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Many countries (and states in the USA) require utilities to buy a specified amount of their electricity from designated “renewable” sources, such as wind and solar but usually excluding existing hydro. This is called a “renewable portfolio standard” (RPS), “renewable electricity standard”, or “renewables obligation”.
Many countries (and states in the USA) require utilities to buy a specified amount of their electricity from designated “renewable” sources, such as wind and solar but usually excluding existing hydro. This is called a “renewable portfolio standard” (RPS), “renewable electricity standard”, or “renewables obligation”.


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Such a directive has little regard for cost, practicality, or science but is instead primarily an act of political [[wikipedia:Virtue_signalling|virtue signalling]].
 
Or it is a cynical act of crony capitalism: Besides placing burdens on utilities and ratepayers, an RPS serves to create a obligatory market for energy sources that would otherwise find it difficult to compete with more reliable and cheaper sources. Combined with subsidies e.g., [[PTC]], [[Feed-in tariff]] and the extra market for “[[green tags]]”, an RPS guarantees that investors in these “preferred” technologies are well provided for.


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Revision as of 14:55, 1 October 2017

Many countries (and states in the USA) require utilities to buy a specified amount of their electricity from designated “renewable” sources, such as wind and solar but usually excluding existing hydro. This is called a “renewable portfolio standard” (RPS), “renewable electricity standard”, or “renewables obligation”.

Such a directive has little regard for cost, practicality, or science but is instead primarily an act of political virtue signalling.

Or it is a cynical act of crony capitalism: Besides placing burdens on utilities and ratepayers, an RPS serves to create a obligatory market for energy sources that would otherwise find it difficult to compete with more reliable and cheaper sources. Combined with subsidies e.g., PTC, Feed-in tariff and the extra market for “green tags”, an RPS guarantees that investors in these “preferred” technologies are well provided for.

See also: