Promotion of RETs: Policies for Overcoming Barriers

Abstract

Barriers impeding RETs widespread utilization can be mastered with targeted policies. As a matter of fact, many of the solutions for greater penetration of renewable energy technologies are not technical but political and institutional. At present, the energy system is biased toward conventional sources. This situation is often pictured as in some sports in which the terrain slope could favor one of the playing teams, thus it is usual to say that measures intending to minder or remove technical and non-technical barriers aim to “level the playing field” which today favors conventional energy sources.