Renewable Energy Support Schemes: In ROC we Trust
Article from: OGEL 2 (2011), in Comparative Energy Law
Introduction
Notwithstanding the recent turmoil in financial markets, demand for renewable electricity has undergone rapid growth, both in the European market and beyond in rapidly emerging economies. The promotion of an alternative, domestic renewable energy source in the E.U. serves to enhance security of electricity supply, promotes climate change mitigation and arguably fosters the long-term liberalization aspirations of the Internal Energy Market. Directive 2009/28 EC[1] on the promotion of energy from renewable sources provides that national support schemes to ...