Legal Frameworks for Renewable Energy: Policy Analysis for 15 Developing and Emerging Countries

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

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Abstract: Due to the growing importance of renewable energy on global scale, a need for effective support policies arises in many countries. Often, policy instruments showing good results are highlighted as ?good practice?, and thus recommended for adoption in other countries. However, such a transfer of ?good practice policies? often stays behind expectations or leads to failure. Therefore, independent from the type of instrument, it is most important for policy makers to understand: Why do policies work (or do not)? Which factors of influence are relevant for success or failure? How can these factors be isolated and their effect be understood in detail? For improving RE policy design on an international level, an indicator based approach is required, analysing the functioning principles behind policies immaterial of their respective type (i.e. feed-in tariff, quota etc.), allowing to answer these questions individually for each policy context and set priorities in policy advice accordingly.