With emphasis on new rules anchored by the Lisbon Treaty, this article discusses issues of an energy security of the European Union. The article presents comprehensive look at the sphere of the energy security and recalls the importance of this area, which stood at the very birth of the European...

В статье показаны основные вехи становления сектора возобновляемых источников энергии в ФРГ. Выделены основные факторы, влиявшие на его развитие. Приведены...

В статье рассматриваются проблемы государственной поддержки использования возобновляемых источников энергии (ВИЭ) в электроэнергетике. Описывается...

In this article we show how different promotion schemes for renewables affect economic welfare. Our starting point is that external benefits of renewable electricity supply besides the abatement of greenhouse gases are not related to actual electricity generation but to producing and installing...

In the run-up to Rio+20, this Asia-Pacific Human Development Report takes a bold look at climate change and what can be done about it. Tackling head-on the issue of poverty reduction and human development, the Report argues that the option to grow now, clean up later no longer exists for...

The German energy transition repeatedly faces harsh critiques questioning its economic and environmental merit. This article defends the Energiewende and argues that Germany has chosen a rational and particularly forceful approach to securing sustainable energy supply. Though current...