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Renewable generation and electricity prices: Taking stock and new evidence for Germany and Austria

Würzburg, Klaas; Labandeira, Xavier; Linares, Pedro - In: Energy Economics 40 (2013) S1, pp. 159-159

Economic theory predicts that the increase of renewable electricity production should reduce the price of electricity … consequences of renewable production on the electricity system, it is crucial to determine its size for the economic evaluation of … renewables. Additionally, we conduct a new empirical analysis of the price effect of renewable production for the Austrian …

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Marginal Reductions in Vehicle Emissions Under a Dual-Blend Ethanol Mandate : Evidence from a Natural Experiment

Noel, Michael - 2020

Among the many reasons policy makers across the world have sought to supplement fuel supplies with ethanol-blended fuels are the cited environmental benefits that come with replacing a fossil-fuel with a cleaner burning alternative. Dual-blend ethanol mandates, in which multiple ethanol blends...

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Distributed solar renewable generation: Option contracts with renewable energy credit uncertainty

Zeng, Yaxiong; Klabjan, Diego; Arinez, Jorge - In: Energy Economics 48 (2015) C, pp. 295-305

Solar energy is rapidly emerging thanks to the decreasing installation cost of solar panels and the renewable portfolio standard imposed by state governments, which gave birth to the Renewable Energy Credit (REC) and the Alternative Compliance Payment (ACP). To make profits from the REC market...

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Optimization of the Colombian biodiesel supply chain from oil palm crop based on techno-economical and environmental criteria

Rincón, Luis E.; Valencia, Monica J.; Hernández, Valentina - In: Energy Economics 47 (2015) C, pp. 154-167

done. In this work, the optimal conditions of the supply chain biodiesel were studied via the techno-economic and …

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Implications of greenhouse gas emission mitigation scenarios for the main Asian regions

Ruijven, Bas J. van; Vuuren, Detlef P. van; van Vliet, … - In: Energy Economics 34 (2012) S3, pp. 459-459

In order to limit global mean temperature increase, long-term greenhouse gas emissions need to be reduced. This paper discusses the implications of greenhouse gas emission reductions for major Asian regions (China, India, Indonesia, South-East Asia, Japan and Korea) based on results from the...

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Analysis of U.S. residential wood energy consumption: 1967–2009

Song, Nianfu; Aguilar, Francisco X.; Shifley, Stephen R.; … - In: Energy Economics 34 (2012) 6, pp. 2116-2124

The residential sector consumes about 23% of the energy derived from wood (wood energy) in the U.S. An estimated error correction model with data from 1967 to 2009 suggests that residential wood energy consumption has declined by an average 3% per year in response to technological progress,...

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Clean fuel-saving technology adoption in urban Ethiopia

Beyene, Abebe D.; Koch, Steven F. - In: Energy Economics 36 (2013) C, pp. 605-613

The heavy dependence and inefficient utilization of biomass resources have contributed to the depletion of forest resources in Ethiopia, while the use of traditional cooking technology has also been linked to indoor air pollution and poor health. In response, the government and other...

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Efficient storage capacity in power systems with thermal and renewable generation

Steffen, Bjarne; Weber, Christoph - In: Energy Economics 36 (2013) C, pp. 556-567

generation in excess of load. A case study for Germany applies the model and highlights the impact of CO2 prices on storage …

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Considering macroeconomic indicators in the food before fuel nexus

Qiu, Cheng; Colson, Gregory; Escalante, Cesar; … - In: Energy Economics 34 (2012) 6, pp. 2021-2028

A structural vector autoregression (SVAR) model along with a direct acyclic graph is employed to decompose how supply … supply are the main drivers of food price volatility. Increased biofuel production may cause short-run food price increases … and restore prices to their long-run trends. The main policy implications are that oil, gasoline, and ethanol market …

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Factors affecting wood energy consumption by U.S. households

Song, Nianfu; Aguilar, Francisco X.; Shifley, Stephen R.; … - In: Energy Economics 34 (2012) 2, pp. 389-397

reducing relative wood energy cost or increasing non-wood energy prices in the residential sector will result in greater wood …

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