Die bestehenden Verteilnetze für Erdgas werden aufgrund der Dekarbonisierung der Wärmeversorgung in großen Teilen stillgelegt werden müssen. Für die Gasnetzbetreiber bestehen dazu weder regulatorische noch wirtschaftliche Anreize. Für die verbleibenden Kund*innen könnte eine verschleppte Stilllegung aber teuer werden. Dieser Wochenbericht untersucht, inwiefern die Kommunen durch die Rekommunalisierung ...
Energiewende, Klimaschutz und Digitalisierung führen zu einem hohen Innovationsdruck für Unternehmen der Energie-, Wasser- und Entsorgungswirtschaft. Insbesondere der weitreichende Umbau der Energiewirtschaft erfordert neue Technologien, innovative Geschäftsmodelle und digitale Lösungen. Der vorliegende Bericht untersucht die Innovationsdynamik der Branche über die letzten Jahre. Die Befunde zeigen, ...
This paper uses a panel of German individuals and highly granular pollution data to test if air pollution affects adults’ well-being indirectly through the health of their children. Results show that ozone decreases the well-being of individuals with children while not affecting persons without kids. We confirm the same effect for fine particulate matter and sulfur dioxide. Concerning the mechanism, ...
While the link between the ownership and productive efficiency of firms has been discussed extensively, no consensus exists regarding the superiority of one or the other in non-competitive, regulated environments. This paper applies a flexibleproduction model to test for efficiency differences associated with ownership types while allowing the production to adapt to market restructuring over time. ...
Although there is strong support for renewable energy plants, they are often met with local resistance. We quantify the externalities of renewable energy plants using well-being data. We focus on the example of biogas, one of the most frequently deployed technologies besides wind and solar. To this end, we combine longitudinal household data with novel panel data on more than 13, 000 installations ...
The energiewende ("Energy Turnaround") in Germany will occur within the context of setting up Europe's internal electricity market. An important initial step will be to intensify regional cooperation between neighboring countries. We assert that the full benefits of regional cooperation will be realized by integrating Europe's market segments, e.g., real-time, day ahead, reserve markets and backup ...