Aktuelle Entwicklungen im Energiesystem wie z.B. die Einführung von Smart Metern und die Evolution der Netze zu Smart Grids machen den Einsatz von Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologien im Elektrizitätssektor zunehmend wichtiger, besonders auch für die regulierten Stromnetzbetreiber....

We study the drivers of the adoption of electricity generation technologies between 1970 and 2014 in the lower 48 U.S. states. Since the 1990s, major electricity market restructuring took place in some parts of the United States. We explore the implications of changing from a regulated...

It has been argued that “General Purpose Technologies” (GPTs) have the power to change the pace and direction of economic progress. Although there is empirical evidence on the virtuous effect of the diffusion of these technologies, this evidence is mostly based, if not exclusively, on...

In this paper we identify optimal strategies for the investment in power generation assets. The investments are characterized by multiple available technologies whose economic value is driven by a technology-specific combination of several underlying assets, such as the price of fuel,...