Clara García
Complutense University, Madrid, Spain
Download articlehttp://dx.doi.org/10.3384/ecp110572546Published in: World Renewable Energy Congress - Sweden; 8-13 May; 2011; Linköping; Sweden
Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings 57:35, p. 2546-2553
Published: 2011-11-03
ISBN: 978-91-7393-070-3
ISSN: 1650-3686 (print), 1650-3740 (online)
A consensus seems to have emerged around what constitutes “best practice” in policymaking and institution-building for the deployment of grid-connected renewable energy (GCRE). However; this consensus; found scattered throughout reports and policy papers; or in the discourse of policymakers and businesspeople; has yet to be systematized. And still; an implicit “best practice” model does seem to exist; against which national cases are frequently assessed; being portrayed as “good” or “bad” for the deployment of renewables in view of; respectively; convergences and divergences from the model. In this paper; we attempt to systematize what are frequently considered the best policies and institutions for renewable electricity. We also seek to portray the prevailing model as a sector-specific description of the policies and institutions present in liberal market economies. Subsequently; we explore the case of China; arguably not a liberal market economy; where policies and institutions coincide with “best practice” only partially and imperfectly; even following enactment of the nation’s Renewable Energy Law (REL) in 2006.