Renewable Energy Policy Solutions

Climate change is a growing problem that causes storms, droughts, floods, and a rising sea level. To slow down this climate change countries must reduce their greenhouse gas emission. In this report we will discuss policy solutions to incentivize renewable energy, which will reduce the greenhouse emission in the energy sector. The Netherlands introduced a policy in 2020 changing the energy tax to incentivize the use of renewable energy. But is the change of the energy tax the best incentive to stimulate renewable energy? I will discuss the policy in depth and evaluate the effects similar policies have had in the past years to see if this policy incentivizes enough. Also, I will discuss alternative policies which may work better in achieving the goal of the current policy and compare the effects of policies with the same goal from other countries.