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development, characterized by the role of fossil fuels and by the progressive dominance of those with a higher energy and density … countries, compatible with the sustainability of the processes concerning the Earth system. Mainly by focusing on the energy …
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We analyze the role of electricity storage for technological innovations in electricity generation. We propose a directed technological change model of the electricity sector, where innovative firms develop better electricity storage solutions, which affect not only the relative competitiveness...
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development, characterized by the role of fossil fuels and by the progressive dominance of those with a higher energy and density … countries, compatible with the sustainability of the processes concerning the Earth system. Mainly by focusing on the energy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315656
-effective strategies that stabilise CO2 concentrations at 550 or 450 ppm. In particular, this paper analyses the energy investment and R …-term investment strategies for all available energy technologies are determined. The case of an unknown backstop energy technology is … objective. In this paper we use WITCH, a hybrid climate-energy-economy model, to obtain a quantitative assessment of some cost …
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regional model of the world economy, in which energy technical change is endogenous. The focus is on disembodied energy R …&D international spillovers.The basic questions are as follows. Do knowledge spillovers enhance energy technological innovation in …-riding incentives and decrease the investments in energy R&D. The strongest cuts in energy R&D investments are recorded among High …
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.2% higher today if productivity-enhancing investment intensity had remained at its pre-crisis level …
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-side perspective, carbon capture and storage (CCS) policies differ substantially from renewable energy policies: they increase fossil … renewable energy policies under more realistic parameter settings for imperfect or missing carbon prices. We find that in … contrast to renewable energy policies, CCS policies are not always capable of reducing emissions in the long run. If feasible …
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We investigate the impacts of electricity market restructuring on fuel efficiency, utilization and, new to this area, cost of coal purchases among coal-fired power plants using a panel data set from 1991 to 2005. Our study focuses exclusively on coal-fired power plants and uses panel data...
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We investigate conditions that aggravate market failures in energy innovations, and suggest optimal policy instruments … several decades lasting dominance of an incumbent energy technology over a dynamically more efficient competitor, given that …, energy markets are prone to these lock-ins because electricity from different technologies is an almost perfect substitute …
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energy markets. We use the stochastic model to analyze the impact of economic and political uncertainty on the Western … European energy markets. We demonstrate that the equilibria under uncertainty differ significantly from the deterministic …
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