In optimisation models, the characteristic features of capacity investment and dispatch planning of supply technologies are well explored for electricity systems. Little attention to date has been paid to exploring these features in an adequate manner for heat systems. This paper discusses the...

At the beginning of 2012 the legal framework for the promotion of electricity generation from renewable energies in Germany was amended. The compensation scheme for electricity generated from biogas and biomethane, previously based on a fixed feed-in tariff, will henceforth be supplemented by an...

The EU ETS (European Emissions Trading System) is being enlarged stepwise to cover an increasing amount of overall European CO2 emissions. However, one of the largest and still growing CO2-emitting sector, the transport sector, and particularly road transport, has not yet been included in the EU...