Commercialisation of renewable energies issues and actions

Abstract

The technical development of renewable energy technologies has made remarkable progress during the past fifteen years. A set of technologies has reached technical maturity and economic competitiveness, at least in some markets. In accordance with general energy policy objectives, it is justified to embark on a government-supported commercialization strategy for these mature technologies. This strategy should lift the barriers to the market penetration of those mature technologies and help to establish a self-sustaining market. The most significant areas of governmental actions relate to: the improvement of information and its dissemination; the constitution of an appropriate legal, regulatory and institutional framework; as well as undistorted market conditions, and the establishment of self-sustaining markets for renewable energy technologies.