TY - GEN
T1 - The facilitation of mini and small hydropower in Switzerland through institutional mechanisms
AU - Crettenand, Nicolas
AU - Finger, Matthias
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - Within the context of the liberalisation of the electricity sector, the government's aim to increase renewable energy sources and post-Kyoto regulation, this paper aims to identify and develop institutional mechanisms to facilitate mini and small hydropower in Switzerland. Based on the literature of coevolution between institutions and technology, and based on the coherence framework, four institutional perspectives are elaborated: Small-scale hydropower needs a technical quality label; small-scale pump-storage schemes should be explored as distributed options for energy storage; the Swiss design of CO 2-credits should include hydropower; and transaction costs for small-scale projects should be reduced. In conclusion, it is primarily the institutions which must evolve further to be aligned with the mature mini and small hydropower technologies. This will lead to the development of these renewable technologies.
AB - Within the context of the liberalisation of the electricity sector, the government's aim to increase renewable energy sources and post-Kyoto regulation, this paper aims to identify and develop institutional mechanisms to facilitate mini and small hydropower in Switzerland. Based on the literature of coevolution between institutions and technology, and based on the coherence framework, four institutional perspectives are elaborated: Small-scale hydropower needs a technical quality label; small-scale pump-storage schemes should be explored as distributed options for energy storage; the Swiss design of CO 2-credits should include hydropower; and transaction costs for small-scale projects should be reduced. In conclusion, it is primarily the institutions which must evolve further to be aligned with the mature mini and small hydropower technologies. This will lead to the development of these renewable technologies.
KW - Distributed generation
KW - Energy storage
KW - Hydroelectric power generation
KW - Institutional mechanisms
KW - Liberalisation
KW - Post-Kyoto
KW - Regulation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=77957816304&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/EEM.2010.5558758
DO - 10.1109/EEM.2010.5558758
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:77957816304
SN - 9781424468386
T3 - 2010 7th International Conference on the European Energy Market, EEM 2010
BT - 2010 7th International Conference on the European Energy Market, EEM 2010
T2 - 2010 7th International Conference on the European Energy Market, EEM 2010
Y2 - 23 June 2010 through 25 June 2010
ER -