What Renewable Energy Policy Works Best? Feed-in tariffs
| Written by John Farrell | 1 Comment | Updated on Oct 5, 2011 The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://ilsr.org/what-renewable-energy-policy-works-best-feed-tariffs/
Feed-in tariffs are responsible for two-thirds of the world’s wind power (64 percent) and almost 90 percent of the world’s solar power. With simplified grid connections, long term contracts and attractive prices for development, that’s policy that works.
Click to see more of our feed-in tariff (also known as CLEAN Contracts in the U.S.) coverage on Energy Self-Reliant States or see some of our other work on the subject:
Feed-in Tariffs in America: Driving the Economy with Renewable Energy Policy that Works
Pricing CLEAN Contracts for Solar PV in the U.S.
Source for pie charts: Jacobs, David. Applicability of the German FIT to the Taiwanese policy framework. (Presentation to the International Symposium on Germany’s Renewable Energy Development and Power-purchasing Policy Trends, Taipei, Taiwan, 9/28/11).