AEI Press
Pages: 80
Trim: 6 x 9
978-0-8447-7222-6 • Paperback • October 2011 • $39.00 • (£30.00)
978-0-8447-7223-3 • eBook • November 2011 • $37.00 • (£28.00)
Benjamin Zycher is a senior fellow in economic studies at the Pacific Research Institute.
List of illustrations
Acknowledgments
Executive Summary
Introduction
Chapter 1: A Summary of Public Policy Support for Renewable Energy in Electricity Generation
Appendix to Chapter 1
Chapter 2: Problems Afflicting Renewable Energy in Electricity Generation
Unconcentrated Energy Content
Siting Limitations and Transmission Costs
Low Availability and Intermittency
Chapter 3: Central Rationales for Policy Support for Renewables: A Review
The Infant-Industry Argument
Leveling the Playing Field
Adverse External Effects of Conventional Generation
The Resource Depletion or “Sustainability” Argument
“Green Jobs”: Renewable Power as a Source of Expanded Employment
Chapter 4: Some Implications of the Outlook for the Natural Gas Market
Conclusion
Index
About the Author