Government Promotion of Renewable Energy Technologies

Renewable energy sources will play an increasingly important role in meeting global energy demand. Katrin Jordan-Korte presents the first comprehensive comparison of government promotion of renewable energy technologies in Germany, the United States, and Japan. The author expands the ongoing discussion of renewable energy use by also including an analysis of international markets of renewable energy technologies. She shows that the success of countries on those markets is positively correlated with a dynamic development on national markets for renewable energy use.

Government Intervention in Renewable Electricity Markets; The Context of Renewable Energy Promotion; National Markets and Promotion Policies for Renewable Energy Sources; International Markets for Renewable Energy Technologies and Export Promotion Policies; Explaining Differences in Renewable Energy Policy Approaches