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This paper presents an alternative approach to a graphical analysis of the interaction of White Certificates with the EU emission trading scheme as the approach of Sorrell et al. (2009a contains the following aspects that require some clarification: first, the issue of a clearer distinction...
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Planning of national energy policies brings new dilemmas with the introduction of distributed generators (DG). Economic theory suggests that a perfectly competitive market would lead to efficient pricing. In the absence of competition, regulators play a fundamental role in attracting reasonably...
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Despite political activities to foster a low-carbon energy transition, Germany currently sees a considerable number of new coal power plants being added to its power mix. There are several possible drivers for this "dash for coal", but it is widely accepted that windfall profits gained through...
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a 10 percentage point increase in subsidy-cost ratio would lead to a 3% increase in digester installations. We also … subsidy-cost ratio would result in a 4.3% reduction in the average working time of digesters. These results suggest that the … net effect of the current subsidy policy on rural household biogas use was near-negligible. Indeed, a 10 percentage point …
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To promote the market penetration of electric vehicles (EV), China launched the Electric Vehicle Subsidy Scheme (EVSS … phase I to phase II EVSS will generally reduce subsidy intensity, thus resulting in temporary rise of BEPV ownership cost … subsidy to maintain cost competitiveness. However, given the performance disadvantages of BEPV, especially the limited …
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In this paper, we extend previous reference-dependence newsvendor research by incorporating both consumer trade-offs and government subsidies to evaluate the relevant influences on the optimal electric vehicle (EV) production decisions. We present the properties of the model, derive the...
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security benefits, are generally not considered. Taking this price response into account, the optimal U.S biodiesel subsidy is … derived. Estimated values of the optimal subsidy are close to the recently expired subsidy, revealing the subsidy …-exemption subsidy may be obtained if the subsidy is combined with a federal excise tax on petroleum diesel. …
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national subsidy program has recently lost its momentum in expanding the market. Therefore, regional subsidy programs should … in industries. To promote such applications, a combination of performance-based and direct subsidy schemes or tax …
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gas price subsidy by using price-gap approach. Our findings are as follows: In the long term, China's residential sector …
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Electricity market integration of high- and low-price areas is expected to bring benefits to the consumers in a high-price area. However, these potential benefits are highly dependent on the market characteristics and the policy interventions. We use simulation to study the effects of different...
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