Green Power Markets : Support Schemes, Case

The essays from the distinguished academics who comprise the REFORM Group (Restructuring Energy Systems for Optimal Resource Management) in this collection focus on one of the core topics of European Union energy policythe increase and support of renewable sources for electricity production. Developments in energy policy in a number of key countrieswith a focus on barriers and drivers towards further expansion of renewable sourcesand how those developments have helped or hindered the growth in the use of renewables are analyzed in detail from a number of different viewpoints.

Lutz Mez is a political and social science professor and director of Environmental Policy Research Centre at the Freie Universitat Berlin.

Introduction	p. 1
The Politics of European Union Policy on Support Schemes for Electricity from Renewable Energy Sources	p. 9
Diffusion of Renewable Feed-in Tariffs in the EU-28 - an Instrumental Contribution for the Dissemination of Renewable Energies	p. 31
Stakeholders Dynamics on Harmonisation/Coordination of Support Systems for Renewable Electricity. The REALISE-Forum Appraisal	p. 51
Actors' Expectations and Viewpoints on the RES-E Support System in the EU: The Experience of the German Desk of REALISE Forum	p. 71
Comparing the Social Efficiency of Instruments Promoting Renewable Energy Sources in the Liberalised Power Industry	p. 95
Greening of European Electricity Industry: The Challenges of Policy Integration Across Cognitive and Administrative Specialisation	p. 125
GREEN-X - Deriving Optimal Strategies for the Promotion of Electricity From Renewables	p. 151
Renewable Energy and Nature Conservation	p. 169
Renewable Electricity Policy in Germany 1974-2005	p. 177
Why Renewables are not Enough: Spain's Discrepancy Between Renewables Growth and Energy (in)Efficiency	p. 201
Renewable Energy Politics in the United States	p. 227
Development of Danish Wind Power Market	p. 251
The Dutch model: Promoting Renewables on Top of Gas Field	p. 269
Flanders' Tradable Green Certificate System Performance. January 2002 - May 2005	p. 287
The Role of Renewables in the Italian Energy Policy: The Development of Green Power	p. 311
UK Power Plant Projects: Will the Government's Renewable Targets be Met?	p. 335
Economic Efficiency of Compulsory Green Electricity Quotas in Sweden	p. 345
The Wrong Roads Taken? Promoting Renewable Power in Central Europe	p. 363
Zig-zags on the Polish Liquid Biofuel Act	p. 393
Renewable Energies in Developing Countries - Providing Green Power for Sustainable Development	p. 403
An Energy Hungry China Starts to Look at Renewables	p. 415
Green Power in India	p. 433
New Perspectives for Biofuels in Brazil	p. 447
Thailand's Experiences with a Green Power Market: The Small Power Producers Program (SPP)	p. 461
Renewable Energy Markets in Africa - Challenges and Opportunities	p. 487
Contributors	p. 505
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