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Climate change adaptation strategies within the framework of the German "Energiewende" : is there a need for government interventions and legal obligations?
Groth, Markus; Cortekar, Jörg - 2014
The option of adapting to climate change is becoming more important in climate change policy. Hence, responding to climate change now involves both mitigation to address the cause and adaptation as a response to already ongoing or expected changes. These changes are also of relevance for the...
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Credit constraints, energy management practices, and investments in energy saving technologies : German manufacturing in close-up
Löschel, Andreas; Lutz, Benjamin Johannes; Massier, Philipp - 2017
We analyze the drivers and barriers that influence investments increasing the energy efficiency of firms' production processes or buildings in the German manufacturing sector based on microdata. In particular, we shed light on the relationship between financial barriers (e. g. credit...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011778912
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Credit constraints, energy management practices, and investments in energy saving technologies : German manufacturing in close-up
Löschel, Andreas; Lutz, Benjamin Johannes; Massier, Philipp - 2017
We analyze the drivers and barriers that influence investments increasing the energy efficiency of firms' production processes or buildings in the German manufacturing sector based on microdata. In particular, we shed light on the relationship between financial barriers (e. g. credit...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011765007
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Zukünftige Energiepolitik : Vorrang für rationelle Energienutzung und regenerative Energiequellen; Potentiale und Handlungsfelder; eine diskursorientierte Studie
Altner, Günter; Dürr, Hans-Peter; Michelsen, Gerd; … - 1995
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Assessment of the drafted German Integrated National Energy and Climate Plan
Buchmann, Marius; Kusznir, Julia; Brunekreeft, Gert - 2019
Germany is struggling to meet its 2020 greenhouse gas (GHG) emission and climate goals. Against this background, we analyze the current draft National Energy and Climate Plan (NECP) that sets out how Germany aims to achieve its national and European climate goals by 2030. We introduce the...
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Bedeutung der Energiewirtschaft für die Volkswirtschaft : Studie im Auftrag der RWE AG
Albrecht, Jutta; Gronwald, Marc; Karl, Hans-Dieter; … - 2011
von Energie und damit die Bedeutung einer effizienten Energiewirtschaft evident sind, ist es schwierig, ihre … gesamtwirtschaftliche Bedeutung angemessen zu bewerten. Neben dem Beitrag der Energiewirtschaft zum Bruttoinlandsprodukt kommt ihr … der Innovationskraft der Energiewirtschaft war auch der Vergleich der Situation in Deutschland mit jener in ausgewählten …
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What is a feasible and 1.5°C-aligned hydrogen infrastructure for Germany? : a multi-criteria economic study based on socio-technical energy scenarios
Hoffart, Franziska - 2022
Emission-free hydrogen (H2) is crucial to decarbonize energy supply and to tackle the climate crisis. To unlock the potential of H2, pipelines infrastructures and related investments are required to enable trade. However, it is uncertain what future H2 infrastructure will be needed. The paper...
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Building Energy Retrofit Hurdle Rates and Risk Arbitrage in Energy Efficiency Investments
Lai, Yuan - 2020
Despite extensive empirical evidence of the economic and financial benefits of green buildings, energy retrofit investments in existing buildings have not reached widespread adoption.This paper empirically estimate returns to energy retrofit investments for multifamily and commercial buildings...
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Decentralized energy : how 100 % renewable energy regions affect households' energy saving behavior
De Palma, Alessandro; Faillo, Marco; Gabriele, Roberto - 2023
This paper focuses on decentralized energy in Germany and how households' environmental behavior in terms of energy consumption is shaped in these contexts. It sets out to gain a more precise understanding of whether decentralized energy initiatives are a good tool to promote the adoption of...
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Labor demand effects of rising electricity prices : evidence for Germany
Cox, Michael; Peichl, Andreas; Pestel, Nico; Siegloch, … - 2013
Germany plays a pioneering role in replacing conventional power plants with renewable energy sources. While this is beneficial with respect to environmental quality, the energy turnaround implies increasing electricity prices for private households and firms. The extent to which this is...
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