ABSTRACT
Norway developed a technology-neutral renewables support mix around the turn of the millennium. Then, in 2016, it decided not to include more projects in its electricity certificate scheme after 2021, instead offering only modest investment support to small-scale renewable electricity in residential buildings. Norwegian utilities had brought the electricity certificate scheme to Norway from Brussels in the late 1990s, but more than a decade was to pass before Norway joined the Swedish scheme in 2012. The technology-neutral nature of the Norwegian support mix reflects the character of the Norwegian organizational field of electricity. Ideas for specific support-scheme designs come from the European Environment, but had little impact on the Norwegain support mix. The decision to scrap the certificate scheme resulted from increased segmentation in the domestic organizational field, and it was basically unaffected by the European environment. Although the domestic political field played a key role for support-scheme developments in the period 2005–2010, it hardly affected later developments.
