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A welfare analysis of the electricity transmission regulatory regime in Germany

Kemfert, Claudia; Kunz, Friedrich; Rosellón, Juan - 2015

We analyze the current regulatory regime for electricity transmission in Germany, which combines network planning with …

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Tropical cyclone losses in the USA and the impact of climate change: a trend analysis based on a new dataset

Schmidt, Silvio; Kemfert, Claudia; Höppe, Peter - 2008

Economic losses caused by tropical cyclones have increased dramatically. It can be assumed that most losses are due to increased prosperity and a greater tendency for people to settle in exposed areas, but also that the growing incidence of severe cyclones is due to climate change. This paper...

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The impact of socio-economics and climate change on tropical cyclone losses in the USA

Schmidt, Silvio; Kemfert, Claudia; Höppe, Peter - 2008

Tropical cyclones that make landfall on the coast of the USA are causing increasing economic losses. It is assumed that …

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Simulation of economic losses from tropical cyclones in the years 2015 and 2050: the effects of anthropogenic climate change and growing wealth

Schmidt, Silvio; Kemfert, Claudia; Faust, Eberhard - 2009

This paper simulates the increase in the average annual loss from tropical cyclones in the North Atlantic for the years 2015 and 2050. The simulation is based on assumptions concerning wealth trends in the regions affected by the storms, considered by the change in material assets (capital...

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The Environmental and Economic Effects of European Emissions Trading

Kemfert, Claudia; Kohlhaas, Michael; Truong, Truong Phuoc; … - 2005

reference to the case of Germany. We look at the value of the flexibility gained by trading compared to fixed quotas. The … regional emissions trading scheme, then Germany, Great Britain, and Czech Republic are the main sellers of emissions permits … Germany and other regions. When we take into account the economy-wide and terms of trade effects of emissions trading, however …

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Impacts of the German support for renewable energy on electricity prices, emissions and profits: an analysis based on a European electricity market model

Traber, Thure; Kemfert, Claudia - 2007

renewable energy in Germany into two effects: a substitution effect triggered by the displacement of conventional sources and a … Germany are reduced by 32 Mt CO2, but are hardly altered if we consider the European electricity sector in total. Finally, the …

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The cost of climate change to the German fruit vegetation sector

Kemfert, Claudia; Kremers, Hans - 2009

This paper applies the concept of damage coefficients introduced in Houba and Kremers (2008) to provide an estimate of the cost of climate change - in particular the cost of changes in mean regional temperature and precipitation - to the fruit vegetation sector. We concentrate on the production...

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The impact of domestic and global biofuel mandates on the German agricultural sector

Sorda, Giovanni; Banse, Martin; Kemfert, Claudia - 2009

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Refunding ETS-proceeds to spur the diffusion of renewable energies: an analysis based on the dynamic oligopolistic electricity market model EMELIE

Traber, Thure; Kemfert, Claudia - 2009

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...

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Gone with the wind? Electricity market prices and incentives to invest in thermal power plants under increasing wind energy supply

Traber, Thure; Kemfert, Claudia - 2009

The increased wind energy supplied to many electricity markets around the world has to be balanced by reliable back up units or other complementary measures when wind conditions are low. At the same time wind energy impacts both, the utilization of thermal power plants and the market prices....

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