This paper examines the drivers of Algeria's energy transformation as well as the cross-cutting issues and challenges in the transformation process. It suggests a framework that accelerates sustainable transformation based on the ideologies of systemic reasoning. Interviews were conducted with 20 energy experts in Algeria, along with a content analysis of policy documents, reports, and previous studies. ...
I examine the Coasean independence property in a large multinational cap-and-trade scheme for greenhouse gas emissions, the EU Emissions Trading System. I analyze whether emissions of power producers are independent from allowance allocations by leveraging a change in allocation policy for a difference-in-differences strategy. The evidence suggests that the independence property holds overall and for ...
We fit CES and VES production functions to data from a numerical bottom-up optimization model of electricity supply with clean and dirty inputs. This approach allows for studying high shares of clean energy not observable today and for isolating mechanisms that impact the elasticity of substitution between clean and dirty energy. Central results show that (i) dirty inputs are not essential for production. ...
Using machine learning methods in a quasi-experimental setting, I study the heterogeneous effects of introducing waste prices - unit prices on household unsorted waste disposal - on waste demands and municipal costs. Using a unique panel of Italian municipalities with large variation in prices and observables, I show that waste demands are nonlinear. I find evidence of constant elasticities at low ...
Energy system models are used for policy decisions and technology designs. If not carefully used, models give implausible outputs and mislead decision-making. One implausible effect is “unintended storage cycling”, which is observable as simultaneous storage charging and discharging. Methods to remove such misleading effects exist, but are computationally inefficient and sometimes ineffective. Through ...
DIW-Studie zu Wasserknappheit und -verschmutzung in Deutschland – Unzureichende Bepreisung von Oberflächen- und Grundwasser – Nitratbelastetes Grundwasser lässt Kosten für Trinkwasseraufbereitung steigen – Ökolandbau kann Gewässerqualität verbessern Klimawandel sowie Schadstoffbelastung und übermäßiger Verbrauch machen die wertvolle Ressource Wasser auch in Deutschland immer knapper: Das heizt Nutzungskonflikte ...
Globale Herausforderungen wie Wasserknappheit und Wasserverschmutzung werden auch in Deutschland vermehrt sichtbar. Trinkwasser wird teurer, weil die Bereinigung von zunehmender Verschmutzung auf die Verbraucher*innen umgelegt wird, obwohl sie durch Industrie und Landwirtschaft verursacht werden. Gleichzeitig zahlen die für ihren Wasserverbrauch oft sehr wenig. Wie können Industrie und...