Unter heutigen Rahmenbedingungen muss davon ausgegangen werden, dass der globale Primärenergieverbrauch sich bis 2050 mehr als verdoppeln wird und die energiebedingten CO2-Emissionen sogar um 137% steigen. Die Abhängigkeit der OECD-Staaten von Energieimporten würde weiter wachsen und der...

Bevölkerungszuwachs und Wirtschaftswachstum werden in den kommenden Jahrzehnten die Energienachfrage weiter ansteigen lassen. Die Verbrauchszuwächse bis 2030 können und müssen weitgehend mit fossilen Energien abgedeckt werden. Es gibt genügend Gas und Öl für den Rest des Jahrhunderts. Die...

Under the current regulatory frame in the EU, transmission planning is done at the national level to maximize national welfare, rather than European welfare. In this paper, we develop a competitive equilibrium model that calculates the impact of this imperfect regulatory framework on the cost of...

We consider a monopolistic firm producing a good while polluting and using a fossil energy. This firm can adopt a clean technology by incurring an investment cost decreasing exponentially with the adoption date. This clean technology does not pollute and has a lower production cost because it...

Under today's conditions, global energy demand would double until 2050 and CO2 emissions could be expected to increase even more (by 137%). This would be related to an increasing dependence of OECD member countries on energy imports, and also to a further aggravation of the global greenhouse...

Population and economic growth will lead to additional energy demand in the coming decades. Consumption increase in the period to 2030 has to and will be met mainly by fossil fuels. There is enough oil and gas for the rest of the century. The challenge is to avoid the imminent growth of CO2...

This dissertation studies the science and policy-making of alternative energy using biofuels as a case study, primarily examining the instruments that can be used to alleviate the impacts of climate change and their relative efficacy. Three case studies of policy-making on biofuels in the...

The diffusion of renewable energy in the power system implies high supply variability. Lacking economically viable storage options, renewable energy integration has so far been possible thanks to the presence of fast-reacting mid-merit fossil-based technologies, which act as back-up capacity....

Digitalization of the energy sector- Formation of new business models: decentralized energy generation technologies (virtual power plants and energy storages), robotic process automation, digitalization of internal interfaces and interaction with the consumer, increasing the availability of data...

High upfront costs are a critical barrier for investments in clean infrastructure technologies in developing countries. This paper uses a case study of Thailand’s electricity sector to create realistic estimates for the relative contributions of local and global technological learning to...