Assessing the strength and effectiveness of renewable electricity feed-in tariffs in European Union countries

Energy Policy

Volumn 52, Issue , 2013, Pages 385-401

  Jenner, Steffen ^a   Groba, Felix ^b   Indvik, Joe ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b DIW BERLIN   (Germany)

^c ICF INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Feed in tariff; Panel data models; Renewable energy

Indexed keywords

ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY PRICES; ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION; EUROPEAN UNION COUNTRIES; FEED-IN TARIFF; FIXED EFFECTS; ONSHORE WINDS; PANEL DATA; PANEL DATA MODELS; POLICY DESIGN; PRODUCTION COST; RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RETURN ON INVESTMENTS; SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAICS; SOLAR PVS; WIND POWER DEVELOPMENT;

COSTS; ELECTRICITY; PROFITABILITY; WIND POWER;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

ECONOMETRICS; ENERGY POLICY; EUROPEAN UNION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PANEL DATA; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOLAR POWER; WIND POWER;

EID: 84870661227     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2012.09.046     Document Type: Article

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