The EU member states have declared to strongly increase the share of Renewable Energy Sources in the next decades. Given a large deployment of wind and solar capacities as well as limited cost-efficient storage technologies, this has two major impacts on electricity systems. First, the...

In the fight against global warming, the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions is a major objective. In particular, a decrease in electricity generation by coal could contribute to reducing CO2 emissions. We study potential economic consequences of a coal phase-out in Germany, using a...

Main description: Energiemärkte sind längst Dauerbrenner der öffentlichen wie wissenschaftlichen Regulierungsdebatte geworden. Immer wieder wird die Frage nach effektivem Wettbewerb in der Energieversorgung kontrovers beantwortet, nicht zuletzt unter dem Eindruck steigender Energiepreise....