-load technologies competes against a fringe of renewable energy (RE) generators. The optimal technology and electricity mix can be …

Council – was reached after a long-lasting discourse over the 2030 EU climate and energy policy package. This paper offers a … final energy consumption, and improved energy efficiency. We find that the renewable and energy-efficiency targets have been …

The rebound effect is a well-known behavioral response whereby potential energy savings from efficiency improvements … are partially offset by increased consumption of energy services, as the marginal cost of energy services is reduced. This … improvement in the energy efficiency of a household’s appliances, but to the supply of a zero-marginal-cost perfect substitute for …

generation that takes into account the variability and intermittency of renewable energy as well as storage. This work sheds … light on the extent to which variability and intermittency constitute a serious obstacle to energy transition and, given … transitioning to a clean energy mix, as well as the role climate policy can play in facilitating both the growth of renewables and …

VC initially did not prove successful in funding new clean energy technologies. Both lackluster demand and a lower … potential for outsized returns make clean energy firms less attractive to VC than startups in ICT or biotech. However, we find … of success of VC in clean energy. In addition, our results show that while public sector investments can help attract VC …