Cheat Electricity? The Political Economy of Green Electricity Delivery on the Dutch Market for Households and Small Business
The European Commission’s renewable energy directive introduced a market-based Guarantees of Origin (GO)-trade system that gives consumers the choice of buying “real” green energy. This has been successful, as the market share of Dutch households that buy green energy grew to 64% in 2015. However, societal organizations are dissatisfied with the green energy offered, categorizing it as “cheat” electricity. This article aims to solve this riddle of a successful product created under the GO-trade system but also heavily criticized. Research reveals a lively marketplace with buyers eager to buy g... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Text |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2016 |
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Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
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Schlagwörter: | renewable energy directive / directive 2009/28 / green electricity / cheat electricity / Guarantees of Origin / market-based system |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27027547 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://doi.org/10.3390/su9010016 |