Scarce interconnector capacities are a severe obstacle to transregional competition and a unified market for electricity in the European Union. However, physically the interconnectors are rarely used up to capacity. This is due to the fact that the current allocation schemes make only limited...

This paper investigates market-based decarbonization, driven by carbon pricing, and under different regulatory settings. These consist of a conventional energy-only market (EOM), an EOM with operating reserve demand curve (ORDC) and a capacity market (CM). We find that contrary to previous...

Climate change is a long-term issue due to the long lifespan of greenhouse gases and the delayed response of the climate system. This paper investigates the long-term economic consequences of both climate change impacts and mitigation efforts by applying the multiregional, multi-sectoral...

[Fazit:] In dem Bericht wurden die Ergebnisse einer schriftlichen Haushaltsbefragung vorgestellt, die in der Großen Kreisstadt Delitzsch – stellvertretend für kleine und mittlere Kommunen mit deutlichen demographischen Veränderungen – im Frühjahr 2010 durchgeführt wurde. Diese richtete...

Against the background of the energy transition accompanied by a rising penetration of renewable energy (REN) sources and a stepwise phase out of conventional power plants in order to fulfill climate protection targets, the requirements for a reliable transmission grid infrastructure increased...

Modeling the diffusion of innovations is a very challenging task, as there are various influencing factors to consider. At the same time, insights into the diffusion process can help decision makers to detect weak points of potential business models. In the literature, various models and...

Ergänzend zu den Beiträgen, die im ifo Schnelldienst Nr. 7/2007 zum Klimawandel veröffentlicht wurden, legen Ottmar Edenhofer, Christian Flachsland und Thomas Bruckner, Potsdam-Institut für Klimafolgenforschung, dar, welchen Beitrag Deutschland zur Lösung des Weltklimaproblems ihrer Meinung...

Der Ausstieg aus der Kernenergie und die angestrebte Energiewende werden vermutlich zu steigenden Strompreisen führen. Einigen Schätzungen zufolge könnten die Preise für Strom bis zum Jahr 2020 um bis zu 30% angehoben werden. Wer trägt die Hauptlast der hohen Kosten? Kann es gelingen, die...

In this paper, empirically determined retrieval probabilities for control power are investigated. Since there is a continuous need for balancing unscheduled deviations of supply and demand, control power is of very high importance for the stability of the power system. Systems that are...