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...

The paper aims to contribute to the longstanding technology-push vs. demand-pull debate and to the literature on renewable energy diffusion and renewable energy policy assessment. We argue that in addition to the traditional push-pull dichotomy, the drivers of technological change must be...

Der internationale Vergleich von Förderinstrumenten für die Erhöhung des Stromanteils aus erneuerbaren Energiequellen zeigt einen Einsatz unterschiedlichster hoheitlicher Instrumente auf. Die national unterschiedlichen Ausbaustände alternativer Erzeugungstechnologien lassen sich durch...

The European Union (EU) has set targets for gradually reducing greenhouse gas emissions through 2050. One of the instruments involved is the 2009 Renewable Energy Directive, which specifies a 20 per cent renewable energy target for the EU by 2020. This paper reviews tensions and institutional...