Keywords:
Tariff-European Union countries.
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Renewable energy sources-Government policy-European Union countries.
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Electronic books.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (143 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9783319763217
Series Statement:
Progressive Energy Policy Series
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=5347255
DDC:
333.794094
Language:
English
Note:
Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: Agencing Feed-in Tariffs in the European Union -- Feed-in Tariffs: An Overview -- Defining Features and Brief History -- Why Study FITs in the European Union? -- Approaching Feed-in Tariffs as Socio-Technical Agencements -- How to Retrace a European History of FITs? -- FITs as Agencements -- What Can a History of FITs in the European Union Teach Us? -- References -- Chapter 2: FITs and European Renewable Energy Policy Before 1996: A Tale of Two Beginnings -- The Origins of Feed-in Tariffs -- Feed-in Tariffs in Denmark -- Feed-in Tariffs in Germany -- Early European Approaches to Renewable Energy Policy and Feed-in Tariffs -- Agencing Renewable Energy Policy Within the Construction of the European Internal Electricity Market -- Helping Renewables "Find a Place in the Market" -- Renewable Energy Policy as a Correction of Market Failures -- Internalising Externalities to "Reveal the Ultimate Performance" of Renewable Energy Technologies -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: Tariffs, Quotas and the Ideal of Pan-European Harmonisation from 1996 to 2001 -- Towards a European Strategy for Renewable Energy Policy -- Various Options for Renewable Electricity Support Policies -- Orchestrating Renewable Energy Policy Across the European Union: The Commission's Harmonisation Agenda -- The Compatibility of FITs and TGCs with the Commission's Harmonisation Agenda -- Feed-in Tariffs as Political Instruments Disconnected from Markets -- Tradable Green Certificates as a Device for Harmonising Support to Renewable Electricity -- Prices and Quantities in Economic Theory -- Harmonisation Postponed -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4: 2001-2008: European-Scale Experimentation in Renewable Energy Policy-Making -- A Re-agencement of Feed-in Tariffs.
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The German Renewable Energy Law: Articulating FITs to Market Dynamics -- PreussenElektra v. Schleswag: Establishing the Compatibility of FITs with the Single Market -- Experimenting with Renewable Energy Policy -- The Constitution of a Field of Research and Expertise About Renewable Energy Policy -- Theoretical and Practical Refinements in the Conception of Renewable Electricity Policy -- Estimating External Costs -- Taking the Diversity of Renewable Energy Technologies into Account -- Following Cost and Innovation Trajectories -- Tailoring Support Schemes to Diverse Renewable Energy Sources and Technologies -- Documenting the Experiment: Surveys, Assessment and Formalisation -- The Legitimation of Feed-in Tariffs -- Feed-in Tariffs and Investment -- Feed-in Tariffs and Diversity -- The European Commission Endorses Feed-in Tariffs -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5: Turbulence and Reforms in European Renewable Energy Policy After 2008 -- The Evolution of Renewable Electricity Policies Across Europe in the late 2000s -- Healthy Convergence?… -- … or Ad-Hoc Tinkering? -- Critiques of Feed-in Tariffs -- The Hegemony of Economic Instruments Reconsidered -- The Adequacy of Feed-in Tariffs for All Technologies Contested -- Challenges of FIT Design: The Example of Photovoltaics -- What Is a 'Right' Tariff? -- Theoretical Approaches to Feed-in Tariff Calibration -- Elusive Information on Project Costs -- Adjusting Feed-in Tariffs -- Keeping Up with the Dynamics of Photovoltaic Technologies Markets -- Avoiding Over-Stimulation -- Balancing Private and Collective Risks and Benefits -- The Commission's New Approach to Renewable Energy Policy -- Coordinating Support Through Guidance and Guidelines -- Phasing out Feed-in Tariffs -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 6: Conclusion -- The Trajectory of Feed-in Tariffs in Europe -- Lessons Drawn.
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Renewable Energy Policy and the Internal Electricity Market -- The Ambiguous Relationship Between FITs and the Liberalisation of Electricity Markets -- What Does It Mean to be "Market-Based"? -- Many Agencements of Feed-in Tariffs -- European Frictions -- References -- Appendix: List of Documents Analysed -- European Institutions -- Directives -- Commission -- Others -- Reports and Grey Literature -- Academic Papers -- Index.
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