Das Buch des emeritierten Heidelberger Physikprofessors ("Physik für Biologen", ID 48/04) beruht auf einer Vorlesung im Studiengang Umweltökonomie, die er von 1998-2001 gehalten hat. Die meisten der benutzten Daten stammen aus dieser Zeit. Das ist akzeptabel, da es um fundamentale...

I consider an economy with fossil fuel and renewable energy and energy storage, and search for the conditions that lead to welfare improvements when energy is stored. I then solve for the optimal decision rule and analyze the long-run tendencies of the economy-energy variables. The findings are...

Energy efficiency and short-term demand response are key issues in the decarbonization of power markets. However, their interaction and combined impact on market prices as well as on the supply side, is yet to be understood. We develop a framework to implement investments in energy efficiency...

This paper deals with the problem of tackling the adverse effect of output growth on environmental quality. For this purpose we use an intermediate sector that builds "putty-practically-clay" capital consisting of an amalgam of energy and raw capital used for final goods production. The...