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Role of Renewable Energy Certificates in Developing New Renewable Energy Projects

For more than a decade, renewable energy certificates (RECs) have grown in use, becoming a common way to track ownership of the renewable and environmental attributes of renewable electricity generation. In recent years, however, questions have risen about the role RECs play in the decision to build new renewable energy projects. Information from a variety of market participants suggests that the importance of RECs in building new projects varies depending on a number of factors, including elec… more

Date: June 1, 2011

Creator: Holt, E.; Sumner, J. & Bird, L.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Interaction of Compliance and Voluntary Renewable Energy Markets

In recent years, both compliance and voluntary markets have emerged to help support the development of renewable energy resources. Both of these markets are growing rapidly and today about half of U.S. states have RPS policies in place, with a number of these policies adopted in the last several years. In addition, many states have recently increased the stringency of their RPS policies. This paper examines key market interaction issues between compliance and voluntary renewable energy markets.… more

Date: October 1, 2007

Creator: Bird, L. & Lokey, E.