How do learning externalities influence the evaluation of Ontario's renewables support policies?

Marisa Beck, Nicholas Rivers and Randall Wigle

Energy Policy, 2018, vol. 117, issue C, 86-99

Abstract: Support programs for renewable electricity generation in Ontario have been in place since 2005, including feed-in-tariffs and a competitive procurement process. These programs have been criticized on a number of fronts. In particular, critics claim the level of support was excessive and creating surplus supply. However, prior studies have ignored one potential benefit of renewable energy support—that it can help to promote cost reductions in new technologies through learning-by-doing.

Keywords: Learning-by-doing; Renewable electricity support; Ontario; Computable general equilibrium analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2018.02.012

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