Energy Subsidies in the European Union: A Brief Overview
Matthew Savage with Paul Baruya and Jack Cunningham for the European Environment Agency. Reviews subsidy types, estimation techniques, and benefits of reform within the EU context.
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Federal Energy Subsidies and Recycling: A Case Study.
Published in Resource Recycling, November 1994. Detailed assessment of how federal subsidies to the Bonneville Power Administration reduce the price of primary aluminum and with it the incentive to recycle the metal. The article estimated that the resulting undervaluation of embedded energy savings in aluminum scrap comprised between 7 and 18 percent of the scrap price.
Ten Most Distortionary Energy Subsidies
Government policies should work in tandem with market forces to achieve an adequate energy supply mix that is cleaner and more diverse than what preceeded it. In reality, thousands of government policies in place around the world act counter to stated objectives regarding energy security, diversification, and environmental protection. Based on past work by Earth Track, and querying subsidy experts from around the world, this paper highlights ten global subsidies deemed particularly eggregious.