The costs of renewable energy technologies have fallen sharply. Now the financing costs of new installations are playing an increasing role in the overall cost of Germany’s energy transition. This has put the primary focus of support instruments for renewable energy on creating more affordable...

Der Ausbau der Erneuerbaren Energien zur Stromerzeugung wird in Deutschland durch die EEG-Umlage gefördert. Die Umlage belastet alle Stromverbraucher, unab-hängig davon, ob sie erneuerbar oder fossil erzeugten Strom nutzen. Auch die zu-nehmenden Netzausbaukosten werden auf die Stromverbraucher...

Iran is suffering from groundwater resources depletion through the excessive subsidized electricity for water pumping and the resulting disproportionate water consumption in agriculture. The creation of an alternative income sources for farmers and elimination of heavy subsidies for groundwater...

Over the last decade Germany has boosted renewable energy in power production by means of massive subsidies. The flip side are very high electricity prices which raises concerns that the transition cost towards a renewable energy system will be mainly borne by poor households. In this paper, we...

We develop an analytical model to derive the competitive market equilibrium for electricity spot and reserve markets under stochastic demand and uncertain renewable electricity generation. We then derive the welfare-optimal provision of reserves. At rst-best, cost of reserve capacity is balanced...

The Philippines enacted two legislations to promote renewable energy (RE) deployment (i.e., Renewable Energy Act of 2008 and the Biofuels Act of 2006) in recognition of the advantages of the use of RE as energy source. However, there remain issues and criticisms on the promotion of RE...

This publication provides an overview of the progress made by the Arab region in recent years and decades in the area of sustainable energy management and universal energy access. As the Arab region depletes its energy savings and water resources and pollutes its air faster than any other region...

It is commonly believed that the response of the price of corn ethanol (and hence of the price of corn) to shifts in biofuel policies operates in part through market expectations and shifts in storage demand, yet to date it has proved difficult to measure these expectations and to empirically...

Während die potenziellen Koalitionäre in Deutschland in ihren Sondierungsgesprächen um die richtigen klimapolitischen Instrumente ringen, kommen in Bonn in den kommenden beiden Wochen Politiker aus aller Welt zusammen, um im Rahmen der 23. Klimakonferenz der Vereinten Nationen zu beraten, wie...

Stadtwerke sind im Ruhrgebiet strukturprägend und haben eine lange Tradition. Sie sind fester Bestandteil der Akteurskonstellation im Energiebereich der Emscher-Lippe-Zone. Schon heute zeichnen sich die Stadtwerke des Ruhrgebiets vielfach dadurch aus, dass sie die mit der Energiewende...

Introduction -- A tipping point -- How did we get here? -- It's all about solar & wind -- Electrification of just about everything -- No showstoppers -- Democratisation of electricity generation -- Just transition

Islands : background -- Interconnected islands systems -- Increasing the share of renewables in islands : best practices -- Business models and policy measures for RE in islands -- Business and implementation of sustainable tourism on islands -- Indicators, modelling and visualisation of islands...

The Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC) has been at the epicenter of global energy markets because of its substantial endowment of hydrocarbons. Yet countries in the region have also stated their intent to be global leaders in renewable energy. This collection explores the...

Large-scale energy system transformations -- Introduction : visions for sustainable energy transformations -- The history of concentrating solar power and large-scale engineering projects for the Mediterranean -- The critical geopolitics of renewable energy and spatial energy justice :...

Energieversorger stehen vor grossen Herausforderungen. Sie müssen den Anteil erneuerbarer Energien im Elektrizitätsmix erhöhen und dabei die Netzstabilität gewährleisten, Effizienzziele erfüllen und dem Wettbewerbsdruck im freien Markt standhalten. Intelligente Energienetze, sogenannte...

Seit langem erzeugt die Industrie, da wo viel Energie gebraucht wird, selber Strom. Doch es drängen auch neue Akteure in die Eigenversorgung, da hier allerlei Abgaben entfallen, die in den letzten Jahren immer stärker gestiegen sind. Konsequenz: Die Eigenversorgung boomt. Damit können sich...

We formulate a model with black, green and white certificates markets that function in conjunction with an electricity market. The markets function well in the sense that a common equilibrium solution exist, where all targets are satisfied (e.g. share of green electricity and share of energy...

It is commonly believed that the response of the price of corn ethanol (and hence of the price of corn) to shifts in biofuel policies operates in part through market expectations and shifts in storage demand, yet to date it has proved difficult to measure these expectations and to empirically...

Will ein Anlagenbetreiber, der Strom aus erneuerbaren Energien produziert, gefördert werden, muss er sich zukünftig darauf bewerben. Denn ab 2017 gibt der Gesetzgeber eine feste Menge an installierter Leistung vor, die im Jahr ans Netz gehen darf. Ziel ist es, den Ausbau insgesamt in den...

In many regions, renewable energy targets are a primary decarbonization policy. Most of the same jurisdictions also subsidize the manufacturing and/or deployment of renewable energy technologies, some being sufficiently aggressive as to engender WTO disputes. We consider a downstream...