This paper deals with a comparative analysis of the economic and social efficiency of the instruments used to promote renewable energy sources (RES), first from a static standpoint and then using dynamic criteria to assess their ability to stimulate technological progress and cost reduction....

Wind-generated electricity is often considered a particularly promising option for producing hydrogen from renewable energy sources. However, the economic performances of such systems generally remain unclear because of unspecified or favorable assumptions and operating conditions. The aim of...

Associées à l'étiquetage énergétique, les normes d'efficacité minimum ont prouvé leur effet de stimulation de l'efficacité énergétique. Mais les normes sont souvent difficiles à mettre en place à cause de la résistance du secteur industriel. Ce papier compare les normes...

Modeling activities and scenario building are at the heart of the economic analysis delivered by the ULCOS program. Two main objectives were followed in the framework of SP9. First the modeling team had to provide a set of coherent energy economic scenarios using POLES model. Second, the...