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This paper feeds into Stream 2 of the LowCarb-RFC study. It seeks to construct a Business-as-Usual scenario and a more ambitious Pro Rail scenario for freight transport along two major European rail freight corridors: RFC 1 (Rhine-Alpine) from the Dutch seaports to northern Italy and RFC 8...
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This publication is one of nine working papers compiled within the study "Low Carbon Rail Freight Corridors for Europe … European corridors as this sector is among the most stead-ily growing sources of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe, and which …
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The paper asks how the modal shift from road to rail in the freight sector is sup-ported by institutional change. Following North (1990), institutions are understood as the "rules of the game" in the rail freight sector. Based on the literature on institutional change, four different...
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locations for longhaul trucking in Europe. Here we derive optimized truck charging networks consisting of publicly accessible … highest demand routes in Europe. For an electrification target of 15% BET share in long-haul and without depot charging, our … results suggest that about 91% of electric long-haul truck traffic across Europe can be enabled already with a network of 1 …
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In this paper, we conduct a cross-country quantitative analysis of the replace-ment incentives generated by the EU ETS for the power sector in 2008-12. In order to do so, the allocation rules of the Member States are applied to concrete reference power plants for three different fuel types...
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Taxing imports from regions which are not subject to climate policy and subsidi-zing exports into these regions have recently been proposed to address presu-med negative effects of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) on in-dustry competitiveness and carbon leakage. This paper analyzes the...
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The EU Emission Trading Scheme (EU ETS) for CO2-emissions from energy and industry installations reflects a paradigm shift towards market-based in-struments for environmental policy in the EU. The centerpieces of the EU ETS are National Allocation Plans (NAPs), which individual Member States...
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This paper explores the incentives for energy efficiency induced by the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) for installations in the energy and industry sectors. Our analysis of the National Allocation Plans for 27 EU Member States for phase 2 of the EU ETS (2008-2012) suggests that...
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The European Commission is currently reviewing two major policy instruments which will pose major economic challenges and opportunities for EU power producers. First, the European Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) is likely to include a high percentage of auctioning. Second, support schemes for...
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Diffusion of low-energy houses is an important part of energy and climate policy in the European Union (EU) and in individual EU countries. Key barriers to the adoption of low-energy houses include additional construction costs and uncertainty surrounding actual energy and cost savings. In this...
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