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Electricity Supply Preferences in Europe: Evidence from Subjective Well-Being Data
Welsch, Heinz; Biermann, Philipp - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Carl von Ossietzky … - 2013
implied preference for solar and wind power over nuclear power has risen drastically after the Fukushima nuclear accident. In … taken to represent preference relationships over attributes of electricity supply systems (costs, safety, environmental … general, our results suggest that environmental and safety concerns are of major importance in European citizens’ preference …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010687955
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The German Energiewende under attack: Is there an irrational Sonderweg?
Gawel, Erik; Strunz, Sebastian; Lehmann, Paul - Department Ökonomie, Helmholtz Zentrum für … - 2012
The German energy transition repeatedly faces harsh critiques questioning its economic and environmental merit. This article defends the Energiewende and argues that Germany has chosen a rational and particularly forceful approach to securing sustainable energy supply. Though current...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010954193
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Energy Transition Calls for High Investment
Blazejczak, Jürgen; Diekmann, Jochen; Edler, Dietmar; … - In: DIW Economic Bulletin 3 (2013) 9, pp. 3-14
Achieving the objectives of the German governments 2010 Energy Concept and the accelerated phase-out of nuclear energy will require significant investment in restructuring energy supply. In particular, this includes investment in installations for the use of renewable energy sources in the power...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011128064
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Förderung der Markt- und Systemintegration erneuerbarer Energien: Perspektiven einer instrumentellen Weiterentwicklung
Gawel, Erik; Purkus, Alexandra; Korte, Klaas; Lehmann, Paul - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung / Quarterly … 82 (2013) 3, pp. 123-136
In order to ensure the long-term efficiency and security of electricity supply, improving the market and system integration of renewable energy sources (RES) is of increasing importance. First, the question is how to integrate RES into the regular allocation and remuneration mechanism of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011128134
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Energiewende erfordert hohe Investitionen
Blazejczak, Jürgen; Diekmann, Jochen; Edler, Dietmar; … - In: DIW Wochenbericht 80 (2013) 26, pp. 19-30
Achieving the objectives of the German government's 2010 Energy Concept and the accelerated phase-out of nuclear energy will require significant investment in restructuring energy supply. In particular, these include investments in facilities for the use of renewable energies in the power and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011128591
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A Greenfield Model to Evaluate Long-Run Power Storage Requirements for High Shares of Renewables
Zerrahn, Alexander; Schill, Wolf-Peter - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2015
We develop a dispatch and investment model to study the role of power storage and other flexibility options in a greenfield setting with high shares of renewables. The model captures multiple system values of power storage related to arbitrage, dispatchable capacity, and reserves. In a baseline...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011198618
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Induced Transnational Preference Change: Fukushima and Nuclear Power in Europe
Welsch, Heinz; Biermann, Philipp - ZenTra - Center for Transnational Studies - 2013
electricity supply has changed after the Fukushima nuclear accident of March 11, 2011. Survey data for about 124,000 individuals … power before the Fukushima disaster, it was negatively related to the nuclear share after the disaster. Taking the … relationship between SWB and the electricity supply structure as an indicator of preference, this suggests the existence of an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010735762
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Fukushima and the preference for nuclear power in Europe: Evidence from subjective well-being data
Welsch, Heinz; Biermann, Philipp - In: Ecological Economics 108 (2014) C, pp. 171-179
future role of nuclear power, has gained increasing attention after the nuclear disaster at Fukushima, Japan. As a … contribution to preference elicitation, we test whether the relationship between subjective well-being (SWB) of European citizens … and the supply of nuclear power has changed after the Fukushima nuclear accident of March 11, 2011. Survey data for about …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011116471
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Environmentally Oriented Energy Policy and Stock Returns : An Empirical Analysis
Oberndorfer, Ulrich - 2008
This paper analyzes the effect of environmental regulation on stock returns (as a measure of economic performance) for German energy corporations. By using event study methodology, we consider the last minute victory of the acting government in the 2002 German federal elections to the Lower...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012726810
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THE EFFECT OF GREEN CERTIFICATES ISSUING UPON THE ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY SYSTEM AND NATIONAL ECONOMY
RADU, SIMONA LUMINITA - Facultatea de Ştiinţe Economice, Universitatea … - 2013
The purpose of this presentation is to point out the financial effort generated by the installation and functioning of some energy capacities generating the “green” electric power. A special attention is paid to the way the green certificates market is functioning, to the supply and demand...
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