A summary of public policy support for renewable energy in electricity generation -- Problems afflicting renewable energy in electricity generation -- Central rationales for policy support for renewables : a review -- Some implications of the outlook for the natural gas market

The income that wind and solar power receive on the market is affected by the variability of their output. At times of high availability of the primary energy source, they supply electricity at zero marginal costs, shift the supply curve (merit-order curve) to the right and thereby reduce the...