21 Sept 2007

Half day:

• Compiled sources for comparative policy paper
• Need to about how to organize (by country or by policy) and what information to go after. Should definitely get info on government expenditures on renewable energy.
  
• Seems to be SO many decentralized RE promotion policies in U.S. states. How to talk about them?
  
• Research very preliminary at this stage, but seems like there has been less direct public investment in RE than other types of policy and financial incentives.
• Downloaded a couple papers on how policy/gov't expenditure helps advance RE technology.

Next up:

• Look through IEA to see how much info is available on gov't expenditures
• Request documents through ILL