We study the abilities of competitive markets to produce sufficient energy capacities to meet a fixed energy demand. Renewable energy producers with stochastic outputs and no variable costs compete against conventional energy producers with deterministic, pollutant outputs and increasing...

Nach der Liberalisierung der Energiewirtschaft im Jahr 1998 steht die Branche hierzulande vor einer weiteren Zäsur. Im Angesicht der Atomkatastrophe von Fukushima nahm die Bundesregierung im Sommer 2011 in einer ungewöhnlichen politischen Kehrtwende ihren kurz zuvor noch verabschiedeten...

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...