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This paper argues that the development of energy systems rests on a combination of three different domains of socio-economic processes and associated modes of decision-making. For shorthand these are termed ‘satisficing’, ‘optimising’, and ‘transforming’ domains, with corresponding underpinnings found in behavioural, neoclassical, and evolutionary economics respectively. Each domain operates at different ...
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Technological Forecasting & Social Change
98 (2015), S. 290-302
| Michael Grubb, Jean-Charles Hourcade, Karsten Neuhoff
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To assess how capital stocks adapt to energy price changes, it is necessary to account for the impacts on different vintages of capital and to account separately for price-induced and autonomous improvements in the energy efficiency of capital stock. The results of econometric analysis for five manufacturing industries in 19 OECD countries between 1990 and 2005 indicate that higher energy prices resulted ...
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Journal of Environmental Economics and Management
68 (2014), 2, S. 340-356
| Jevgenijs Steinbuks, Karsten Neuhoff
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Distributed energy resources allow for new business models that have the potential to substantially change today's power system functioning paradigm. In particular, these changes pose challenges for distribution system operators (DSOs) and their regulation alike. This article sheds light on missing aspects in current regulation, recognizing DSOs as regulated monopolies, but also as key players along ...
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Utilities Policy
31 (2014), S. 229-237
| Sophia Rüster, Sebastian Schwenen, Carlos Batlle, Ignacio Pérez-Arriaga
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Taking a quarter-century to build Europe's internal market for electricity may seem an incredibly long journey. The aim of achieving a Europe-wide market might be reached, but it has involved – and continues to involve – a process subject to many adverse dynamics. The EU internal market may derail greatly in the coming years from the effects of a massive push for renewables, as well as a growing decentralization ...
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Utilities Policy
31 (2014), S. 221-228
| Jean-Michel Glachant, Sophia Rüster
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This paper reviews the adjustments of the feed-in tariffs for new solar photovoltaic (PV) installations in Germany. As PV system prices declined rapidly since 2009, the German government implemented automatic mechanisms to adjust the remuneration level for new installations in response to deployment volumes. This paper develops an analytic model to simulate weekly installations of PV systems of up ...
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Energy Economics
44 (2014), S. 36-46
| Thilo Grau
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Supply security in imperfect power markets is modelled under different market designs. In a uniform price auction for electricity with two firms, strategic behaviour may leave firms offering too few capacities and unable to supply all realized demand. Market design that relies on capacity markets increases available generation capacities for sufficiently high capacity prices and consequently decreases ...
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Energy Economics
43 (2014), S. 256-263
| Sebastian Schwenen
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With the European Strategic Energy Technology Plan (SET Plan) expiring in 2020, the EU needs to revisit its energy technology policy for the post-2020 horizon and to establish a policy framework that fosters the achievement of ambitious EU commitments for decarbonization by 2050. We discuss options for a post-2020 EU energy technology policy, taking account of uncertain technology developments, uncertain ...
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Energy Policy
66 (2014), S. 209-217
| Sophia Rüster, Sebastian Schwenen, Matthias Finger, Jean-Michel Glachant
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As current policy frameworks are expiring soon, the EU is revisiting its energy technology policy for the post-2020 horizon. The main long-run objective for energy technology policy is to foster the achievement of ambitious EU goals for decarbonisation. We discuss how European energy technology policy towards 2050 can be effective despite: 1) uncertain carbon prices; 2) uncertain technological change; ...
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International Journal of Energy Technology and Policy
9 (2013), 2, S. 160-174
| Sophia Rüster, Sebastian Schwenen, Matthias Finger, Jean-Michel Glachant
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The discussion of the support for renewable energy must consider the distributional impact of cost allocation. The public is sensitive to social imbalances caused by rising power prices that might jeopardize the acceptance of energy transformation. By the end of 2012 about 19 percent of German power is produced with renewables other than hydropower. As a result, German consumers will pay for global ...
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Economics of Energy and Environmental Policy
2 (2013), 1, S. 41-54
| Karsten Neuhoff, Stefan Bach, Jochen Diekmann, Martin Beznoska, Tarik El-Laboudy
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Integrating large quantities of variable renewable electricity generation remains a political and operational challenge. One of the main obstacles in Europe to installing at least 200 GWs of power from variable renewable sources is how to deal with the insufficient network capacity and the congestion that will result from new flow patterns. We model the current methodology for controlling congestion ...
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Energy Economics
40 (2013), S. 760-772
| Karsten Neuhoff, Julian Barquin, Janusz Bialek, Rodney Boyd, Chris Dent, Franciso Echavarren, Thilo Grau, Christian von Hirschhausen, Benjamin F. Hobbs, Friedrich Kunz, Christian Nabe, Georgios Papaefthymiou, Christoph Weber, Hannes Weigt