READy : renewable energy action on deployment presenting : the ACTION Star, six policy ingredients for accelerated deployment of renewable energy : IEA-RETD

Are you developing strategies for a future sustainable energy supply? Are you designing policies to deploy renewable energy technologies in your country? Are you looking for new tools and measures to make your policies more effective? Are you planning to make decisions on renewable energy investments in certain countries and are you checking their policy robustness? Let the IEA guide you into successful, efficient and effective policies and decisions for accelerating deployment of renewable energy. Learn about the six policy actions that are essential ingredients for your policy portfolio: Alliance Building Communicating Target Setting Integration in economic policies Optimizing existing instruments and Neutralizing disadvantages on the playing field This book shows why and how successful renewable energy strategies work. Many recent and actual examples of best cases and experiences in policies--based on literature and interviews--show how policies can best mobilize national and international renewable energy business and the financial institutions, while creating broad support. The book is an initiative of the IEA-RETD, an international agreement between nine countries to investigate and accelerate the deployment of renewable energy deployment. Presents you with a variety of policy options that have been proven to accelerate the deployment of renewable energy technologies Based on experiences around the world at the local, regional and national levels Includes the IEA's ACTION star, a decision-making tool for developing a consolidated renewables policy framework Find inspiration in this guide's depiction of the significant renewable energy developments to date and the many examples of successful policies featured

Are you developing strategies for a future sustainable energy supply? Are you designing policies to deploy renewable energy technologies in your country? Are you looking for new tools and measures to make your policies more effective? Are you planning to make decisions on renewable energy investments in certain countries and are you checking their policy robustness?

Let the IEA guide you into successful, efficient and effective policies and decisions for accelerating deployment of renewable energy. Learn about the six policy actions that are essential ingredients for your policy portfolio:

• Alliance Building
• Communicating
• Target Setting
• Integration in economic policies
• Optimizing existing instruments and
• Neutralizing disadvantages on the playing field

This book shows why and how successful renewable energy strategies work. Many recent and actual examples of best cases and experiences in policies--based on literature and interviews--show how policies can best mobilize national and international renewable energy business and the financial institutions, while creating broad support. The book is an initiative of the IEA-RETD, an international agreement between nine countries to investigate and accelerate the deployment of renewable energy deployment.

• Presents you with a variety of policy options that have been proven to accelerate the deployment of renewable energy technologies
• Based on experiences around the world at the local, regional and national levels
• Includes the IEA’s ACTION star, a decision-making tool for developing a consolidated renewables policy framework
• Find inspiration in this guide’s depiction of the significant renewable energy developments to date and the many examples of successful policies featured
  

Content: Front Matter , Page iii Copyright , Page iv Dedication , Page v Foreword , Pages ix-x About IEA-RETD , Pages xi-xii READy: Renewable Energy Action on Deployment , Pages xiii-xxx List of Case Studies , Page xxxi Figures , Pages xxxiii-xxxiv Tables , Page xxxv Chapter One - Global and Regional Trends in Renewable Energy , Pages 1-28 Chapter Two - What Is Possible and by When? , Pages 29-48 Chapter Three - Drivers and Barriers , Pages 49-62 Chapter Four - Policies to Get on Track: An Overview , Pages 63-71 Chapter Five - Policies for Power Markets , Pages 73-102 Chapter Six - Transportation Policies , Pages 103-114 Chapter Seven - Heating and Cooling Policies , Pages 115-135 Chapter Eight - Energy Systems Change—Policies for the Transition , Pages 137-148 Chapter Nine - Local Policies , Pages 149-158 Chapter Ten - Policies for Financing Renewables , Pages 159-175 Chapter Eleven - Getting on Track: Lessons Learned for the Road Ahead , Pages 177-185 Appendix A - Players in the Field , Pages 187-191 Appendix B - Renewable Energy Technologies , Pages 193-209 Appendix C References , Pages 211-225 Appendix D - Relevant RETD Studies , Pages 227-228 Abbreviations and Acronyms , Pages 229-231 Subject Index , Pages 233-244