This paper provides a rationale for subsidizing green (renewable) energy production. Within a multi-country model where energy is produced with mobile capital in green and dirty production, we investigate the countries’ decentralized choice of emissions taxes and green energy subsidies....

The article examines the determinants of the number of cooperation partners and the share of regional cooperations of firms in the German photovoltaic industry. Based on an overview about possible effects of the cooperation of firms with partners inside and outside their region, we derive...

In this paper we present the perception of a representative sample of the population connected to the university environment about advantages and disadvantages of renewable energy exploitation. The survey results indicate that the target population is definitively in favor of the renewable...

The higher energy consumption, the increasing of the price for primary energy sources and the continuous worldwide debates for carbon emission in the atmosphere determined the reorientation to energy production from renewable sources (biomass, solar energy, wind, hydro, geothermal etc). Taking...

Erneuerbare Energien und eine Steigerung der Energieeffizienz können nicht nur entscheidend dazu beitragen, Treibhausgasemissionen und andere negative Effekte der konventionellen Energieversorgung zu vermindern, sie eröffnen auch enorme wirtschaftliche Chancen. Im Bereich der erneuerbaren...

Die Öffnung des Strommarktes für erneuerbare Energien würde Flexibilität für die weitere Integration erneuerbarer Energien schaffen und zu erheblichen Einsparungen von Kosten und Emissionen führen. Dafür müssen die Strommärkte in dreierlei Hinsicht anders organisiert werden: Erstens...

Rising energy prices for fossil fuels, the unreliable supply of energy imports during the last winters and - concerning the 12 new members states (NMS) - the demand by the European Union (EU) for developing National Renewable Energy Action Plans have stimulated the national discussion and...

A case study of the Central Vermont Public Service Corporation (CVPS) Cow Power program examines the economic feasibility for dairy farms to convert cow manure into electricity via anaerobic methane digestion. The study confirms that it is technically feasible to convert cow manure to...

In the article the author shows the problems that enterprises investing in renewable energy production have to face. Taking into consideration Poland’s obligations regarding the development of the production of renewable energy, activities aiming at environmental protection and the...