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This paper analyses the macroeconomic costs of environmental regulation in European energy markets on the basis of existing macroeconomic simulation studies. The analysis comprises the European emssion trading scheme, energy taxes, measures in the transport sector, and the promotion of renewable...
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that emission trading between European power sectors allows the harvest of a major part of the efficiency gains provided by …
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Hinter der Forderung nach höherer Energieeffizienz stehen üblicherweise konkrete umwelt- und energiepolitische Ziele wie Klimaschutz, Versorgungssicherheit und Ressourcenschonung. Das vorliegende Papier analysiert diese Argumente und diskutiert mögliche Politikinstrumente zur Zielerreichung....
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This paper compares electricity market reforms in the European Union with reforms in Chile and Brazil. The paradigm of competitive market structures for the electricity sector, as developed in the economics literature, is outlined: competitive markets in generation and retailing and an...
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Fuel poverty may become an increasingly severe problem in developed countries in cases when real prices for fossil fuels increase at high rates or when real energy prices increase due to policies for greenhouse gas abatement. Fuel poverty measurement consists of two largely independent parts,...
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This paper presents the results of a calculation model for biofuel production costs in 2015 and 2020 based on raw material price projections and considering scale and learning effects. Distinguishing six types of biofuels, the paper finds that scale economies and learning effects are critical...
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I investigate the impact of the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) on fuel efficiency of fossil fuel … power plants using administrative micro data on power plants in Germany from 2003 to 2012. I find positive efficiency … potential magnitude of efficiency improvements as a measure for reducing carbon emissions. …
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energy efficiency improvement at households. In particular if households have a flexible demand structure, rebound can erode … large parts of efficiency increases. Household habits have an initial detrimental effect on rebound. They limit the ability … not affect rebound. In isolation, the direct and indirect rebound effect of the efficiency shock are positive, but direct …
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This paper analyses the employment consequences of policies aimed to support biofuels in the European Union. The promotion of biofuel use has been advocated as a means to promote the sustainable use of natural resources and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions originating from transport activities...
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&D) of renewable electricity technologies and insufficient investments in energy efficiency (EE) in the presence of carbon …
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