Policy stability is key to renewable energy investment

5 September 2025 10:28

Policy stability is key to renewable energy investment

Kyriaki Tselika, Maria Tselika, and Elias Demetriades: Proposed legislation to suspend new renewable projects, even if it never came into force, revealed how fragile investor confidence can be in renewables.

Drawing on the recent political and legislative uncertainty in France, we discuss how regulatory instability may have long-term effects on clean energy generation, innovation in energy systems, and energy price stability. With more than 80% of costs incurred before the first kilowatt-hour is sold, renewable projects depend on predictable policy signals to remain viable, Kyriaki Tselika, Maria Tselika, and Elias Demetriades write.

Their opinion piece Même avorté, le moratoire français sur les énergies renouvelables peut mettre en péril la transition verte (in French) was published in The Conversation on 31 August, 2025.