This article describes some of the issues arising from the relationship between renewable energy subsidies and their impact on international trade, including trade in products instrumental to the pursuit of environmental objectives, which may be directly targeted or indirec...
In the United States, the government provides subsidies for renewable energy projects mainly to _. While in some European countries, it is mainly to _. A. promote economic development; combat climate change B. reduce unemployment; protect the environment C. meet domestic energy demand; gain ...
Energy PolicyRenewable EnergyEnvironmental SubsidyCan subsidies to renewable energy effectively internalize CO2 costs in electricity production? Under current policy design it only matters that the replaced enePattakou, AimiliaVlahakis, AryestisSocial Science Electronic Publishing...
This article provides a specification of the principle of sustainable development by exploring any effective and rational energy and trade strategy, with an aim to reduce the dependency on fossil fuel and eventually replace it with renewable energy production and use. Trade treaty law has prevented ...
Faced with the energy transition imperative, governments have to decide about public policies to promote renewable electrical energy production and to protect domestic power generation equipment industries. These policies can generate trade frictions. For example, in the Canadian renewable energy dispute the...
aThe fund subsidies for renewable energy electricity grid corporate takeovers cannot by sales of electricity when part of the costs of recycling, is also used to support science and technology research related to renewable energy development, standards and information system construction, demonstration proj...
Estimated consumption subsidies, industrial and developing countries, fossil fuels and renewables. Source: Worldwatch. Click to enlarge. Fossil fuel subsidies continue to far outweigh support for renewable energy, according to new research conducted for
This paper evaluates the consequences of renewable energy policies on welfare, resource rents and energy costs in a world where carbon pricing is imperfect and the regulator seeks to limit emissions to a (cumulative) target. We use a global general equilibrium model with an intertemporal fossil res...
BERLIN, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- Subsidies under the German Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG) have risen to their highest-ever monthly level in January, electricity network operators revealed Tuesday. More than 2.3 billion euros (about 2.8 billion U.S. dollars) were paid out in EEG subsidies to...
Balance of power tilts from fossil fuels to renewable energy China stands out among leading countries by spending billions of dollars a year in subsidising the production and consumption of both fossil fuels and renewables. Yet most countries can be divided into those that put taxpayers’ money int...