The European Council has proposed to stick to a more ambitious GHG target but to scrap a binding RES target for the post-2020 period. This is in line with many existing assessments which demonstrate that additional RES policies impair the cost-effectiveness of addressing a single CO2...

Unlike in developing countries, there tends to be no problem of access to water, electricity, and heating for private households in transition countries. However, transition countries have a considerable amount of low-income households, and the problem of affordability of these...

Intro -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Approaching the Issue -- 1.2 Methodology -- 1.3 Structure of the Study -- 2 Supporting Photovoltaics - The Case of the German EEG -- 2.1 General Promotion Possibilities of Renewable Electricity Generation -- 2.1.1 Rationale of Promoting Renewables -- 2.1.2 Policy...

To increase the sustainability of economic processes and products as well as the use of sustainable resource inputs, a transition is required from the hitherto predominantly fossil resource-based "throughput economy" towards a circular flow economy based on renewable resources, the so-called...