targets for reducing greenhouse gases and using renewable energies, but no specific targets for increasing energy efficiency … energy efficiency. According to the Commission's impact assessment, energy system costs would hardly increase even with more … reduce greenhouse gas emissions, to increase the use of renewable energies, and to boost energy efficiency. …

For economic and energy policy, the energy costs of the German industrial sector are of great importance, especially … those of the highly energy intensive sectors. Yet, up-to-date information on such costs is unavailable. While the German …, the survey results are only available with a two-year time lag. Therefore, Öko-Institut and DIW Berlin developed an Energy …