Renewables require support policies to deliver the European 20% target. We discuss the requirements for least-cost development and efficient operation and quantify how different schemes (i) allow for the development of a renewable energy technology portfolio; (ii) reduce rent transfers to...

Under the proposed renewables Directive, Member States would commit to delivering additional renewable energy so that collectively they would generate 20% of energy from renewable sources by 2020. The requirements for each Member State are linked to the GDP. The Proposal offers two options for...

Renewables require support policies to deliver the European 20% target. We discuss the requirements for least cost development and efficient operation and quantify how different schemes: (i) allow for the development of a renewable energy technology portfolio; (ii) reduce rent transfers to...

This chapter assesses the development and possible future orientation(s) of EU Energy Law and Policy, focusing upon the commitment to market liberalization and market-based approaches, as well as the combination of EU and national level actors, institutions and policies. The combination of goals...

This chapter analyses the contribution of the Court of Justice to the harmonization of private law through the lens of the Court's rulings on Directives in the field. In particular, the implementation of such Directives by Member States is discussed, in the context both of the Court's rulings...