Argues that fossil fuels are the only way to American energy independence, that sustainable energy sources are a fantasy, and that radical environmentalists and their belief in climate change will leave billions of people in poverty

The wide availability of renewable energy sources in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is at the core of several large-scale European initiatives to support clean energy generation in the region and import part of it to Europe. Given the current socio-economic and political challenges in...

In der vorliegenden Arbeit werden verschiedene fundamentale Prognosemodelle für die Preise von stündlichen Day-Ahead Elektrizitätskontrakten auf den deutschen Markt geschätzt und getestet. Dabei wird ein breites Spektrum an fundamentalen Variablen berücksichtigt, um den spezifischen...

This volume was prepared by Luise Röpke while she was working at the Ifo Institute. It was completed in December 2013 and accepted as a doctoral thesis by the Department of Economics at the University of Munich. It includes three self-contained chapters about aspects of the integration of new...

Paul Wolfowitz, President of the World Bank, in the development community, the interaction of energy, environment, and poverty have emerged as a central challenge. Lack of consistent electricity in developing countries is a severe obstacle to doing business. It is also affecting school...