Promoting electricity from renewable energy sources -- lessons learned from the EU, U.S. and Japan
Description:
The promotion of electricity generated from Renewable Energy Sources (RES) has recently gained high priority in the energy policy strategies of many countries in response to concerns about global climate change, energy security and other reasons. This chapter compares and contrasts the experience of a number of countries in Europe, states in the US as well as Japan in promoting RES, identifying what appear to be the most successful policy measures. Clearly, a wide range of policy instruments ha…
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Date:
June 1, 2007
Creator:
Haas, Reinhard; Meyer, Niels I.; Held, Anne; Finon, Dominique; Lorenzoni, Arturo; Wiser, Ryan et al.
Partner:
UNT Libraries Government Documents Department