WP 6 – Recommendations for dynamic policies

• Task 6.1: Comparative quantitative analysis

  Objective: Quantitative analysis of various interactions with the help of the toolbox Green-X. Investigated scenarios are:

  • business as usual;

  • strategies to fulfil the indicative targets 2010 for RES-E given by the EU Directive on the promotion of RES-E: This could include an adaptation (extrapolation) of BAU strategies (no harmonisation of support policies in the EU-15), full harmonised strategies for new capacity for EU-15 and full harmonised strategies for all capacities (existing as well as new built plants) for EU-15;

  • strategies to meet the Kyoto targets in the area of electricity generation and consumption.

• Task 6.2: Development action plan and recommendations for policy adjustment and decision makers

  Objective: To extract dynamic policy recommendations for a European-wide enhanced introduction of RES for electricity generation, more efficient use of electricity included linkage to conventional electricity and GHG-reduction measures on the bases of task 6.1 (simulations using the toolbox Green-X). Further, an integration and update of the results developed in the previous work packages, especially

  • insights gained from the formal assessment model,

  • the evaluation of current promotion schemes and

  • theoretical investigations.

  The Action Plan will help:

  • policy makers to find a set of efficient and sustainable policies to integrate RES-E with other EU-related objectives, such as energy efficiency and climate change abatement over time;

  • various stakeholders to derive an economically efficient portfolio strategy in a liberalised electricity market under the constraints of RES-E development and GHG reduction.