Feed-in tariff
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A feed-in tariff (FIT, FiT, standard offer contract,[1] advanced renewable tariff,[2] or renewable energy payments[3]) is a policy mechanism designed to accelerate investment in renewable energy technologies by offering long-term contracts to renewable energy producers.[1][4] This means promising renewable energy producers an above-market price[5] and providing price certainty and long-term contracts that help finance renewable energy investments.[4][6] Typically, FITs award different prices to different sources of renewable energy in order to encourage the development of one technology over another. For example, technologies such as wind power and solar PV[7] are awarded a higher price per kWh than tidal power. FITs often include a "digression": a gradual decrease of the price or tariff in order to follow[4]: 25 and encourage technological cost reductions.[1]: 100 [8]
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