Carbon lock-out: Advancing renewable energy policy in Europe

dc.bibliographicCitation.firstPage323eng
dc.bibliographicCitation.issue2eng
dc.bibliographicCitation.lastPage354eng
dc.bibliographicCitation.volume5
dc.contributor.authorLehmann, Paul
dc.contributor.authorCreutzig, Felix
dc.contributor.authorEhlers, Melf-Hinrich
dc.contributor.authorFriedrichsen, Nele
dc.contributor.authorHeuson, Clemens
dc.contributor.authorHirth, Lion
dc.contributor.authorPietzcker, Robert
dc.date.accessioned2018-10-09T01:44:55Z
dc.date.available2019-06-26T17:20:24Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractAs part of its climate strategy, the EU aims at increasing the share of electricity from renewable energy sources (RES-E) in overall electricity generation. Attaining this target poses a considerable challenge as the electricity sector is “locked” into a carbon-intensive system, which hampers the adoption of RES-E technologies. Electricity generation, transmission and distribution grids as well as storage and demand response are subject to important path dependences, which put existing, non-renewable energy sources at an advantage. This paper examines how an EU framework for RES-E support policies should be designed to facilitate a carbon lock-out. For this purpose, we specify the major technological, economic and institutional barriers to RES-E. For each of the barriers, a policy review is carried out which assesses the performance of existing policy instruments and identifies needs for reform. The review reveals several shortcomings: while policies targeting generation are widely in place, measures to address barriers associated with electricity grids, storage and demand are still in their infancy and have to be extended. Moreover, the implementation of policies has been fragmented across EU Member States. In this respect, national policies should be embedded into an integrated EU-wide planning of the RES-E system with overarching energy scenarios and partially harmonized policy rules.eng
dc.description.versionpublishedVersioneng
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dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.34657/816
dc.identifier.urihttps://oa.tib.eu/renate/handle/123456789/768
dc.language.isoengeng
dc.publisherBasel : MDPIeng
dc.relation.doihttps://doi.org/10.3390/en5020323
dc.relation.ispartofseriesEnergies, Volume 5, Issue 2, Page 323-354eng
dc.rights.licenseCC BY-NC-SA 3.0 Unportedeng
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/eng
dc.subjectCarbon lock-ineng
dc.subjectdemand managementeng
dc.subjectelectricityeng
dc.subjectenergy policyeng
dc.subjectfeed-in tariffeng
dc.subjectelectricity generationeng
dc.subjectgridseng
dc.subjectrenewable energy sourceseng
dc.subjectstorageeng
dc.subject.ddc550eng
dc.titleCarbon lock-out: Advancing renewable energy policy in Europeeng
dc.typearticleeng
dc.typeTexteng
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.journalTitleEnergieseng
tib.accessRightsopenAccesseng
wgl.contributorPIKeng
wgl.subjectGeowissenschafteneng
wgl.typeZeitschriftenartikeleng
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