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...

This paper provides a review of the literature on competitiveness and leakage concerns associated with differentiated climate abatement commitments among countries. The literature reviewed is not exhausted, but it is sufficient to provide a balanced view of both academics and policy circles....

The paper analyzes a policy proposition to take into account indirect land use changes in the evaluation of GHG emissions by biofuel industry. Based on an extensive survey of scientific literature onILUC, it is argued that, due to the absence of a satisfactory scientific evaluation of ILUC, the...

We investigate the effectiveness of policies in favor of innovation in renew- able energy under dierent levels of competition. Using information regarding renewable energy policies, product market regulation and high-quality green patents for OECD countries since the late 1970s, we develop a...

Dieser Beitrag aus der »Kurz-zum-Klima«-Reihe beschreibt die Pläne und den aktuellen Stand des Ausbaus der Übertragungsnetze in Deutschland.

Deutschland steht zusammen mit China und den USA an der Spitze der weltweit installierten Kapazität an Windenergie. Dies könnte sich mit den aktuellen Reformplänen zum EEG, die auch einen Deckel für Windkraft anstreben, schon bald ändern. Der Beitrag gibt einen Überblick über den...

Die EEG-Umlage legt die Finanzierung der Einspeisung von Ökostrom auf Stromverbraucher um. Um negativen Effekten auf die internationale Wettbewerbsfähigkeit von deutschen Unternehmen entgegenzuwirken, nimmt die besondere Ausgleichsregelung des EEG stromintensive Unternehmen von der EEG-Umlage...

Aldo Belloni, Mitglied des Vorstands der Linde AG, diskutiert über mögliche Lösungsansätze.

The power converter is one of the essential elements for effective use of renewable power sources. This paper focuses on the development of a circuit simulation model for maximum power point tracking (MPPT) evaluation of solar power that involves using different buck-boost power converter...

Low enthalpy geothermal systems exploited with ground source heat pumps or groundwater heat pumps present many advantages within the context of sustainable energy use. Designing, monitoring and controlling such systems requires the measurement of spatially distributed temperature fields and the...