The increasing use of energy from renewable sources (RE) for the generation of heat and electricity in Germany has also led to an increasingly intensive debate on its advantages and disadvantages. The discussion mostly centers on the cost effects, because beneficial effects often are harder to...

Das Papier analysiert verschiedene Optionen der Milderung von Verteilungseffekten der Förderung von Strom aus erneuerbaren Energien (EE). Ausgehend von der bestehenden Regelung in Deutschland, der Umverteilung durch die EEG-Umlage, werden eine Senkung der Differenzkosten, eine Verringerung der...

[Introduction] The support of renewable energy in electricity generation has been subject to much debate. Tariffs or premiums for renewable electricity generation have turned out as the instrument of choice in 23 EU member states and in more than 100 countries globally. But the financing of RE...

In the context of economic instruments for more energy efficiency and climate protection, tradable certificates have been investigated for renewable energy and for a number of emissions. In contrast, tradable energy efficiency - or "white" - certificates have only lately been considered as a...

Mit dem 2020 beschlossenen Gesetz zur Reduzierung und zur Beendigung der Kohleverstromung und zur Änderung weiterer Gesetze (Kohleausstiegsgesetz) (Bundesgesetzblatt 2020) ist die Diskussion über die Kosten der Energiewende neu aufgelebt. Die Belastung von Haushalten (Fahl et al. 2020) wird...

Study for the European Environmental Agency, Copenhagen "Tax reform in Europe over the next decades: implication for the environment, for eco-innovation and for household distribution" Task A: Eco-innovation Literature review on eco-innovation and ETR Modelling of ETR impacts with GINFORS

The year 2008 started in January (Jan 23, 2008) with ambitious European initiatives on climate change when the European Commission suggested a climate packages with new targets for energy from renewable sources (RES), for the design of the third phase of the emission trading system, for a...