Preface -- Chapter 1. China's wind and solar sectors: trends in deployment, manufacturing, and energy policy / Iacob Koch-Weser and Ethan Meick -- Chapter 2. Statement of Leocadia I. Zak, Director, U.S. Trade and Development Agency. Hearing on "U.S.-China Clean Energy Cooperation: Status,...

Despite a 30-year long history, Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS) remain controversial and debates continue to surround their efficacy in leading the low-carbon transition in the electricity sector. Contributing to the ongoing debates is the lack of definitive causal evidence on their impact...

The paper traces the rise and decline of solar cell commercialization efforts during the 1970s and early 1980s in the United States. It shows how technology policies for photovoltaic appliances gained and lost support in a time of increasing uncertainty about future resource supplies and the...

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...