The German decision to finally phase-out nuclear electricity has led to a debate on its effects on electricity prices, emission prices in the European emission trading system, as well as on international electricity trade. We investigate these effects with a Electricity market model for Europe...

This paper investigates the world economic implications of climate change policy strategies, especially the evaluation of impacts by an implementation of Clean Development Mechanisms, Joint Implementation and Emissions trading with a world integrated assessment model. Of special interest in this...

We use a quantitative electricity market model to analyze the welfare effects of refunding a share of the emission trading proceeds to support renewable energy technologies that are subject to experience effects. We compare effects of supporting renewable energies under both perfect and...

Im Rahmen der Energiewende ist festgelegt, den Anteil erneuerbarer Energien bis zum Jahr 2050 auf mindestens 80% des Bruttostromverbrauchs zu steigern. Im Kontext der Diskussionen des Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetzes 2016 (EEG 2016) gibt es eine Diskussion über den Zusammenhang zwischen den...

The German electricity market has recovered well from the 2022 energy crisis. Policymakers should now redirect the focus of energy policy to further expanding renewable energy sources. The year 2023 showed that the German electricity supply remained secure following the shutdown of nuclear power...