The creation of the EU ETS led to changes in the merit order of the different plants competing on the electricity grid, and in the fuel-switching opportunities in the UK. This country has the greatest potential for CO2 emissions reduction through fuel-switching within the EU, thanks to its...

In the immediate aftermath of the March 2011 TEPCO Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident, the German federal government decided to temporarily halt the operation of the country’s eight oldest energy-producing nuclear reactors. This was accompanied by a cabinet proposal to phase out...

This book brings together the lectures notes from the seminars held at the Finance and Sustainable Development Chair from 2007 to 2009. The first part is concerned with climate change policies, with particular emphasis on the relevance of traditional economic concepts and methodologies...

Les problèmes d'énergie et d'environnement sont indissociables et la présidence française de l'Union européenne va devoir proposer des décisions importantes à ce sujet pour le futur. Une véritable politique européenne de l'énergie doit se mettre en place dans trois domaines:...

This article examines the empirical relationship between the returns on carbon futures – a new class of commodity assets traded since 2005 on the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) – and changes in macroeconomic conditions. By using variables which possess forecast power for...

Dresse un panorama complet de ce domaine de l'énergie. Tisse l'intrication des données technologiques, capitalistiques, politiques, écologiques.