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We assess different policies for reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and promoting the innovation and diffusion of CO2-reducing power technologies: (1) emissions price, (2) tax on fossil power, (3) tradable emissions performance standard, (4) market share requirement for renewables, (5)...
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. To date, the majority of CDM investments have gone to emerging markets such as China, India, Brazil, and Mexico, while …
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in mitigation of global warming. Since it was initiated, thousands of CDM projects have been carried out. China, in … benefits the CDM has brought to China, many barriers and problems are still encountered in the practical implementation of CDM … projects. Moreover, as the first Kyoto period is set to expire in 2012, China, as a major emitter and developing country, will …
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Transformationsprozesses in Deutschland und in China sowie die Übertragbarkeit, nämlich inwieweit können die deutschen Erfahrungen nach China … Kreislaufwirtschaft werden die Gemeinsamkeiten und Unterschiede zwischen China und Deutschland herausgefunden. Das starke … Wirtschaftswachstum hat nicht nur in Industrieländern, wie Deutschland, sondern auch in Entwicklungsländern, wie China, zu wachsendem …
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Within the United States, Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) programs have become a popular public policy initiative for states to enact in order to encourage the use of renewable resources for meeting state energy demand. As more states have adopted RPS programs, the design of these programs...
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. Among the most prominent emerging economies, China, India, and Brazil have become three of the most important global … report analyzes renewable energy investment opportunities in USA, Germany, Brazil, China, India and Indonesia. In an effort …, China and Germany have created a favorable economic and policy environment for solar investment; however, given the global …
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Lawmakers want to know the returns on their investment. The difficulties in measuring benefits and costs, and attributing some portion of those to specific research and technology development (R&D) programs, has meant that many such studies are not seen as credible by those lawmakers. This paper...
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Nearly ninety percent of people in rural northern Ghana are without electricity. Many off-grid projects undertaken by the Ghanaian Government to provide electricity to this region have been largely unsuccessful due to the fiscal burdens that prevent the coverage of operational and maintenance...
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Driven by a variety of factors including falling costs, environmental impacts, and state mandates, the integration of renewable energy on the U. S. electrical grid is increasing. While studies have shown that the existing electric grid system can absorb this load with the addition of...
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Market facilitation organizations (MFOs) are a new concept developed asprivate public partnerships for promoting renewable energy markets. Thesepublic-private entities support the growth of particular markets through a variety ofmeans, such as partner matching, information dissemination, and...
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