The Political-Economy of Canada's Protectionism on Renewable Energy Sector: Exploring the Rationale of Local Content Subsidy
ELLYATY PRIYANKA, Dr. Poppy Sulistyaning Winanti, M.P.P., M. Sc.
2019 | Skripsi | S1 ILMU HUBUNGAN INTERNASIONALSkripsi ini bertujuan untuk meneliti alasan di balik persyaratan komponen lokal dalam Program Feed-in Tariff (FIT) di Provinsi Ontario, Kanada. FIT merupakan insentif yang menawarkan tarif premium di atas harga pasar ke penyedia listrik bersumber energi terbarukan, instrumen yang digunakan oleh banyak negara di dunia untuk mempercepat investasi dan komersialisasi teknologi energi terbarukan. Skripsi ini berargumen persyaratan komponen lokal digunakan untuk mengamankan pasar ke pemain bisnis teknologi bersih Kanada agar bisa lebih kompetitif dan menciptakan lapangan kerja lokal terlebih-lebih di tengah krisis finansial global 2008 yang berkontribusi ke lesunya industri manufaktur Kanada. Sektor hijau dianggap sebagai industri berkembang yang strategis yang berpotensi memitigasi krisis tersebut dan mendorong sektor manufaktur untuk kembali bangkit.
This thesis aims to scrutinize the rationale behind local content requirement (LCR) being made as a prerequisite for the approval of feed-in tariff (FIT) Program 2009 in the Province of Ontario, Canada. The FIT is an incentive measure that offers premium rate above market price to renewable energy electricity suppliers, a popular instrument used by many countries worldwide to accelerate the investment and commercialization of renewable energy technologies. This thesis argues that LCR is deployed as the means to secure market share for Canada's clean-tech business players that would help them gain competitive edges and create local job opportunities especially amidst the global financial crisis 2008 that severely hits Canada's manufacturing industry. The green sector is seen as the strategic emerging industry that could mitigate the crisis and help the manufacturing sector to rise again.
Kata Kunci : Canada, clean-tech firms, feed-in tariff, green industrial policy, local content requirement, renewable energy, protectionism
