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Excess demand or excess supply? A comparison of renewable energy certificate markets in the United Kingdom and Australia

Yunfei Wang, Jinke Li, Nigel O'Leary Orcid Logo, Jing Shao Orcid Logo

Utilities Policy, Volume: 86, Start page: 101705

Swansea University Authors: Yunfei Wang, Jinke Li, Nigel O'Leary Orcid Logo, Jing Shao Orcid Logo

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DOI (Published version): 10.1016/j.jup.2023.101705

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Comparing the United Kingdom's Renewables Obligation and Australia's Renewable Energy Target, this paper reconstructs the market for green certificates in which penalties are imposed on missed certificates. Our analysis shows that excess demand in the Renewables Obligation makes the penalt...

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ISSN: 0957-1787
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Jing Shao
title_short Excess demand or excess supply? A comparison of renewable energy certificate markets in the United Kingdom and Australia
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title_fullStr Excess demand or excess supply? A comparison of renewable energy certificate markets in the United Kingdom and Australia
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description Comparing the United Kingdom's Renewables Obligation and Australia's Renewable Energy Target, this paper reconstructs the market for green certificates in which penalties are imposed on missed certificates. Our analysis shows that excess demand in the Renewables Obligation makes the penalty the minimum certificate price, but excess supply in the Renewable Energy Target makes the penalty the maximum certificate price. Further, excess supply also implies that the sales of certificates are not guaranteed in the Renewable Energy Target. Therefore, compared to the Renewables Obligation, generators face greater risk under the Renewable Energy Target as there is more uncertainty about the price of certificates and the possibility of sales.
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