-contingent renewable subsidies outperforms both unconditional commitment and discretion. The choice between the practically more feasible …

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. …

subsidies using the Irish Single Electricity Market (SEM) as a test system, with hourly data from 1 January 2008 to 28 August … outage. The effect of wind remains positive after including the subsidies given to wind generation …

, intermittent renewables like wind or solar, and storage. We determine optimal subsidies for renewables and storage capacities when …

, intermittent renewables like wind or solar, and storage. We determine optimal subsidies for renewables and storage capacities when …

-best solution. This is also the case for an electricity consumption tax that is supplemented by subsidies for renewables and a tax … on storage, but not for high shares of renewables in the energy mix. We then analyze second-best subsidies for renewables …

This paper studies how subsidies for solar systems can lead to second-degree moral hazard - the impulse of installers … to increase prices and/or reduce labor input when customers receive subsidies. Employing an instrumental variable … subsidy levels are associated with a cost increase when customers receive unconditional upfront subsidies as compared to …