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Methane is a major anthropogenic greenhouse gas, second only to carbon dioxide (CO2) in its impact on climate change. Methane (CH4) has a high global warming potential that is 25 times as large as the one of CO2 on a 100 year time horizon according to the latest IPCC report. Thus, CH4...
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Methane is a major anthropogenic greenhouse gas, second only to carbon dioxide (CO2) in its impact on climate change. Methane (CH4) has a high global warming potential that is 25 times as large as the one of CO2 on a 100 year time horizon according to the latest IPCC report. Thus, CH4...
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Under perfect competition on the output market, first best technology subsidies in the presence of learning by doing are justified by knowledge spill overs that are not accounted for by individual companies. First best output subsidies are thus depending directly on the learning effects and are,...
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the German parliament. However, natural gas has no climate benefit compared to coal. What is more, Europe risks to become … compete with Russian gas exports to Europe. While German and European policy makers debate about an appropriate reaction to …
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transformation in Europe on its way to complete decarbonization. Mainstream conventional wisdom has it that natural gas, perhaps in … corresponding infrastructure is the next logical step of the transformation process in Europe. The lack of an economic perspective … phasing out of natural gas in Europe has already started, and will continue until its complete phase-out, most likely in the …
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To achieve climate targets, efforts need to be made in Europe to improve energy efficiency and to expand renewable … energies. Conditions for investing in renewable energies in Europe must be improved, subsidies for fossil and nuclear energy …
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