Electricity accounts for more than 40 % of global energy-related CO 2 emissions. This issue is most pressing for developing countries where growth in power demand is particularly high, fueling the risk of irreversible investment in CO 2 -intensive capacity, the so-called "carbon lock-in"....

This book aims to assess multidimensional aspects of energy security in the electricity sector. There are few academic literature that assess regulation and governance, availability, technology development and efficiency, environmental sustainability, and affordability dimension comprehensively....

This thesis focuses on demand side developments and on the regulated as well as the economic framework conditions those storage technologies have to compete in and draws a clear picture of the economic feasibility of large scale storage options in Central Europe for the coming decades. The...

Überall in Europa nahmen ab den 1880er-Jahren kommunale und private Elektrizitätswerke den Betrieb auf. Sie sorgten für die Beleuchtung öffentlicher Strassen und repräsentativer Bauten, verkauften die elektrische Energie insbesondere aber auch an Privatpersonen. Die Elektrifizierung des...