Legal scholarship tends to approach the law and policy of clean energy from an environmental law perspective. As hydraulic fracturing, renewable energy integration, nuclear reactor (re)licensing, transport biofuel mandates, and other energy issues have pushed to the forefront of the...

Vorwort -- Das Spiel der Spiele: Bedeutung und Entwicklung der deutschen Stromwirtschaft -- Die Basics: Begriffe der Stromwirtschaft -- Das Powerhouse: Technische Grundlagen der Stromversorgung -- Der "designte" Markt: Marktstruktur der Stromwirtschaft -- Ein Ausblick in bewegte(n) Zeiten: Die...

Introduction -- Fundamentals of Energy and Power Systems -- Energy Demand -- Electricity Generation and Operational Planning -- Electricity Transport and Storage -- Regulation: Grids and Environment -- Simple Electricity Market Equilibrium Models -- Markets: Organisation, Trading and Efficiency...

Renewable energy communities involve various agents who decide to jointly invest in renewable production units and storage. This paper examines how these communities interact with the energy system and can decrease its overall cost. First, we show that a renewable energy community can contribute...

Energy security is a comprehensive concept and pursuing it as a developmental goal entails first and foremost a clearer understanding of what it means. This study proposes six broad elements in assessing energy security, namely, sufficiency, reliability, resilience, affordability, accessibility,...

The main objective of national energy policies in OECD countries is to ensure the availability of secure and economic supplies with minimal environmental impact. The means of achieving security and competitiveness in the supply of electricity differ between countries