and scrutiny. This is partly because of China's own high-profile, active energy diplomacy, its national oil companies … energy security as a result of misconceptions and misunderstandings of China's quest for energy security both inside and … outside China. This paper aims to de-politicize the debate on China's global quest for energy resources and to put discussions …

Indian economic growth is likely to lead to a huge increase of energy use in buildings but so far, policies to address … this issue are lacking. Standard building energy use concerning glazing, air conditioning and lighting in different … climatic zones across India leads to energy use per m2 which is 3-4 times of the German average. We assess the potential to …

calculated. We hope that these data facilitate CDM project development in the electricity supply and energy efficiency …

The present study discusses energy supply challenge and assesses renewable energy potential in the studied countries …. Moreover, energy demand as well as demand projection is assessed until 2020. Resulting CO2-eq emissions are also projected. The … study reveals that the countries under examination lack accurate information on their renewable energy potentials. Based on …

Many technologies that produce electricity from renewable energy sources are currently not competitive. This is due to … years. This support is currently demonstrated very successfully by the German Renewable Energy Act (EEG), which provides for … electricity production from renewable energy decreases the wholesale price of electricity. Consequently, electricity costs of …

This paper analyses the macroeconomic costs of environmental regulation in European energy markets on the basis of … existing macroeconomic simulation studies. The analysis comprises the European emssion trading scheme, energy taxes, measures … in the transport sector, and the promotion of renewable energy sources. We find that these instruments affect the …

, this suspension itself as well as its withdrawal, had an effect on unsystematic volatility of European energy stocks … of the crisis and therefore a rise of Western Europe?s energy cost and risk tended to increase market expectations with … respect to energy-related firms. In contrast, market uncertainty increased when Russia reopened its valves. One reason for …