It is well known that, despite improvements in recent years, a number of LAC countries' exports still remain below their potential and what would be expected judging from their levels of development. The same holds for their degrees of export diversification (Blyde et al., 2014). In addition,...

Le caractère composite de la fourniture d’électricité a des implications pour la politique de régulation de la sécurité d’approvisionnement dans le secteur de l’énergie électrique, ce que nous démontrons en nous appuyant sur le concept d’externalité politiquement pertinente....

In this paper we study the effects of the changes in the level of product market regulation on the industry-level innovation intensity in the Electricity sector across 16 European countries during years 1990-2009. We matched data on R&D budgets and EPO patent applications from IEA and Eurostat...

Die nukleare Katastrophe von Fukushima im März 2011 setzte eine hitzige Debatte über die zukünftige Energiepolitik in Deutschland in Gang, die letzten Endes zum Beschluss des vorzeitigen Atomausstiegs führte. Um die Energieversorgung zu sichern und gleichzeitig die angestrebten...

Natural gas plays an important role in the future development of electricitymarkets as it is the least emission intensive fossil generation option whileadditionally providing the needed flexibility in plant operation to deal withintermittent renewable generation. As both the electricity and the...

We present a bottom-up electricity market model for Switzerland called Swissmod.It includes a detailed electricity network and hydropower representation. Swissmodcaptures the features and restrictions of run-of-river, yearly storage and pumped-storage power plants and combines this with a...

The interdependence of electricity and natural gas is becoming a major energy policy and regulatory issue in all jurisdictions around the world. The increased role of gas fired plants in renewable-based electricity markets and the dependence on gas imports make this issue particular striking for...

<span lang="EN-GB">The overlapping impact of the Emission Trading System (ETS) and renewable energy (RE) deployment targets creates a classic case of interaction effects. Whereas the price interaction is widely recognized and has been thoroughly discussed, the effect of an overlapping instrument on the abatement...</span>

<u><strong>Resumen</strong></u>La historia del sector eléctrico en Colombia y su planeación ha estado marcada por varios hitos, que han producido cambios en los paradigmas sobre la organización y la función del Estado frente a la prestación del servicio de energía eléctrica. Dichas innovaciones de...

<u><strong>Resumen</strong></u>Las pérdidas de energía eléctrica en el sistema de distribución colombiano han representado históricamente un alto costo a los usuarios y a las empresas prestadoras del servicio. Por esta razón el Ministerio de Minas y Energía (MME), mediante el Decreto MME 387 de 2007, estableció...