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Title:
Cost effects of international trade in meeting EU renewable electricity targets
 
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Published by: Publication date:
ECN Policy Studies 1-12-2005
 
ECN report number: Document type:
ECN-RX--05-158 Article (scientific)
 
Number of pages:
0  

Published in: Energy Policy (Elsevier), , 2006, Vol.34, p.352-364.

Abstract:

The European market for renewable electricity received a major stimulus from the adoption of the Directive on the Promotion of Renewable Electricity. The Directive specifies the indicative targets for electricity supply from renewable energy sources (RES-E) to be reached in European Union (EU) Member States in the year 2010. It also requires Member States to certify the origin of their renewable electricity production. This article presents a first EU-wide quantitative evaluation of the effects of meeting the targets, using an EU-wide system for tradable green certificates (TGC). We calculate the equilibrium price of green certificates and identify which countries are likely to export or import certificates. Cost advantages of participating in such an EU-wide trading scheme are determined for each of the Member States. Moreover, we identify which choice of technologies results in meeting targets at least costs. Results are obtained from a model that quantifies the effects of achieving the RES-E targets in the EU with and without trade. The article provides a brief insight in this model a

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