Book contents
- Renewable Energy Law
- Renewable Energy Law
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Tables
- Acknowledgements
- List Of Acronyms and Abbreviations
- List Of National Renewable Energy Legislation
- List Of Other Legislation and Treaties
- Units of Measurement
- 1 Introduction
- Part I What is Renewable Energy? A Case of Conceptual Consensus
- Part II Why Do Countries Intervene in the Renewable Energy Sector? A Case of Normative Divergence
- 3 The Economic Justification for Regulating Renewable Energy
- 4 Why Do Countries Legislate to Accelerate the Deployment of Renewable Energy?
- Part III What Role Do Regulatory Support Mechanisms Play in National Renewable Energy Laws? A Case of Substantive Divergence
- Index
4 - Why Do Countries Legislate to Accelerate the Deployment of Renewable Energy?
from Part II - Why Do Countries Intervene in the Renewable Energy Sector? A Case of Normative Divergence
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 November 2019
- Renewable Energy Law
- Renewable Energy Law
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Tables
- Acknowledgements
- List Of Acronyms and Abbreviations
- List Of National Renewable Energy Legislation
- List Of Other Legislation and Treaties
- Units of Measurement
- 1 Introduction
- Part I What is Renewable Energy? A Case of Conceptual Consensus
- Part II Why Do Countries Intervene in the Renewable Energy Sector? A Case of Normative Divergence
- 3 The Economic Justification for Regulating Renewable Energy
- 4 Why Do Countries Legislate to Accelerate the Deployment of Renewable Energy?
- Part III What Role Do Regulatory Support Mechanisms Play in National Renewable Energy Laws? A Case of Substantive Divergence
- Index
Summary
This is the first comprehensive study of the reasons why all of the different countries with national renewable energy laws legislate to accelerate the deployment of renewable energy. This means that, previously, it was not known whether there was a normative consensus among countries as to their rationale for legislating to support the accelerated deployment of renewable energy. Do countries only legislate to correct the market failures that affect the renewable energy sector, as economic theory would suggest, or do they legislate for a far broader range of reasons that differ between them? This chapter seeks to address this gap in the literature.
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- Renewable Energy LawAn International Assessment, pp. 98 - 164Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019