On the impact of FIT policies on renewable energy investment: Based on the solar power support policies in China's power market
Cengceng Liu,
Nan Li and
Donglan Zha
Renewable Energy, 2016, vol. 94, issue C, 251-267
Abstract:
In 2013, the feed-in tariff (FIT) policy was issued in China to promote the investment in renewable technology, but then it was revised because this policy brought a heavy financial burden to the government. By considering the intermittence of renewable resources, we model the implemented Chinese FIT policies and analyze their impact on renewable energy investment in the power market. The open-loop model is employed to simulate the China's power market organized with Power Purchase Agreement, and the closed-loop game is used to characterize the spot power market. Meanwhile, the strategic capacity choices of power generators in two games are compared under four different policy schemes: (i) free competition, (ii) FIT via fixed subsidy, (iii) FIT via price premium and (iv) Chinese FIT by cross control (CFCC). The results show that the CFCC policy is a good alternative to well control the investment in renewable technology, as it can be seen as a comprise between free competition and FIT via fixed subsidy policy. Furthermore, compared with the other three policy schemes, the CFCC policy is capable of keeping renewable power generators from deviating the equilibrium, which implies higher robustness in regulating the electricity spot market.
Keywords: The FIT policy; Power market; Open-loop game; Closed-loop game; Investment capacity; Renewable technology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2016.03.033
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