Electricity, internal market: renewable energy sources

This Commission working document sets out to complement the working document of 13/04/1999 which analysed the 15 Member States' support schemes for electricity production from renewable energy resources (RES-E). This working document provides an inventory of the situation in the Member States by means of tables and specific statistics on: - the development of the production of RES-E per technology since 1989 (hydroelectric power, windpower, biomass, etc.); - the prices paid to producers of RES-E; - the main schemes supporting the proce of RES-E; - other support schemes; - targets for RES-E; - issues relating to grid connection and planning.�