Many governments provide subsidies to shift from ‘dirty' but cheap fossil fuels to ‘clean' but expensive renewable energy. Recently, public incentives in the renewable energy sector have been challenged through both dispute settlement procedures of the World Trade Organization and domestic...

Energy is an important ingredient of any nation's socio-economic development. It can be derived from both fossil fuels and renewables. Renewable energy – typically, solar, wind, geothermal, hydropower, bioenergy and ocean power – is gaining popularity across the globe as an...