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    OPTRES. Assessment and optimisation of renewable energy support schemes in the European electricity market
    (Fraunhofer IRB Verlag, 2007)
    Ragwitz, Mario
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    Held, A.
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    et al.
    This book was written in the frame of the OPTRES project, which was supported by the European Commission within the framework of the Intelligent Energy for Europe programme. The consortium, consisting of six European partners, analysed the effectiveness as well as the economic efficiency of currently implemented support schemes for renew-able energies in the electricity sector (RES-E) in the enlarged European Union. The analysis gives recommendations for future improvements of the existing RES-E promotion measures. Furthermore the consortium carried out an extensive stakeholder consultation, focussing on the identification of existing market barriers to the development of renewable electricity in the EU. The effectiveness and efficiency of current and future RES-E support schemes were analysed with particular focus on a single European market for renewable electricity products. Current best practices were identified and an assessment made of the (future) costs of RES-E and the relevant support necessary to initiate stable growth. The main barriers to a higher RES-E deployment as perceived by market actors and stakeholders were assessed.
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    Promotion of renewable energy sources. Effects on innovation
    ( 2007)
    Ragwitz, Mario
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    Huber, C.
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    Resch, G.
    To meet existing and future targets for renewable energy sources, national governments, EU policymakers and electricity market stakeholders have a pronounced interest in designing optimal instruments for the promotion of Renewable Energy Sources in the Electricity sector (RES-E). This paper characterises the present status of the RES-E markets in Europe, the portfolio of promotional instruments currently applied across the EU and the progress the Member States have made in reaching the targets. In particular, existing support schemes are analysed in terms of their effectiveness in achieving additional RES-E generation and in terms of their ability to meet the targets at minimum costs (efficiency). Our empirical findings show that instruments which are effective also tend to be efficient. Further, the short- and long-term diffusion of specific RES technologies depends on the support schemes in place. Finally, the paper discusses the compatibility of different instruments to support RES-E in the context of more general energy policy objectives.
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    FORRES 2020: Analysis of the Renewable Energy Sources' Evolution up to 2020
    (Fraunhofer IRB Verlag, 2005)
    Ragwitz, Mario
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    Schleich, J. orcid-logo
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    Huber, C.
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    Resch, G.
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    Faber, T.
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    Voogt, M.
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    Coenraads, R.
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    Cleijne, H.
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    Bodo, P.
    Renewable energy sources have the potential to make a large contribution to the sustainable energy future of the European Union. In particular they can help to reach the environmental goals of the EU - especially with regard to the commitments under the Kyoto Protocol - and to increase the security of supply by mitigating the dependence on imported fuels. Finally the development of renewable energy sources can contribute to the goal of the Lisbon process to reach sustainable economic growth and to improve the competitiveness of the European Union on a global scale by creating lead markets for innovative technologies. This study provides an overview of the progress made on the European market for renewable energy sources for the EU-25 Member States. The results and analyses describe the present situation, assess the progress of the Member States with regard to their 2010 targets and show future perspectives of renewable energies until 2020. This report was produced within the scope of the FORRES 2020 study, which was initiated and financed by the European Commission, Directorate-General for Energy and Transport with the aim to: - provide input for monitoring the progress of the targets set in the White Paper "Energy for the future: Renewable sources of energy", the Directive on the promotion of electricity from renewable energy sources , and the Directive on biofuels - provide insight into future developments of a green energy market in the European Union and Bulgaria and Romania until 2020.