The aim of this paper is to enunciate a new way to estimate levelized cost of electric energy (LCOE), considering emission of greenhouse gases cost, by taking the theoretical cost of avoiding pollution as the emission cost. In this way, it would be comparable LCOE from different sources of...

With its communication "Sustainable Carbon Cycles", the European Commission has opened a new chapter in European climate policy. For the first time, natural and artificial CO2 capture and storage technologies are to be covered jointly in an overarching regulatory approach. This article reviews...

Deutschland soll bis zum Jahr 2045 klimaneutral werden. Um dieses ambitionierte Ziel erreichen zu können, ist eine allumfassende Transformation der Wirtschaft notwendig. Neben der Energiewende hin zu einer bestenfalls vollständigen Versorgung mit erneuerbaren Energien ist die Förderung von...

In this paper, I empirically estimate the relationship between digital technology and climate technology using the United States Patent and Trademark Office's patent database. I find that innovation in digital technology increases the number of patents for climate technology by 17.3% on average,...