This paper analyses the impact of supply technology choices and costs on structures and prices on the emerging low-carbon hydrogen market using a novel, integrated natural gas and hydrogen market model. It shows that natural gas-based low-carbon hydrogen production pathways predominate in...

Variable renewable electricity (VRE), generated for instance by wind or solar power plants, is characterised by negligible variable costs and an availability that varies over time and space. Locating VRE capacity at sites with the highest average availability maximises the potential output....

The introduction of clean hydrogen as a future energy commodity has prompted significant interest in developing dedicated transportation and storage infrastructures as an enabler for cross-border hydrogen trade and cost-efficient supply. This paper addresses the complex challenges associated...

In many countries worldwide, investment in renewable technologies has been accelerated by the introduction of fixed feed-in tariffs for electricity from renewable energy sources (RES). While fixed tariffs accomplish this purpose, they lack incentives to align the RES production with price...

The investment decision on the placement of wind turbines is, neglecting legal formalities, mainly driven by the aim to maximize the expected annual energy production of single turbines. The result is a concentration of wind farms at locations with high average wind speed. While this strategy...

Ziel dieser Studie ist die Messung der Zahlungsbereitschaft für einen prozentualen Ausbau der erneuerbaren Energien mittels der Kontingenten Bewertungsmethode. Für die praktische Durchführung der Befragung wurde auf das Medium Internet zurückgegriffen sowie ein Fragebogen entwickelt und...

Ziel dieses Papers ist es, die derzeitige Diskussion bzgl. des sog. Merit-Order Effektes der erneuerbaren Energien auf den Strompreis kritisch zu beleuchten. Veröffentlichungen, welche diesen Effekt quantifizieren, weisen für die Jahre 2005 und 2006 einen Großhandels-Strompreis senkenden...

Elektrische Energie ist nur unter erheblichen technischen und ökonomischen Aufwand zu speichern. Nichtsdestotrotz muss für eine zuverlässige Versorgung der Gesellschaft mit elektrischer Energie ein ständiges Gleichgewicht von Angebot und Nachfrage gewährleistet werden können. Aus diesem...

Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia, the three countries of the North African Maghreb region, are showing increased efforts to integrate renewable electricity into their power markets. Like many other countries, they have pronounced renewable energy targets, defining future shares of 'green'...

This article analyses the flexibility of the German power market with respect to the integration of an increasing share of electricity from renewable energy sources. Flexibility limiting system components, which cause negative prices are explained and illustrated for the German market. Then, the...