"Renewable Energy: Policy Considerations for Deploying Renewables" by Simon Müller, Adam Brown, Samantha Ölz

This publication provides more detailed data and analysis on Policies for Deploying Renewables and is intended to complement the main publication This issue reviews the strategic drivers for renewable energy and the barriers to deployment of RE technologies as well as the policy tools to overcome obstacles to deployment.

Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Context
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Strategic Role of Renewables: Drivers and Benefits
Main drivers for deploying renewable energy
Energy security
Energy availability
Energy affordability
Sustainability
Economic development
Green growth
Innovation and industrial development
Rural development
CO2 impacts and environmental benefits
Life‐cycle CO2 emissions
Reductions of CO2 emissions from power generation
Other environmental impacts
Mapping policy drivers: the energy security / GDP matrix
Chapter 3: Successful Deployment: Challenges and Policy Tools
Overview
Scaling up renewables: challenges and policy tools
Economic barriers
Non‐economic barriers
Dynamic aspects of deployment: the policy journey
Energy technology maturity and market diffusion
Deployment phases and policy responses
Chapter 4: Topical Highlight: Accelerating Diffusion of Renewables in Developing Countries
Introduction
Main barriers
Support mechanisms and financing for RETs in developing countries
Support mechanisms
Financing sources
Rural electrification
Support mechanisms for decentralised energy projects
Sources of finance for decentralised renewable energy projects
Conclusion
Acronyms, Abbreviations and Units of Measure
References