differential treatment of coal boil- ers shaped the generation landscape by affecting unit utilization, retirement, and emissions …

objectives in Germany (and elsewhere) implies phasing out both hard coal and lignite. This chapter provides an overview of …. Section 4.3 focuses on coal-fired electricity generation and its problematic role in the German energy sector. Section 4 … standard (EPS), a CO2 floor price, and a phase-out law. In Section 4.5, we show that a medium-term coal phase-out is compatible …

power generation, it recommends eliminating taxes on residential and industrial electricity, supplementing the coal phaseout …

positive excess returns in coal futures markets. The term structure of these excess returns implies that the storage market is …