The scope of this report is to compare quantitative data drawn from the EurEnDel Delphi[Jørgensen et al. 2004] and used for the EurEnDel Scenarios [Velte et al. 2004] with a set ofstudies based on quantitative modelling. The rationale of this exercise is on one hand to validatethe EurEnDel...

European Union research is often perceived as mainly technology-driven. However, the EU FrameworkProgrammes also have a long tradition of socio-economic energy research. This activity plays a key rolein supporting policy-making with scientific results. Indicators, harmonisation of data,...

The importance of renewable energy sources is ever growing on an international scale. Yet asustainable energy policy can only be successfully implemented with the positive attention ofchildren and young grown ups. Still, renewable energies and environmental education face aserious lack of...

This paper deals with tools and indicators for assessing sustainable transport and energy systems performance.

This paper measures the extent to which prices exceed marginal costs in the U.S. natural gas distributionmarket during the period 1991-2007. We find large departures from marginal cost pricing in all 50states, with residential and commercial customers facing average markups of over 40%. Based...

Within the EFONET Coordination Action, an analysis of the state of the art of energy foresight activities in the EU countries has beencarried out in order to assess the transferability of the “good practices” learnt from the national foresight experiences towards energyforesight on the...

In den letzten Jahren hat sich die öffentliche, wissenschaftliche wie auch politische Debatteüber den Klimawandel und über die Folgen der globalen Erwärmung deutlich intensiviert:Von Seiten der Bundesregierung wird im Hinblick auf den Klimawandel an die individuelleVerantwortung der...