How Incentives Affect the Adoption of Anaerobic Digesters in the United States

Anh Sam, Xiang Bi and Derek Farnsworth
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Anh Sam: Food and Resource Economics Department, University of Florida, P.O. Box 110240, Gainesville, FL 32611-0240, USA
Derek Farnsworth: Food and Resource Economics Department, University of Florida, P.O. Box 110240, Gainesville, FL 32611-0240, USA

Sustainability, 2017, vol. 9, issue 7, 1-14

Abstract: Various government incentives support the adoption of anaerobic digester systems to manage farm waste and serve as a source of renewable energy in the United States. We examine the effectiveness of US state-level incentives promoting the adoption of anaerobic digester systems. We find that performance-based incentives and adoption of renewable portfolio standards best promote anaerobic digester system adoption.

Keywords: adoption; anaerobic digester; interconnection; performance-based incentives; net metering; renewable portfolio standards (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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