A Review of Clean Electricity Policies—From Countries to Utilities

Kaiqi Sun, Huangqing Xiao, Shengyuan Liu, Shutang You, Fan Yang, Yuqing Dong, Weikang Wang and Yilu Liu
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Kaiqi Sun: Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA
Huangqing Xiao: Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA
Shengyuan Liu: Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA
Shutang You: Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA
Fan Yang: Department of Digital Humanities,Faculty of Arts & Humanities, King’s College London, Strand, London WC2R 2LS, UK
Yuqing Dong: Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA
Weikang Wang: Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA
Yilu Liu: Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 19, 1-22

Abstract: Due to the heavy stress on environmental deterioration and the excessive consumption of fossil resources, the transition of global energy from fossil fuel energy to clean energy has significantly accelerated in recent years. The power industry and policymakers in almost all countries are focusing on clean energy development. Thanks to progressive clean energy policies, significant progress in clean energy integration and greenhouse gas reduction has been achieved around the world. However, due to the differences in economic structures, clean energy distributions, and development models, clean energy policy scope, focus, and coverage vary between different countries, states, and utilities. This paper aims at providing a policy review for readers to easily obtain clean energy policy information on various clean energies in the U.S. and some other countries. Firstly, this paper reviews and compares some countries’ clean energy policies on electricity. Then, taking the U.S. as an example, this paper introduces the clean energy policies of some representative states and utilities in the U.S in perspectives of renewable energies, electric vehicles, and energy storage.

Keywords: clean energy policy; countries; states; utility; wind power; solar power; energy storage (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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