The German Renewable Energy Act (EEG) has been very successful in promoting the deployment of wind power plants and other renewable energy power generating technologies in Germany. The increasing share of EEG-power in the generation portfolio, increasing amounts of fluctuating power generation,...

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...

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...