We analyze the effects of socially responsible investment and public abatement on environmental quality and the economy in a continuous-time dynamic growth model featuring optimizing households and firms. Environmental quality is modelled as a renewable resource. Consumers can invest in...

China's low-carbon energy transition depends on the power sector taking the lead. In this assessment, we seek to answer three questions about China's power sector transformation: (1) Is the power sector transition on track, in terms of non-fossil and renewable capacity and output? (2) Are market...

In this latest edition of our Key Themes series we examine a number of topics which we believe will be highly relevant to the global energy economy in 2023. The past twelve months have seen a huge re-prioritisation of energy policy away from environmental issues and towards energy security and...

Auch im zweiten Jahr nach dem Kernkraftwerksmoratorium vom März 2011 bleibt die Lage im deutschen Stromübertragungsnetz stabil. Auch wenn die Realisierung einiger Ausbauprojekte um einige Jahre hinter dem ursprünglichen Zeitplan liegt, schreitet der Netzumbau kontinuierlich voran. Bei einigen...

We estimate the relationship between electricity, fuel and carbon prices in Germany, France, the Netherlands, the Nord Pool market and Spain, using one-year futures for base and peak load prices for the years 2009-2012, corresponding to physical settlement during the second market phase of the...

Foreign aid and technology transfer are an essential means, especially for the least developed countries, towards meeting the Millennium Development Goals as well as facilitating adaptation to, and mitigation of, climate change. The deployment of technologies harvesting renewable energy flows...

Der deutsche Strommarkt hat sich gut vom Krisenjahr 2022 erholt. Die Energiepolitik sollte sich nun wieder auf den Ausbau erneuerbarer Energien fokussieren. Das letzte Jahr hat gezeigt, dass die Stromversorgung auch nach Abschalten der Kernkraftwerke sicher ist. Den Stromverbrauch durch 80...