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...

The German Renewable Energy Act (EEG) has been very successful in promoting the deployment of renewable electricity technologies in Germany. The increasing share of EEG power in the generation portfolio, increasing amounts of fluctuating power generation, and the growing European integration of...

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...

The positive impacts of an increasing share of renewable energy (RE) on the mitigation of climate change as well as on the decrease of the dependence of energy imports are indisputable. However, such are currently still the additional costs of heat and electricity generation from most renewable...

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...