Date: 2018
Type: Other
Towards a more investment friendly economic incentive regime for offshore infrastructure projects
Policy Briefs, 2018/01, Florence School of Regulation, Energy, Electricity
BHAGWAT, Pradyumna, LIND, Leandro, Towards a more investment friendly economic incentive regime for offshore infrastructure projects, Policy Briefs, 2018/01, Florence School of Regulation, Energy, Electricity - https://hdl.handle.net/1814/51324
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Offshore infrastructure projects will play a key role in enabling the EU to meet its renewable energy goals. Therefore, effective economic incentives must be in place to ensure adequate investments. • Since the liberalisation of the power sector, the use of ‘incentive regulation’ has become a standard practice among European regulators. This TSO incentive regulation is done in a ‘portfolio’ fashion. • In the countries analysed, different risk/remuneration profiles are set according to the general regulatory regimes. These risk/remuneration profiles have not changed significantly since the previous study conducted by Glachant et al. (2013). 1 • Nevertheless, in recent years, regulators are also providing dedicated incentives for specific strategically important or necessary investments, including offshore projects. • We observe that the trend of providing dedicated incentives appears to modify the risk/remuneration characteristics, leading to a more ‘investment friendly’ environment for TSOs, at least for certain types of assets, such as offshore transmission infrastructures.
Cadmus permanent link: https://hdl.handle.net/1814/51324
ISSN: 2467-4540
External link: http://fsr.eui.eu/energy/
Series/Number: Policy Briefs; 2018/01; Florence School of Regulation; Energy; Electricity