This volume was prepared by Luise Röpke while she was working at the Ifo Institute. It was completed in December 2013 and accepted as a doctoral thesis by the Department of Economics at the University of Munich. It includes three self-contained chapters about aspects of the integration of new...

Electricity market is undergoing a tremendous transformation throughout the world. A drastic reduction of carbon emission cannot be realized if renewable energy resources are not increased in share of generation mix. Currently, most of the traditional mechanisms, including regulatory policies,...

Presently, the demand of energy is met by fossil fuels. Combustion of fossil fuels has caused negative impacts to the environment globally. The most significant ones are acid precipitation, stratospheric ozone depletion, and global climate change. To overcome it, sustainable, clean and safe...

In this paper, an analysis of renewable energy feed-in tariffs (REFIT) for the selected regions of the globe is done with the aim of drawing lesson for Saudi Arabia. A brief background and status of renewable energy sources (RES) utilization in Saudi Arabia is given at the beginning of this...

Im Zuge der sukzessiven Verknappung des Erdöls als Energierohstoff durch sinkende Fördermengen und steigende Nachfrage in Schwellenländern - dazu der drohende Klimawandel - findet bei Stadt- und Raumplanung eine verstärkte Auseinandersetzung mit dem Thema der post-fossilen Lebensweise statt....