Following the liberalization and privatization of the electricity market, Russia is now reforming the heating sector. Similarly to the electricity market restructuring, the trigger for the heat reform is the necessity to attract investments in the modernization of this sector. The existing...

Energy supply contracting consisting in outsourcing energy-related services is considered as a promising tool to induce investment in energy efficiency and renewable technologies. Yet, energy contracting markets grow slowly and Switzerland is lagging behind. In order to assess whether the...