Feed-in tariffs in the European Union Renewable energy policy, the internal electricity market and economic expertise /

• Main Authors: Cointe, Béatrice (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Nadaï, Alain (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Progressive Energy Policy
• Subjects: Environmental sociology.; Renewable energy resources.; Energy policy.; Energy and state.; Environment.; Environmental geography.; Environmental Sociology.; Renewable and Green Energy.; Energy Policy, Economics and Management.; Environment Studies.; Environmental Geography.

This book is a sociological account of the historical trajectory of feed-in tariffs (FITs) as an instrument for the promotion of renewable energy in Europe. Chapters analyse the emergence and transformations of feed-in tariffs as part of the policy arsenal developed to encourage the creation of mark...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Agencing feed-in tariffs in the European Union
• 2. FITs and European Renewable Energy Policy Before 1996: A Tale of Two Beginnings
• 3. Tariffs, quotas, and the ideal of pan-European harmonisation from 1996 to 2001
• 4. 2001-2008: European-scale experimentation in renewable energy policy-making
• 5. Turbulence and reforms in European renewable energy policy after 2008
• 6. Conclusion.