The increasing use of energy from renewable sources (RE) for the generation of heat and electricity in Germany has also led to an increasingly intensive debate on its advantages and disadvantages. The discussion mostly centers on the cost effects, because beneficial effects often are harder to...

In Deutschland wurden die Emissionsberechtigungen (EB, EUA) für die erste Handels-periode (HP 1) 2005-2007 vollständig gratis zugeteilt. In HP 2 (2008-2012) werden jährlich 40 Millionen Emissionsberechtigungen veräußert (§ 19 ZuG 2012). Nachdem die EB anfänglich durch die...

The German Renewable Energy Act (EEG) has been very successful in promoting the deployment of wind power plants and other renewable energy power generating technologies in Germany. The increasing share of EEG-power in the generation portfolio, increasing amounts of fluctuating power generation,...

The increasing use of energy from renewable sources (RE) for the generation of heat and electricity in Germany has also led to an increasingly intensive debate on its advantages and disadvantages. The discussion mostly centers on the cost effects, because beneficial effects often are harder to...

Das Papier analysiert verschiedene Optionen der Milderung von Verteilungseffekten der Förderung von Strom aus erneuerbaren Energien (EE). Ausgehend von der bestehenden Regelung in Deutschland, der Umverteilung durch die EEG-Umlage, werden eine Senkung der Differenzkosten, eine Verringerung der...

[Introduction] The support of renewable energy in electricity generation has been subject to much debate. Tariffs or premiums for renewable electricity generation have turned out as the instrument of choice in 23 EU member states and in more than 100 countries globally. But the financing of RE...