For informed climate change policy, it is important for decision makers to be able to assess how the costs and benefits of federal energy subsidies are distributed and to be able to have some measure to compare them. One way to do this is to evaluate the implied price of carbon (IPC) for a...

In my company the energy management function is charged with: 1. assuring adequate and reliable supply at lowest reasonable cost,2. forecasting and planning needs and projecting costs for existing and new facilities, 3. coordinating companywide programs designed to achieve maximum efficiency and...

Due to ambitious climate change targets and other energy and industrial policy goals such as the nuclear phase-out, the energy transition in Germany is heading toward a completely renewable energy system. This Weekly Report is the first to describe scenarios for 100 percent renewable energy...

Angesichts ambitionierter Klimaschutzziele und weiterer energie- und industriepolitischer Ziele wie dem Atomausstieg läuft die Energiewende in Deutschland auf eine Vollversorgung mit erneuerbaren Energien hinaus. Dieser Wochenbericht beschreibt erstmals Szenarien für eine zu 100 Prozent durch...

In this study, we identify the hydrogen investments and the main routes of hydrogen production in Brazil. We focus on sustainable hydrogen that is obtained from renewable energy sources or using carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) to neutralize emissions. The identified results...

The Governance of the SEA in the 2007-2013 EU Programs: the case of Italy The European Union 2007-2013 funds programming is a relevant frame in order to analyse the implementation of Strategic Environment Assessment (SEA) of plans and programs. In this paper the SEAs of 21 Regional Development...