Feed-in Tariffs: Accelerating the Deployment of Renewable Energy

by Miguel Mendonça and Miguel Mendonça

Book Overview

A feed-in tariff is a renewable energy law that obliges energy suppliers to buy electricity produced from renewable resources at a fixed price, usually over a fixed period - even from householders. These legal guarantees ensure investment security, and the support of all viable renewable energy technologies. Supporters argue that the feed-in model, if implemented effectively around the world, would greatly assist the energy revolution that is so desperately...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1844077888
• ISBN13: 9781844077885
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"