POLICY LEARNING FOR GENERATING GREEN ELECTRICITY

J. T. A. Bressers,Ali Asghar Pourezzat,Narges Salehi Shahrabi,M. L. Franco Garcia

doi:10.32479/ijeep.10306

Abstract

An important challenge for any developing country is to achieve their green energy targets for clean electricity generation. In this respect, Iran is no exception. This paper sets out a reference point for Iran as a less developed country by learning the green electricity production policies from developed countries; Germany and Denmark. We used a mixed research approach. The most significant lessons learnt includes the relevance of the financial and regulatory tools and policies that have been successfully applied in Denmark and Germany. Our findings show the structure of fuel allocation to energy generation plants needs reforming. The result shows a considerable difference between Iran and the two other developed countries regarding the level of utilizing fossil fuels and renewable energies. We identified a wide range of beneficial measures to facilitate the transition to green energy production. These included: reforms to electricity pricing, phasing out nuclear energy production; the setting of a green tax package, subsidising renewable energy development for new and old systems, dedicating soft-interest loans, implementing informative programmes about local ownership, facilitating the process of participation, and performing obligatory plans to purchase green electricity for governmental sectors.

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IntroductionTo answer these questions, we studied the past and current status of electricity generation in two countries with successful green energy interventions and transitions: Germany and Denmark
This study attempts to offer an optimal reference for policymakers to boost greener electricity production in Iran
Et al.: Policy Learning for Generating Green Electricity found more than 90 articles relating to the successful implementation of policies in different countries which claimed to be in the “green path” involving voluntary green electricity schemes (Energinet Report, 2018), Tradable Green Certificates (TGC) (Gan et al, 2007), and Feed-in-Tariffs (Schaeffer et al, 1999)

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Introduction

To answer these questions, we studied the past and current status of electricity generation in two countries with successful green energy interventions and transitions: Germany and Denmark. We studied the past and current status of electricity generation in two countries with successful green energy interventions and transitions: Germany and Denmark These practices were compared with those in Iran. Achieving clean energy targets represents a complex challenge for developing countries. This is so given the principal role energy plays in enabling socio-economic development and poverty alleviation (Oyedepo, 2012). Intergenerational justice and environmental observations make clean energy important when developing policies that entail the least environmental impact (Meyer, 2007). Governmental interventions to facilitate a transition to clean energy vary with levels of local awareness and the intensity of environmental impacts (Lipp, 2007)

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