Green Energy in Russia: Window-dressing, Protectionism or Genuine Decarbonisation?

... installations by the Market Council – the federal authority in charge of the wholesale market. In the absence of any visibility regarding the amount and duration of green tariffs, investors remain reluctant to commit capital and technology in the renewable energy sector. Although the obligation to compensate losses with green energy was introduced in 2007, so far only four installations have passed the “qualification” test gone on to benefit from regulated tariffs [19] . In August 2013 the Ministry of Energy proposed changes to the existing Retail Markets ...