Germany has opted for a reorganization of its energy policy towards renewable energies. The EEG-allocation scheme represents a major element of this new orientation. Strength and weaknesses of this new approach are analyzed and policy recommendations are given.

The success of an energy turnaround towards renewables highly depends on the willingness and ability of firms to adopt energy technologies using renewable sources. Existing studies focused on the role of regulation and energy markets (e.g. the price for fossil energy) to explain the diffusion of...

On 10 June 2011, the district council of Ahrweiler in the north of the federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany took the decision to meet 100% of the district's electricity needs through renewable energy by 2030. Yet the share of renewable energy in the district's overall electricity...

Eine der Voraussetzungen, die dem von den Autoren entwickelten Szenario zugrunde liegen, die Ratifizierung der Klimaschutzziele von Kyoto, wurde inzwischen auf dem politischen Altar bereits wieder geopfert. Um so wichtiger erscheint es daher, dem Leser eine leicht zu lesende, umfassende...