Renewable energy policies in Europe: Converging or diverging?

Integration of Renewable Energy in Europe

The Copying Paradox : Why Converging Policies but Diverging Capacities for Development in Eastern European Innovation Systems ?

There seems to be almost decade long consensus on what are the key problems in innovations systems in Eastern European (EE) countries. The consensus runs through social scientists inand outside Eastern Europe to official statements of the European Commission. Briefly, there are two key challenges in the innovation systems in Eastern European countries: first, mismatch between R&D and education ...

Efficient Feed-In-Tariff Policies for Renewable Energy Technologies

Dielectrophoretic choking phenomenon in a converging-diverging microchannel.

Experiments show that particles smaller than the throat size of converging-diverging microchannels can sometimes be trapped near the throat. This critical phenomenon is associated with the negative dc dielectrophoresis arising from nonuniform electric fields in the microchannels. A finite-element model, accounting for the particle-fluid-electric field interactions, is employed to investigate th...

Evaluating Policies to Increase Electricity Generation from Renewable Energy*

Building on a review of experience in the United States and the European Union, this article advances four main propositions concerning policies aimed at increasing electricity generation from renewable energy. First, who bears the short-run costs of programs to subsidize the generation of electricity from renewable sources varies with the organization of the electric power industry, and this v...