Renewable energy pioneers are threatened by EU policy reform

Jeremy M Hills; Evanthie Michalena

doi:10.1016/j.renene.2017.02.042

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Renewable energy pioneers are threatened by EU policy reform

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Renewable energy pioneers are threatened by EU policy reform

Jeremy M Hills and Evanthie Michalena

Renewable Energy, Vol.108, pp.26-36

2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2017.02.042

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Abstract

EU policy reform

renewable energy actors

market intervention

policy push

market pull

The European Commission is reforming renewable energy (RE) policy to promote European competitiveness and RE penetration but also to phase-out financial subsidies for mature RE technologies. Optimising policy can be framed in the balance of Market Pull (MP) and Policy Push (PP) factors. The role of this paper is to determine the diversity of perceptions of energy actors, how that diversity relates to the balance of MP and PP and how this is likely to influence the ongoing policy reform process. A European survey was implemented and a total of 108 responses were received. A majority of actors (>75%) thought that there was a need for new EU RE policy. Four robust clusters of actors were identified. Further analysis demonstrated that the balance of MP and PP factors were not important in distinguishing between these clusters. The analysis concluded that levels of market intervention are the primary axis of difference according to energy actors' opinions. These results have consequences for intended policy shifts in the EU RE sector, as the reduction of market intervention could mean that some of the "RE pioneers" may leave the sector which would impact on further RE penetration and EU competitiveness.

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Title: Renewable energy pioneers are threatened by EU policy reform
Authors: Jeremy M Hills (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast
Evanthie Michalena (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast
Publication details: Renewable Energy, Vol.108, pp.26-36
Publisher: Pergamon
Date published: 2017
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2017.02.042
ISSN: 0960-1481
Copyright note: Copyright © 2017. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Organisation Unit: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Sustainability Research Cluster
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99450918802621
Output Type: Journal article

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