This report estimates the CO2 emissions of freight transport on a hypothetical high-speed rail (HSR) line along the northern route, from Lyon to Warsaw, of a 'European Silk Road' (ESR). Using a methodology consisting of predictions regarding the freight-carrying capacity of the future HSR, and...

This paper provides an empirical assessment of the impact of rising gas and carbon prices on European electricity prices. Using a comprehensive data set of hourly power market data of 14 European countries, we estimate the impact of gas and carbon prices on electricity prices for the years 2018...

This paper provides an empirical assessment of the impact of rising gas and carbon prices on European electricity prices. Using a comprehensive data set of hourly power market data of 14 European countries, we estimate the impact of gas and carbon prices on electricity prices for the years 2018...

The European Union's plan for climate neutrality by 2050 reopens the question of the role carbon pricing can and should play. Carbon pricing should not - and ultimately cannot - only be an enforcement tool or backstop that ensures targets are met, while the heavy-lifting of decarbonisation comes...

Middle East and North Africa (MENA) gas exporters are facing long-term market and regulatory challenges in Europe. The near three-year continuous decline in Europe’s gas demand since the beginning of the Ukraine crisis is a key challenge for these exporters who are concerned about whether this...

Das Prinzip der Energiesteuer klingt einfach und logisch, doch wirft die Realisierung vielfältige Probleme auf. Die beiden Männer des Instituts Wohnen und Umwelt in Darmstadt erörtern Konzepte und Modelle, die jeweils nach dem gleichen Bausteinsystem struktuiert und bewertet werden: Ziele,...