dc.contributor.author | Lehmann, Paul | de |
dc.contributor.author | Söderholm, Patrik | de |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-04-07T13:28:22Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-04-07T13:28:22Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016 | de |
dc.identifier.issn | 1436-140X | de |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/46488 | |
dc.description.abstract | While there is relatively limited disagreement on the general need for supporting the deployment of renewable energy sources for electricity generation (RES-E), there are diverging views on whether the granted support levels should be technology-neutral or technology-specific. In this paper we question the frequently stressed argument that technology-neutral schemes will promote RES-E deployment cost-effectively. A simple partial equilibrium model of the electricity sector with one representative investor is developed to illustrate how the cost-effective support levels to different RES-E technologies will be influenced when selected market failures are introduced. We address market failures associated with technological development, long-term risk taking, path dependencies as well as various external costs, all of which drive a wedge between the private and the social costs of RES-E deployment. Based on these analytical findings and a review of empirical literature, we conclude that the relevance of these market failures is typically heterogeneous across different RES-E technologies. The paper ends by discussing a number of possible caveats to implementing cost-effective technology-specific support schemes in practice, including the role of various information and political economy constraints. While these considerations involve important challenges, neither of them suggests an unambiguous plea for technology-neutral RES support policies either. | en |
dc.language | en | de |
dc.subject.ddc | Ökologie | de |
dc.subject.ddc | Ecology | en |
dc.subject.ddc | Politikwissenschaft | de |
dc.subject.ddc | Political science | en |
dc.subject.other | technology deployment; support schemes; cost-effectiveness | de |
dc.title | Can technology-specific deployment policies be cost-effective? The case of renewable energy support schemes | de |
dc.description.review | begutachtet | de |
dc.description.review | reviewed | en |
dc.source.volume | 1/2016 | de |
dc.publisher.country | DEU | |
dc.publisher.city | Leipzig | de |
dc.source.series | UFZ Discussion Papers | |
dc.subject.classoz | Ökologie und Umwelt | de |
dc.subject.classoz | Ecology, Environment | en |
dc.subject.classoz | spezielle Ressortpolitik | de |
dc.subject.classoz | Special areas of Departmental Policy | en |
dc.subject.thesoz | erneuerbare Energie | de |
dc.subject.thesoz | renewable energy | en |
dc.subject.thesoz | Energieerzeugung | de |
dc.subject.thesoz | energy production | en |
dc.subject.thesoz | Elektrizität | de |
dc.subject.thesoz | electricity | en |
dc.subject.thesoz | neue Technologie | de |
dc.subject.thesoz | new technology | en |
dc.subject.thesoz | Förderpolitik | de |
dc.subject.thesoz | funding policy | en |
dc.subject.thesoz | Energiepolitik | de |
dc.subject.thesoz | energy policy | en |
dc.subject.thesoz | Effektivität | de |
dc.subject.thesoz | effectiveness | en |
dc.subject.thesoz | Subvention | de |
dc.subject.thesoz | subsidy | en |
dc.subject.thesoz | Bioenergie | de |
dc.subject.thesoz | bioenergy | en |
dc.identifier.urn | urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-46488-2 | |
dc.rights.licence | Creative Commons - Namensnennung, Nicht-kommerz., Weitergabe unter gleichen Bedingungen | de |
dc.rights.licence | Creative Commons - Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike | en |
ssoar.contributor.institution | Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung - UFZ | de |
internal.status | formal und inhaltlich fertig erschlossen | de |
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dc.type.stock | monograph | de |
dc.type.document | Arbeitspapier | de |
dc.type.document | working paper | en |
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dc.description.pubstatus | Veröffentlichungsversion | de |
dc.description.pubstatus | Published Version | en |
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