Households adopt solar panels for different reasons, but always with a reduced electricity bill in mind. However, the access to solar power at near zero marginal costs may well induce rebound effects which shift households' demand curve and distort the net effects of solar PV investments. By...

Using detailed data on consumer payments, we find only limited evidence that fluctuations in cross-border fuel price differentials are relevant for Dutch consumers. Consumers living close to the German border did react to a salient increase in Dutch excise fuel duties in January 2014. However,...

A more sustainable heat supply of the built environment is needed to reach the policy goal of a climate-neutral economy in the Netherlands by 2050. This paper presents a method using a spatial energy model to calculate the most cost-effective CO2- reduction potential of a sustainable heat supply...