PROMOTING RENEWABLES THROUGH MARKET MECHANISMS

Section 1 gives an introduction explaining the need for a separate promotion scheme for renewables. In section 2, the so far successful promotion of renewables in Denmark is described, as is the background for introducing a certificate-based system. Section 3 describes a model national certificate m...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Energy & environment (Essex, England) England), 2002-09, Vol.13 (4/5), p.763-778
Main Authors: Agerholm, Bent, Kristoffersen, Hans-Erik, Morthorst, Poul Erik, Nybroe, Malene Hein, Mortensen, Bjarne Crone
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Countries
Electricity
Emissions reduction
Energy
Environmental certification
Financial investments
Market prices
Markets
Mathematical models
Pollutant emissions
Promotion
Regulation
Renewable energy
Sustainable development
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Section 1 gives an introduction explaining the need for a separate promotion scheme for renewables. In section 2, the so far successful promotion of renewables in Denmark is described, as is the background for introducing a certificate-based system. Section 3 describes a model national certificate market, followed by a description in section 4 of the proposed Danish system and the necessary administrative set-up. Section 5 deals with the perspectives and problems of trading certificates internationally based on a three-country case study performed by Ris0 National Laboratory. The last section presents the conclusions from the paper.
ISSN:0958-305X
2048-4070
DOI:10.1260/095830502320939688