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The design and sustainability of renewable energy incentives : an economic analysis /
The novelty of this work is the fact that it introduces a rigorous and objective economic perspective of current renewable energy support mechanisms and an empirical analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of these mechanisms, which is much needed in a debate often dominated by widespread misconcep...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington, DC :
The World Bank,
[2014]
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| Colección: | Directions in development (Washington, D.C.). Energy and mining.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Executive Summary
- Abbreviations
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Background
- Key Issues
- Objectives
- Why Is Renewable Energy Important for Poor Countries?
- Taxonomy of Financial Incentive Mechanisms
- Economic vs. Financial Incentives
- Organization of the Rest of the Report
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Chapter 2 The Economic Rationale for Renewable Energy
- Analytical Framework
- Local Environmental Damage Costs
- Discount Rate
- The Social Cost of Carbon
- Fossil-Fuel Price Subsidies
- Renewable Energy and EmploymentSpecific Questions for the Case Studies
- Methodology
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Chapter 3 Case Study: Vietnam
- Sector Background
- Power Sector Development
- Renewable Energy Development
- Renewable Energy Resource Endowment: The Supply Curve
- Production Costs
- The Avoided Social Cost of Thermal Generation
- Carbon Accounting and the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)
- Renewable Energy Targets
- Design of Incentive Schemes
- Incremental Costs and Their Recovery
- Impact of Renewable Energy Tariffs on the ConsumerDecreasing the Consumer Cost with International Assistance
- The Cost of Fossil-Fuel Subsidies
- Conclusions
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Chapter 4 Case Study: Sri Lanka
- Sector Background
- Renewable Energy Development
- Renewable Energy Resource Endowment and the Renewable Energy Supply Curve
- Capital Costs
- The Avoided Social Cost of Thermal Generation
- Carbon Accounting and CDM
- Renewable Energy Targets
- Design of Incentive Schemes
- Incremental Costs and Their Recovery
- Impact of Renewable Energy Tariffs on the ConsumerThe Cost of Fossil-Fuel Subsidies
- Financing New and Renewable Energy
- Conclusions
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Chapter 5 Case Study: Indonesia
- Sector Background
- Renewable Energy Development and the Resource Endowment
- Renewable Energy Targets
- Production Costs
- Geothermal Development Policy Issues
- The Renewable Energy Supply Curve
- Carbon Accounting and CDM
- Design of Incentive Schemes
- Detailed Design of the Geothermal Feed-In Tariff
- Incremental Costs and Their Recovery
- Potential Impact of Incremental Costs on the ConsumerBuying Down the Price of Renewable Energy with International Assistance
- The Environmental Costs of the Electricity Subsidy
- Conclusions
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Chapter 6 Case Study: South Africa
- Sector Background
- Renewable Energy Development
- Renewable Energy Targets
- Design of Incentive Schemes
- Impact of Renewable Energy Tariffs on the Consumer
- Conclusions
- Note
- Bibliography
- Chapter 7 Case Study: Tanzania
- Sector Background
- Renewable Energy Development