Germany could have reached Kyoto protocol obligations earlier if German solar investments would be relocated to Sicily. Additional benefits of emission savings and energy production should rise up to 72%. Nevertheless German solar power plants 2008 counted for 20 % of the financial benefits...

The EU is enthusiastically proposing climate saving policies that place Europe as the innovator in reducing emissions and increasing the share of renewable energy sources (RES). However, the application of suitable instruments appears to create problems with differences between the approaches...

Germany could have reached Kyoto protocol obligations earlier if German solar investments would be relocated to Sicily. Additional benefits of emission savings and energy production should rise up to 72%. Nevertheless German solar power plants 2008 counted for 20 % of the financial benefits...

Germany could have reached obligations set by the Kyoto protocol earlier if German solar investments had been relocated to Sicily. Under the protocol, additional benefits of emission savings and energy production should rise to 72%. However in 2008, German solar power plants only accounted for...

The main instrument for the EU climate change protection plans relies on the 20-20-20 by 2020 targets. This roadmap, adopted in 2008, is the result of years of continuing work for a joint programme for Europe-wide application of a common framework of climate change policies. The positive...