On 10 June 2011, the district council of Ahrweiler in the north of the federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany took the decision to meet 100% of the district's electricity needs through renewable energy by 2030. Yet the share of renewable energy in the district's overall electricity...

The paper introduces a novel framework for classifying different types of national political economies. It applies the outlined framework to analyse in an historical perspective the development of one mature renewable energy sector (onshore wind) and one infant renewable energy sector (offshore...

Nigeria is the world’s largest black nation with over 145 million people. With an ailing power sector, the country has been unable to meet the energy needs of its population. As such, this paper investigates the impact a wind turbine will have on the country. An economic, environmental and...

Das Desertec-Projekt zielt auf ein gigantisches Solar- und Windanlagensystem von der nordafrikanischen Atlantikküste bis zum Persischen Golf ab. Bis zum Jahr 2050 sollen hierdurch 5 Prozent des EU-weiten Strombedarfs gedeckt werden. Den MENA-Staaten wurden wirtschaftliche Dynamik auf Grundlage...