Im Energiemix, den die Bundesregierung in ihrem Energiekonzept vorsieht, sollen in Zukunft die erneuerbaren Energien den Hauptanteil übernehmen. Wie muss eine langfristige Strategie für die zukünftige Energieversorgung aussehen, und welche Rolle spielt dabei die Atomkraft? Nach Ansicht von...

This paper seeks to disaggregate concerns about energy security within the wider European neighbourhood from the nation-state to the household, and particularly to poor households in the transition and developing economies of the former Soviet Union. It argues that two decades of...

Under perfect competition on the output market, first best technology subsidies in the presence of learning by doing are justified by knowledge spill overs that are not accounted for by individual companies. First best output subsidies are thus depending directly on the learning effects and are,...

This thesis focuses on demand side developments and on the regulated as well as the economic framework conditions those storage technologies have to compete in and draws a clear picture of the economic feasibility of large scale storage options in Central Europe for the coming decades. The...