Summary and Conclusion: Implications for Renewable Energy Instruments and Markets

This research study presents the first systematic comparison of renewable energy instruments and markets in Germany, Japan and the United States. The aim of this study was to analyze government instruments used to promote renewable energy use in terms of national renewable energy market deployment, the development of renewable power generation costs (as a proxy for innovation) and international trading in renewable energy technologies. This study further asked why different approaches to promote renewable energies emerged in Germany, the United States and Japan. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.