Sustainability 2017, 9(7), 1221; https://doi.org/10.3390/su9071221
How Incentives Affect the Adoption of Anaerobic Digesters in the United States
Food and Resource Economics Department, University of Florida, P.O. Box 110240, Gainesville, FL 32611-0240, USA
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Received: 8 June 2017 / Revised: 3 July 2017 / Accepted: 10 July 2017 / Published: 12 July 2017
(This article belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture, Food and Wildlife)
Abstract
Various government incentives support the adoption of anaerobic digester systems to manage farm waste and serve as a source of renewable energy in the United States. We examine the effectiveness of US state-level incentives promoting the adoption of anaerobic digester systems. We find that performance-based incentives and adoption of renewable portfolio standards best promote anaerobic digester system adoption. View Full-TextKeywords:
adoption; anaerobic digester; interconnection; performance-based incentives; net metering; renewable portfolio standards
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