Abstract:
The EU commission policy for protecting environment attaches great importance to the development of renewable energy industry. This paper summarizes the environmental policy implemented in Denmark, Germany, Sweden U.K. and devotes the reasons of agglomeration effect of renewable energy industry across Europe. We draw the conclusion that the policy for protecting environment is the key factors of agglomeration of renewable energy. Besides, in EU, carbon emission, expenditure on education, GDP per capita contribute to the renewable energy industry agglomeration to some extent.
QIU Li-cheng,CAO Zhi-xiu,WANG Zi-feng.EU Environmental Policy and Renewable Energy Industry Agglomeration:Theoretical Analysis and Empirical Check[J] Economic Survey, 2013,V1(5): 65-71