Led by energy and environmental policies the EU power sector is undergoing vast changes to achieve a market driven and sustainable future. Market based price discovery and different renewable support schemes are seen as key solutions in achieving the desired future production mix. Most liquid...

The main objective of this paper is to find appropriate parameters for a resource revenue fund model in the industrial part of the World, with Estonia as an example. Based on literature review and case studies of resource revenue funds, four parameters are suggested: the period of resource...

It has been proven that a country's development level increases with greater access to and use of electricity. However this holds true for lower levels of development – in the light of increasing political commitments for environmental concerns and global warming it is much harder to pinpoint...

From 2013 the total quantity of permitted CO2 emissions in the European Union will be decreasingly capped, putting pressure on their unit price. This in turn will influence carbon-intensive companies’ total costs and potentially affect profit margins. This article offers analysis of a small...