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Journal of Fundamentals of Renewable Energy and Applications

Journal of Fundamentals of Renewable Energy and Applications
Open Access

ISSN: 2090-4541

+44 1300 500008

Green energy, fiscal incentive and conflicting signals: Analyzing the challenges faced in promoting on-farm waste-to-energy projects


Euro-Global Summit and Expo on Biomass

August 08-09, 2016 Birmingham, UK

Hafez Abdo and Rob Ackrill

Nottingham Trent University, UK

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Fundam Renewable Energy Appl

Abstract :

Renewable Energy (RE) promotion in the UK relies on multiple policy instruments, which are required to overcome the path dependency pressures favoring fossil fuels. These instruments include targeted funding schemes and economy-wide instruments embedded in the tax code. The resulting complexity of incentives raises important questions around the coherence and effectiveness of these instruments for RE generation. This complexity is exacerbated by UK RE policy being nested within EU policy in a Multi Level Governance (MLG) setting. To gain analytical traction on such complexity, this study will analyze policies promoting the on-farm generation of energy for heat and power, from farm and food waste, via anaerobic digestion. Utilizing both primary and secondary data, it seeks to address a particular lacuna in the academic literature via a localized, in-depth investigation into the complexity of policy instruments promoting RE. This study will help our theoretical understanding of the challenges that MLG and path dependency pressures present to policy makers of multi-dimensional policies.

Biography :

Email: Hafez.abdo@ntu.ac.uk

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