Contents -- I. Introduction -- I. Renewables in Advanced Economies: General Issues -- A. Introduction -- B. Support to and Supply of Renewables in Major Advanced Countries -- C. Public Renewables Support and Carbon Emissions Reductions -- D. Biofuels and Their Support in Advanced Economies -- II. Further Aspects of Renewables Policies in Germany -- A. Introduction -- B. Renewables for Electricity Generation in Germany -- C. Policies Affecting Value-Adding Inputs -- D. Biofuels for Transport -- III. Overall Assessment of Renewables Policies in Advanced Countries -- Tables -- 1. Renewable Energy, More Detailed Source Classification, Major OECD Countries, 2004 -- 2. Average Cost, Euros Per Ton of CO2 Displaced, When Fossil Fuels Are Replaced with Renewable Energies -- 3. Production Volumes (thousand tons), and Values of Tax Exemptions (Euro/cents per liter), for Biofuel and Biodiesel in Major Eurpopean Countries and the United States -- 4. Calculated Average Public Support to Bioethanol and Biodiesel in the EU, by Support Category, 2006 -- 5. Calculated Average Public Support to Bioethanol and Biodiesel in the EU Per Unit of Fossil Fuels Displaecd, by Supply Category, 2006 -- 6. Overview of Main Renewable Energies, Germany, 2006 -- 7. Feed in Tariffs by Technology, 2006 -- 8. Supplementary Payments for Electricity Exports to the Grid -- 9. Breakdown of German Federal Government Energy R&D by Research Theme/Ministry 1974-2000 -- 10. Combined Federal States (Länder) Support for Deployment of Renewable Energy Technologies -- Figures -- 1. Distributions of Renewable Energy in Major OECD Countries, 2004 -- 2. Cost-Effectiveness in Carbon Abatement, Different Uses of Biomass -- 3. Forecast Quantities and Fees of Feed-In Tariffs, by 2012 -- 4. German Federal Government Support for Basic R&D, 1974-2007 -- References.