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Combining tariffs, investment subsidies and soft loans in a renewable electricity deployment policy

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  • Pere Mir-Artigues

    (Universitat de Lleida)

  • Pablo del Río

    (Institute of Public Goods and Policies. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC))

Abstract

Policy combinations and interactions have received a considerable attention in the energy policy realm. The aim of our working paper is to provide insight on the cost-effectiveness of combinations of deployment instruments for the same technology. A financial model is developed for this purpose, whereby feed-in tariffs (FITs) and premiums (FIPs) are combined with investment subsidies and soft loans. The results show that combining deployment instruments is not a cost-containment strategy. However, combinations may lead to different inter-temporal distributions of the same amount of policy costs which can affect the social acceptability and political feasibility of renewable energy support.

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  • Pere Mir-Artigues & Pablo del Río, 2014. "Combining tariffs, investment subsidies and soft loans in a renewable electricity deployment policy," Working Papers 2014/23, Institut d'Economia de Barcelona (IEB).
    • Handle: RePEc:ieb:wpaper:doc2014-23
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    Keywords

    Renewable energy; policies; combinations; cost-effectiveness; feed-in tariffs;
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    JEL classification:

    • H81 - Public Economics - - Miscellaneous Issues - - - Governmental Loans; Loan Guarantees; Credits; Grants; Bailouts
    • L51 - Industrial Organization - - Regulation and Industrial Policy - - - Economics of Regulation
    • Q48 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Energy - - - Government Policy

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