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National climate change policy : are the new German energy policy initiatives in conflict with WTO law?

Dröge, Susanne; Trabold, Harald; Biermann, Frank; … - 2003

This paper addresses German energy policy instruments and their compatibility with WTO rules. Germany and the EU are forerunners in international climate change policy and driving forces behind the 1997 Kyoto Protocol. German energy policy includes approaches to foster electricity generation...

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Power system transformation toward renewables : investment scenarios for Germany

Egerer, Jonas; Schill, Wolf-Peter - 2014

We analyze distinctive investment scenarios for the integration of fluctuating renewables in the German power system. Using a combined model for dispatch, transmission, and investment, three different investment options are considered, including gas-fired power plants, pumped hydro storage, and...

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Green, brown, and now white certificates - are three one too many? : a micromodel of market interaction

Meran, Georg (contributor); Wittmann, Nadine (contributor) - 2008

Our paper deals with modeling the effects of introducing a market-based tool for improving end-users' efficiency in an … energy demand achieves its underlying objects of energy savings and energy efficiency solely at the expense of other goals … such as the environmental efficiency of energy production. In our model, the implementation of a market for White …

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Impacts of the German support for renewable energy on electricity prices, emissions and profits : an analysis based on a European electricity market model

Traber, Thure (contributor); Kemfert, Claudia (contributor) - 2007

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Wind electricity subsidies = windfall gains for land owners? : evidence from a feed-in tariff in Germany

Haan, Peter; Simmler, Martin - 2016

In 2013, around 121 billion US-Dollar were spend worldwide to promote the investment into renewable energy sources. The most prominent support scheme employed is a feed-in tariff, which guarantees a fixed price for electricity produced by renewable energies sources, usually for around 15 years...

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A Greenfield model to evaluate long-run power storage requirements for high shares of renewables

Zerrahn, Alexander; Schill, Wolf-Peter - 2015

We develop a dispatch and investment model to study the role of power storage and other flexibility options in a greenfield setting with high shares of renewables. The model captures multiple system values of power storage related to arbitrage, dispatchable capacity, and reserves. In a baseline...

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The impact of wind power support schemes on technology choices

May, Nils - 2015

Germany changed renewable remuneration for wind power from a fixed Feed-In Tariff (FIT) to a floating Market Premium Scheme (MPS) in 2012. One aim of this adjustment was to better align the supply of generated wind electricity with the demand for it, e.g. through more system-friendly wind...

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Renewable energy support in Germany : surcharge development and the impact of a decentralized capacity mechanism

Traber, Thure; Kemfert, Claudia - 2015

The German support for renewable energies in the electricity sector is based on the feed-in tariff for investors that grants guaranteed revenues for their renewable energy supply. Corresponding to differences of granted tariffs and respective market values, a surcharge on consumption covers...

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How much market do market-based instruments create? : An analysis for the case of "white" certificates

Langniss, Ole (contributor); Praetorius, Barbara (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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The impact of domestic and global biofuel mandates on the German agricultural sector

Sorda, Giovanni; Banse, Martin; Kemfert, Claudia - 2009

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