This report was produced as part of the THINK project. Existing demand-pull measures, namely carbon pricing and the Renewables Directive, will be insufficient to deliver an adequate and timely level of private RD&D in new clean energy technologies. Thus, in order to reach the EU 2020 and 2050...

Given the agreed urgency of decarbonizing electricity and the need to guide decentralized private decisions, an adequate and credible carbon price appears essential. The paper models and quantifies the break-even carbon price for mature zero-carbon electricity investments. It appears an...