EC surveys national, EU market barriers to developing renewables
Brussels (Platts)--1Apr2005
Identifying actual market barriers to developing renewable energy is the aim of a new European Commission survey, the EC said Friday. The survey is part of a wider consultation which is to feed into the EC's planned report on national support schemes for renewables due by end-2005. The EC is inviting all interested parties to comment on national policy instruments such as investment support, feed-in tariffs, obligations with green certificates, fiscal incentives and tender schemes, and rank their importance. It wants to hear about specific examples of barriers, such the time taken to receive support (financial); or the time taken to get a permit (administrative, regulatory); or specific extra costs for connecting renewables to the grid (grid conditions), as well as social barriers and acceptance problems. The EC is also interested in perceptions of the main risks to renewables investments, such as changes to support schemes or resource availability. This story was originally published in Platts European Power Alert http://www.europeanpoweralert.platts.com
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