This addition to the ISOR series addresses the analytics of the operations of electric energy systems with increasing penetration of stochastic renewable production facilities, such as wind- and solar-based generation units. As stochastic renewable production units become ubiquitous throughout...

This book provides an in-depth analysis of the energy transformation process ongoing in Germany, now commonly referred to as energiewende, in the European context, with a focus on the electricity sector. It presents an expert look at the origins of the German energiewende, its concrete...

This book answers questions such as: How do you market green electricity or bio-methane? What is the right price for renewable energy? How do the legal framework and customer preferences influence marketing strategies? Is direct marketing or online marketing the key to success? Answers to these...

Part I Critical review of the orthodox economy -- 1 paradigms -- 2 the commodification of nature and its consequences -- 3 Foundations and instruments of environmental economics -- 4 Free market and sustainability -- 5 Sustainable development in the Brundtland report and its distortion -- Part...

Die Energiewende, der industrieübergreifende Rohstoffwandel von fossilen zu nachwachsenden Rohstoffen und die aktuellen Entwicklungen an den Rohstoffmärkten geben Anlass, Rohstoffpreise als marktbasierte Einflussfaktoren auf die Diffusion Erneuerbarer Energietechnologien zu untersuchen. Im...

Globalization, Specialization and Innovation Dynamics.- Savings, Investment and Growth: New Approaches for Macroeconomic Modeling -- Economic Integration, Technological Progress and Growth -- Impact of the Real Exchange Rate on Trade, Structural Change and Growth -- Macroeconomic Aspects of...

States that modern macroeconomics suffers from an unclear link between short-term Keynesian analysis and long-term growth modeling. This book maintains that analysis suggests fresh approaches to innovations in open economies in many ways, including the Schumpeterian Mundell-Fleming model and new...

Modern macroeconomics suffers from an unclear link between short-term Keynesian analysis and long-term growth modelling. This book presents a new link between monetary analysis and growth modelling in open economies. Structural change, innovations and growth are considered from a new...