This report was produced as part of the THINK project. Challenges for policy makers are huge if the EU climate policy goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to 80- 95% below 1990 levels by 2050 shall be reached. There is no doubt that a new energy technology policy design for the post-2020...

This report was produced as part of the THINK project. Technological advances are reshaping today's electricity markets. More mature technologies for local renewable generation and decreased investment costs thereof, joint with national support schemes, led to a significant market penetration of...

With the European Strategic Energy Technology Plan (SET Plan) expiring in 2020, the EU needs to revisit its energy technology policy for the post-2020 horizon and to establish a policy framework that fosters the achievement of ambitious EU commitments for decarbonization by 2050. We discuss...

This report was produced as part of the THINK project. Technological advances are reshaping today's electricity markets. More mature technologies for local renewable generation and decreased investment costs thereof, joint with national support schemes, led to a significant market penetration of...

This report was produced as part of the THINK project. The future electricity system will face various challenges originating from both supply and demand side. Adaptations in system architecture are required to allow for decarbonization while ensuring stability and reliability of the system....

This report was produced as part of the THINK project. The current EU involvement in the regulation of TSO revenues and transmission grid tarification is limited and mainly addresses issues related to interconnection and supply security as well as the definition of underlying principles for...

This report was produced as part of the THINK project. Existing demand-pull measures, namely carbon pricing and the Renewables Directive, will be insufficient to deliver an adequate and timely level of private RD&D in new clean energy technologies. Thus, in order to reach the EU 2020 and 2050...

This report was produced as part of the THINK project. In March 2007, the European Council decided on a new integrated climate and energy policy designed to combat climate change, reduce import dependence and increase the competitiveness of the internal energy market. Two years later, a set of...

With the European Strategic Energy Technology Plan (SET Plan) expiring in 2020, the EU needs to revisit its energy technology policy for the post-2020 horizon and to establish a policy framework that fosters the achievement of ambitious EU commitments for decarbonization by 2050. We discuss...

This report was produced as part of the THINK project. Existing demand-pull measures, namely carbon pricing and the Renewables Directive, will be insufficient to deliver an adequate and timely level of private RD&D in new clean energy technologies. Thus, in order to reach the EU 2020 and 2050...