Regulatory design for RES‐E support mechanisms: Learning curves, market structure, and burden‐sharing

Drawing from relevant experiences in power systems around the world, this paper offers a review of existing policy support mechanisms for RES‐E, with a detailed analysis of their regulatory implications. While recent studies provide an account of current RES‐E support systems, in this paper we focus on some of the impacts these mechanisms have on the overall energy market structure and its performance. Given the rising importance of RES‐E in systems everywhere, these impacts should no longer be overlooked.