Regulation is especially important for infrastructure systems (such as wind energy), which are characterised by a triple regulation challenge in the areas of R&D spillovers, environmental protection, and access to monopolistic bottlenecks. A heterodox approach is used to study the effects of...

Competences for green technologies in Newly Industrializing Countries (NICs) are becoming increasingly urgent from a global perspective. We define NIC as countries which undergo rapid economic growth with a corresponding change in economic structure from mostly agricultural societies to a...

Dieses Buch zum Vergleich der Elektrizitätswirtschaft in den USA und Deutschland befaßt sich mit den Hemmnissen der Stromeinsparung und Kraft-Wärme-Kopplung. Die Maßnahmen zu deren Abbau in den USA und der BRD werden differenziert analysiert und bewertet. Neue Entwicklungen wie die Reform...