The positive impacts of an increasing share of renewable energy (RE) on the mitigation of climate change as well as on the decrease of the dependence of energy imports are indisputable. However, such are currently still the additional costs of heat and electricity generation from most renewable...

The paper builds on a study "Policy Scenarios for Climate Protection VI". In the Current Policy Scenario (CPS) all measures which have been implemented by July 8 2011 are considered. In the Energy Transformation Scenario (ETS) additional measures are included to reach the climate targets of the...

COP17 in Durban revealed once again the general willingness to commit to the 2°-target and the difficulty to reach an international Post-Kyoto agreement until 2015. There is strong evidence from model-based analysis that economic costs of reaching the 2°-target will be below global GDP growth...

The Global Resource Accounting Model (GRAM) is an environmentally-extended multi-regional input--output model, covering 48 sectors in 53 countries and two regions. Next to CO₂ emissions, GRAM also includes different resource categories. Using GRAM, we are able to estimate the amount of carbon...

Im Zuge des Ausbaus der erneuerbaren Energien produzieren private Haushalte zunehmend selbst Strom und Wärme. Prosumer-Haushalte verbrauchen zumindest einen Teil der erzeugten Energie selbst. In einem ersten Schritt sind aus einer großen Zahl von Prosumer-Haushalten, welche sich hinsichtlich...

Im Zuge des Ausbaus der erneuerbaren Energien produzieren private Haushalte zunehmend selbst Strom und Wärme. Prosumer-Haushalte verbrauchen zumindest einen Teil der erzeugten Energie selbst. Zur Bestimmung von gesamtwirtschaftlichen Effekten durch Prosumer-Haushalte in Deutschland wurde das...