A Critical Review of Sustainable Energy Policies for the Promotion of Renewable Energy Sources

Meeting the rising energy demand and limiting its environmental impact are the two intertwined issues faced in the 21st century. Governments in different countries have been engaged in developing regulations and related policies to encourage environment friendly renewable energy generation along wit...

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Published inSustainability Vol. 12; no. 12; p. 5078
Main Authors Lu, Yuehong, Khan, Zafar A., Alvarez-Alvarado, Manuel S., Zhang, Yang, Huang, Zhijia, Imran, Muhammad
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel MDPI AG 22.06.2020
Subjects
Climate change
Emissions
Energy conservation
Energy demand
Energy policy
Energy sources
Fossil fuels
Green buildings
Greenhouse effect
Renewable energy sources
Renewable resources
Sustainability
Sustainable development
Tariffs
Technological change
United Kingdom > UK
United States > US
China
Germany
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Summary:Meeting the rising energy demand and limiting its environmental impact are the two intertwined issues faced in the 21st century. Governments in different countries have been engaged in developing regulations and related policies to encourage environment friendly renewable energy generation along with conservation strategies and technological innovations. It is important to develop sustainable energy policies and provide relevant and suitable policy recommendations for end-users. This study presents a review on sustainable energy policy for promotion of renewable energy by introducing the development history of energy policy in five countries, i.e., the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom, Denmark and China. A survey of the articles aimed at promoting the development of sustainable energy policies and their modelling is carried out. It is observed that energy-efficiency standard is one of the most popular strategy for building energy saving, which is dynamic and renewed based on the current available technologies. Feed-in-tariff has been widely applied to encourage the application of renewable energy, which is demonstrated successfully in different countries. Building energy performance certification schemes should be enhanced in terms of reliable database system and information transparency to pave the way for future net-zero energy building and smart cities.
ISSN:2071-1050
2071-1050
DOI:10.3390/su12125078