to HTC-coal co-firing in an existing power plant rather than mono-firing it in a newly built biomass power plant. This …

instruments involved is the 2009 Renewable Energy Directive, which specifies a 20 per cent renewable energy target for the EU by …

considering heterogeneous energy efficiencies. By deriving first- and second-best rules for policy instruments including carbon … taxes, transfers and energy subsidies, we then investigate analytically how horizontal equity is considered in the social …. Our results show that energy-intensive households should receive more redistributive resources than energy …

This paper exploits the exogeneity of weather conditions to evaluate renewable energy (RE) subsidy programs in Germany … distribution of costs between energy producers and consumers vary significantly depending on which type of RE technology is …-1'944. Subsidizing wind entails significantly lower costs, ranging from e82-276. While the economic rents for energy producers always …

fossil fuels, and renewable energy technologies were seen as a "soft path" towards a more sustainable energy system. The … German government's Energy Concept for 2050 declared the development of renewables as its number one energy priority. The … share of renewables in primary energy consumption was to rise to above 60% by 2050 (2020: 18%, 2030: 30%, 2040: 45%) and …