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The Dutch renewable electricity market in 2003. An overview and evaluation of current changes in renewable electricity policy in the Netherlands
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ECN
Policy Studies
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1-4-2003
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ECN-C--03-037
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ECN publication
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26
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Abstract:
Since the opening of the Dutch retail market for renewable electricityin July 2001 the number of renewable electricity customers has increased
from about 250,000 to approximately 1.4 mil-lion in January 2003. This
surge in the demand for renewable electricity was caused mainly by favourable
fiscal incentives for renewable electricity production and consumption
and further stimulated the growth of the European green certificate
market. However, there were several adverse effects associated with
the Dutch support model for renewable electricity. The import of renewable
electricity resulted in a considerable loss of tax revenues, while not
effectively stimu-lating additional investments in the Netherlands or
elsewhere. These adverse effects caused the government to review its
renewables policy and subsequently led to the proposal of a new sup-port
mechanism in November 2002. This report describes the recently adopted
policy changes. Finally, the new support mechanism is evaluated in the
light of its stated policy objectives and the future harmonisation of
the European renewable electricity market.
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