The use of renewable energy (RE) sources plays a significant role in increasing the security of energy supply and mitigating climate change. Whereas this role is undisputed, there is an ongoing discussion about the employment impacts of promoting RE deployment. In the past years several studies...

The use of renewable energy (RE) sour ces plays a significant role in increa sing the security of energy supply and mitigating climate change. Whereas this role is und isputed, there is an ongoing discussion about the employment impacts of promoting RE deployment. So far no common methodological...

The German feed-in support of electricity generation from renewable energy sources has led to high growth rates of the supported technologies. Critics state that the costs for consumers are too high. An important aspect to be considered in the discussion is the price effect created by renewable...

Die Marktprämie hat im ersten Jahr ihres Bestehens Entwicklungen angestoßen, die für die mittelfristige Marktintegration der erneuerbaren Energien sehr wichtig sind. Die Marktprämie eröffnet neuen Akteuren den Handel mit Strom aus erneuerbaren Energien und kann so Wettbewerb und Innovation...