RES in Spain 53
Comparison of the Spanish and German systems 53
Achievements of Spanish renewable energy legislation 58
Facing forward 58
Policies in the US 60
PURPA 61
Production Tax Credit 61
California rebate programme for PV 63
Public benefit funds in California 65
Renewable Portfolio Standard 66
Policies in Japan 71
The Kyoto Protocol 74
The Developing World Dan Bristow 76
Common contextual factors 77
Off-grid 78
FITs in grid-connected areas 80
Mauritius 80
China 83
Concluding remarks 85
Implementation and the Future
Feed-in Tariff Design Options 89
Support level and duration 90
Tariff revision 92
Purchase obligation 92
Stepped tariff designs 93
Technical learning factors in policy 95
Tariff degression 96
Premium versus fixed tariff design 97
Additional premiums for RES-E generators 98
Repowering premium 99
Demand orientation 99
Methods of increasing local acceptance 100
Burden sharing 100
Forecast obligation 101
Conclusions 102
General Lessons for Effective Implementation 103
Organizations Aiding Renewable Energy Deployment 107
The Future: Policy, Technology, Employment and Investment 110
Solar technology 111
Wind 114
Wave energy 116
Biofuels 117
Energy storage 120
Legislation 123
Investment 126
Jobs 129
Conclusion 130
Recommended Reading 131
Bibliography 134
Index 143
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