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A Critical Review of Scottish Renewable and Low Carbon Energy PolicyCrossing the Rubicon: The 2015 Renewable Electricity Reforms and Implications for Scotland

A Critical Review of Scottish Renewable and Low Carbon Energy Policy: Crossing the Rubicon: The... [This chapter describes the UK renewable energy policy reforms implemented in 2015, placing these events in historical and European context and analysing the discourse and underlying rationale from which they emerged. Presenting a detailed overview of reforms implemented around renewable energy support mechanisms, we examine the implications for different technologies and scales of deployment, focussing on renewable electricity. Drawing on reports and statements issued by the newly elected 2015 government and analysing reforms in the context of UK’s broader energy and climate mitigation policy, we find that historical and deep-rooted party political narratives around renewable energy have remained virtually unchanged since debates leading up to the 1990 Electricity Act. Finally, looking forward, we explore the prospects for Scottish Government public support and for ‘subsidy-free renewable energy’.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Critical Review of Scottish Renewable and Low Carbon Energy PolicyCrossing the Rubicon: The 2015 Renewable Electricity Reforms and Implications for Scotland

Part of the Energy, Climate and the Environment Book Series
Editors: Wood, Geoffrey; Baker, Keith
Berka, Anna L.; Harnmeijer, Jelte; Slee, Bill
Springer Journals — Aug 15, 2017
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Springer International Publishing
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© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
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978-3-319-56897-3
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153 –177
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10.1007/978-3-319-56898-0_8
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[This chapter describes the UK renewable energy policy reforms implemented in 2015, placing these events in historical and European context and analysing the discourse and underlying rationale from which they emerged. Presenting a detailed overview of reforms implemented around renewable energy support mechanisms, we examine the implications for different technologies and scales of deployment, focussing on renewable electricity. Drawing on reports and statements issued by the newly elected 2015 government and analysing reforms in the context of UK’s broader energy and climate mitigation policy, we find that historical and deep-rooted party political narratives around renewable energy have remained virtually unchanged since debates leading up to the 1990 Electricity Act. Finally, looking forward, we explore the prospects for Scottish Government public support and for ‘subsidy-free renewable energy’.]

Published: Aug 15, 2017

Keywords: Scottish Government; Department For Energy And Climate Change (DECC); Renewable Obligation Certificates (ROCs); Renewables Obligation (RO); Onshore Wind Projects

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