Energy Tariff Policies for Renewable Energy Development: Comparison between Selected European Countries and Sri Lanka

Diana Enescu, Alessandro Ciocia (), Udayanga I. K. Galappaththi, Harsha Wickramasinghe, Francesco Alagna, Angela Amato, Francisco Díaz-González, Filippo Spertino and Valeria Cocina
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Diana Enescu: Electronics, Telecommunications and Energy Department, University Valahia of Targoviste, 130004 Targoviste, Romania
Alessandro Ciocia: Dipartimento Energia “Galileo Ferraris”, Politecnico di Torino, 10138 Torino, Italy
Udayanga I. K. Galappaththi: Faculty of Engineering, University of Ruhuna, Matara 81170, Sri Lanka
Harsha Wickramasinghe: Sri Lanka Sustainable Energy Authority, Colombo 00700, Sri Lanka
Francesco Alagna: Dipartimento Energia “Galileo Ferraris”, Politecnico di Torino, 10138 Torino, Italy
Angela Amato: Dipartimento Energia “Galileo Ferraris”, Politecnico di Torino, 10138 Torino, Italy
Francisco Díaz-González: Centre d’Innovació Tecnològica en Convertidors Estàtics i Accionaments (CITCEA-UPC), Department of Electrical Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya ETS d’Enginyeria Industrial de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
Filippo Spertino: Dipartimento Energia “Galileo Ferraris”, Politecnico di Torino, 10138 Torino, Italy
Valeria Cocina: Direzione “PROGES”, Politecnico di Torino, 10138 Torino, Italy

Energies, 2023, vol. 16, issue 4, 1-26

Abstract: This article is written within the European Project “THREE-Lanka” which has the aim of modernizing the higher education related to Renewable Energy (RE) in Sri Lanka. The paper presents the outcomes of analysing various incentive schemes to stimulate RE development. In Europe, there was substantial growth in RE installation through generous incentives in the first years. Then, to regulate this growth, in recent years, the auction system has been introduced to improve the competition among companies that install RE plants. In Sri Lanka, on the other hand, the main energy tariff policies focus on the spread of PhotoVoltaics (PV) through contributions based on the electricity fed into the grid. This paper provides an updated view of the evolution of the energy tariff policies in the relevant European countries with respect to Sri Lanka, covering some recent policy developments. Within the Sri Lankan framework, four case studies involving residential, commercial, and industrial users are outlined to suggest better mechanisms (in the case of not adequate current incentive tariff) for supporting the deployment of grid-connected PV systems in a wide power range. Such knowledge transfer in the THREE-Lanka project will demonstrate the enormous potential RE capacity in a developing country, still depending on fossil fuels but willing to follow the path towards sustainability.

Keywords: renewable systems; energy policies; feed-in tariffs; contract for difference; incentive; auction (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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