Guarantees of origin to strengthen incentives for investment in renewable energies

How can market-based incentives be set to ensure that sufficient investments are made in Swiss renewables?

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Project period

2018 – 2019

Related expertise

Regulation, Energy, Financial Services

Team

Urs Trinkner, Matteo Mattmann

Contact

Urs Trinkner

Project description

Due to market imperfections, the current market design leads to suboptimal investment incentives in local renewable electricity production in Switzerland. Swiss Economics has examined various options for a Swiss energy association. We propose to strengthen the market design based on Guarantees of Origin (PoOs).

The proposal has been taken up by various parties and introduced into the current consultation procedure of the SFOE.

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