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The Impact of Government Policies on Renewable Energy Investment

In: RENEWABLE ENERGY FINANCE Powering the Future

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  • Gireesh Shrimali

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Renewable energy is attractive to policymakers for a variety of reasons. First, renewable energy, due to its low emission profile, addresses the issue of climate change directly. Second, renewable energy, due to its non-reliance on imported fossil fuels, has positive implications for energy security. Finally, renewable energy has implications for increased jobs, especially in manufacturing, as well as project development…

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  • Gireesh Shrimali, 2015. "The Impact of Government Policies on Renewable Energy Investment," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: Charles W Donovan (ed.), RENEWABLE ENERGY FINANCE Powering the Future, chapter 6, pages 131-146, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
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    Cited by:

    1. Krupa, Joel & Harvey, L.D. Danny, 2017. "Renewable electricity finance in the United States: A state-of-the-art review," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 135(C), pages 913-929.
    2. Đukan, Mak & Kitzing, Lena, 2021. "The impact of auctions on financing conditions and cost of capital for wind energy projects," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 152(C).

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    Keywords

    Renewable Energy; Clean Energy Finance; Solar Energy Financing;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q2 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Renewable Resources and Conservation
    • Q48 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Energy - - - Government Policy
    • O13 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Agriculture; Natural Resources; Environment; Other Primary Products

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