In January 2008 the European Commission (EC) presented an integrated Climate and Energy package to cut emissions for … the 21st Century, including proposals for specific targets on renewable energy (20% by 2020) and greenhouse gas emissions … reduction (20% by 2020). The package, amongst others, includes a proposal for a directive on the promotion of the use of energy …

As part of a mission-oriented program for accelerating the commercialization of geothermal energy, research is … sponsored which concerns the quantitative analysis of investment decisions by industries involved in the development of … report specifically compares the relative investment incentive offered by two categories of geothermal ventures: (a …

The analysis and modeling of investment behavior in the development of hydrothermal electric power facilities are … reported. This investment behavior reflects a degree of sensitivity to public policy alternatives concerning taxation and … regulation of the resource and its related energy conversion facilities. The objective of the current research is to provide a …

usefulness of additional investment tax credits was studied as a method for encouraging utilities to invest in geothermal energy …The effects of various financial incentives on potential developers of geothermal electric energy are studied and the … geothermal energy under a variety of ownerships with several assumptions about financial incentives. (MHR) …

schedule) and a business energy investment tax credit (ITC). Since the signing of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct) on …

most common variety of CDM project, renewable energy efforts, do not produce enough emission reductions to justify the CDM …