Renewable Energy Policies in a Time of Transition IRENA, OECD/IEA and REN21.
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| Authors & editors | |
| Publisher | International Renewable Energy Agency |
| Year of publication | 2018 - |
| Languages | English (main text) |
| Medium | Digital |
| Edition | 1 |
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| Scope & content | This publication aims to provide policymakers with a comprehensive understanding of the diverse policy options to support the development of renewables across sectors, technologies, country contexts, energy market structures, and policy objectives. It not only illustrates the changing landscape of policies for renewable energy in power, heating and cooling, and transport, but also highlights the importance of system integration and sector coupling, reflecting the expanding opportunities for integration with increasing renewable energy deployment. Additionally, the publication presents an updated classification of renewable energy policies, jointly formulated by the three institutions, to illustrate the latest policy developments around the world and facilitate harmonised policy tracking. As policy design for renewables continues to evolve and increase in sophistication, the lines separating policies in the traditional classifications have become increasingly blurred. This new classification also captures the importance of the broader policy context – one that goes well beyond energy sector policy alone - required to achieve the energy transition in line with the appropriate socio-economic structures to support it. |
Divisions within this publication
- 1: 1. Introduction and background _________________________ 16
- 2: 1.1 The renewable energy era _____________________________ 17
- 3: 1.2 Renewables advancing the energy transition _____________ 19
- 4: 1.3 Current status of targets and policies ___________________ 22
- 5: 1.4 Conclusions __________________________________________ 23
- 6: 2. Heating and cooling __________________________________ 24
- 7: 2.1 Introduction: Status and market trends __________________ 25
- 8: 2.2 Renewable heating and cooling policies: Overview________ 26
- 9: 2.3 Cluster 1 – District heating approaches _________________ 28
- 10: 2.4 Cluster 2 – Competing with extensive natural gas grids ___ 30
- 11: 2.5 Cluster 3 – Renewable heating and cooling policies in
- 12: emerging economies __________________________________ 32
- 13: 2.6 Cluster 4 – Clean cooking _____________________________ 34
- 14: 2.7 Conclusions __________________________________________ 37
- 15: 3. Transport ____________________________________________ 38
- 16: 3.1 Introduction: Status and market trends __________________ 39
- 17: 3.2 Policies that drive renewables in transport: Overview _____ 44
- 18: 3.3 Biofuel policies _______________________________________ 45
- 19: 3.4 Policies supporting renewable electricity as transport fuel __ 48
- 20: 3.5 Policies supporting future renewable transport fuels _______ 51
- 21: 3.6 Policies supporting renewable energy in aviation __________ 52
- 22: 3.7 Policies supporting renewables in shipping _______________ 52
- 23: 3.8 Conclusions __________________________________________ 54
- 24: 4. Power sector ________________________________________ 56
- 25: 4.1 Introduction: Status and market trends __________________ 57
- 26: 4.2 Renewable power policies: Overview ____________________ 60
- 27: 4.3 Regulatory policies for all stakeholders ___________________ 61
- 28: 4.4 Regulatory and pricing policies for large-scale installations _ 62
- 29: 4.5 Regulatory and pricing policies for distributed generation ___ 65
- 30: 4.6 Regulatory and pricing policies for electricity access from
- 31: decentralised renewables ______________________________ 66
- 32: 4.7 Non-regulatory policies for all installations _______________ 69
- 33: 4.8 Conclusions __________________________________________ 74
- 34: 5. System integration of renewables – transforming
- 35: power systems _______________________________________ 76
- 36: 5.1 Introduction __________________________________________ 77
- 37: 5.2 Phases 1 and 2: Targeted measures
- 38: at the onset of VRE deployment ________________________ 80
- 39: 5.3 Phases 3 and 4: A system-wide approach _______________ 84
- 40: In Focus: Policy on the frontier – sector coupling _________ 93
- 41: 5.4 Conclusions __________________________________________ 96
- 42: 6. The way forward _____________________________________ 98
