TITLE:
Promoting Alternative Energy Programs in Developed Countries: A Review
AUTHORS:
Yasir A. Alturki, Noureddine Khelifa, Mohamed A. El-Kady
KEYWORDS:
Renewable Energy; Resource Management; Environment; Cost Assessment
JOURNAL NAME:
Energy and Power Engineering,
Vol.5 No.2,
March
29,
2013
ABSTRACT:
This paper presents a review of the promoting programs of solar and
wind energies in different countries including Germany, Austria, France, Spain,
Great Britain, Italy, Japan, USA, Australia, China and India with an emphasis
on Germany as a notable example. The success of each program is discussed in
detail. The results of the investigation conducted in the paper have shown that
some renewable energy laws have proven to be extremely successful. Among such
laws, is the Renewable Energy Act (EEG) in Germany, which guaranteed 20 years
of stable prices for green power and has already brought many homeowners and
businesses to install photovoltaic modules and to feed their electricity into
the national grid. By the year 2010, the clean production of electricity by
renewable energies in Germany has risen to around 202,000 GWh. In addition,
about 70 million tons of CO2 emissions in 2009 were avoided through
the use of renewable energies in electricity generation in Germany.