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Since the 1990s, efficiency and benchmarking analysis has increasingly been used in network utilities research and regulation. A recurrent concern is the effect of environmental factors that are beyond the influence of firms (observable heterogeneity) and factors that are not identifiable...
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Reaching the objective of universal access to modern energy services will require large investments in infrastructure in developing countries. An important part of funding will be provided in the form of development finance and its effectiveness in producing positive impacts is crucial for this...
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This paper examines the role of electricity production from biomass with and without carbon capture and storage in sustaining low CO2 emission pathways to 2100. It quantifies the effect of the availability of biomass resources and technologies within a general equilibrium framework. Biomass-fed...
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Mit der Einführung einer staatlichen Regulierung der Energienetze wurde in Deutschland das gescheiterte Experiment eines verhandelten Netzzugangs beendet. Nach dem novellierten Energiewirtschaftsgesetz hat seit Mitte 2005 die Bundesnetzagentur die Aufgabe, für einen diskriminierungsfreien...
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This study investigates the determinants of the great difference between winning bids and reserve prices in the transmission electricity sector in Brazil between 1999- 2010, through an econometric approach based on Heckman (1979) that considers the heterogeneous among the winner's and loser's...
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This article considers the economic and environmental (in terms of CO2) effects of national energy policies in a European Single Market for electricity. It was found that the combined CO2/Energy-tax proposed by the European Commission would be able to stabilise the current volume of...
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Nach langem Ringen und begleitet von großer öffentlicher Aufmerksamkeit ist das Gesetz zur grundlegenden Neuordnung des Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetzes nunmehr zum 1.8.2014 in Kraft getreten und löst das keine drei Jahre alte Vorgängergesetz ab. Eine grundlegende Neuordnung ist zwar nicht...
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In den letzten Jahren wird vermehrt die Sorge geäußert, dass die Energiewende die Sicherheit der Stromversorgung in Deutschland langfristig durch Engpässe und Stromausfälle gefährden könnte. Während der Ausbau von volatiler Stromerzeugung aus Wind- und Sonnenenergie mit hohem Tempo...
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This paper compares the distributional effects of price cap and lump sum transfer policies to aid the affordability of subsistence electricity consumption. A lump sum transfer is more progressive than a comparable price cap on all units of electricity. We identify conditions under which these...
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