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We develop and implement a new method for identifying wasted subsidies, and use it to provide systematic evidence on … the misallocation of carbon offsets in the Clean Development Mechanism - the world's largest carbon offset program. Using …
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-contingent renewable subsidies outperforms both unconditional commitment and discretion. The choice between the practically more feasible …
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subsidies using the Irish Single Electricity Market (SEM) as a test system, with hourly data from 1 January 2008 to 28 August … after including the cost of subsidies given to wind generation. …
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All forms of renewable energy are at an inflection point. Falling costs, changing technology, and new environmental and climate regulations have all moved to exponentially increase the growth of renewable energy. How legal terms, such as "qualifying facility" under PURPA are interpreted and...
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This paper analyses the effects of government policies on flows of private finance for investment in renewable energy … investment, governments wishing to secure project completion have no other choice than to support projects directly through the …
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This report investigates the effects of select climate policies, non-climate policies, as well as political economy factors on the decarbonisation of electricity in OECD countries from 2000 to 2015. Effects are analysed on the three phases of decarbonisation: (1) increasing the share of...
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of the investment environment on investment and innovation in renewable power in OECD and G20 countries. It also assesses … how countries’ investment environments interact with climate mitigation policies to influence investment and patent … variables, which were analysed using two Poisson-family regression models: one to investigate determinants of investment flows …
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This paper explores the role of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in the low-carbon transition in OECD and G20 countries. It tracks GHG emissions and energy investments by SOEs and analyses the impact of SOEs on investments in renewable electricity. A descriptive analysis of SOEs’ role in the...
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This study uses a unique dataset of investment flows to analyse the role of two categories of public interventions …
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