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DIW Weekly Report 19/20 / 2024
The pace of thermal retrofit of buildings in Germany remains slow. A Worst-First approach, prioritizing the retrofit of inefficient buildings, would address energy- and social policy objectives and deliver economic and climate benefits. Data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) show how such an approach would protect especially low-income households often living in very inefficient buildings ...
2024| Sophie M. Behr, Merve Kücük, Maximilian Longmuir, Karsten Neuhoff
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DIW Weekly Report 13/14 / 2024
Large parts of the existing natural gas distribution networks must be decommissioned due to the decarbonization of the heat supply. However, there are neither regulatory nor economic incentives for the gas network operators to do so and delaying the decommissioning could be expensive for the remaining customers. This Weekly Report analyzes to what extent municipalities can partially decommission the ...
2024| Isabell Braunger, Philipp Herpich, Franziska Holz, Julia Rechlitz, Claudia Kemfert
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Diskussionspapiere 2082 / 2024
The transition of the steel sector to carbon neutrality requires significant investment. In this study, we aim to better understand the scale of investment required for a transition to hydrogen-based steelmaking and the ability of listed steelmakers to finance this investment. First, we analyze how capital expenditures are estimated in the academic literature and compare them with reported investment ...
2024| Alexandra Hüttel, Judith Lehner
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Refereed essays Web of Science
This paper addresses the pressing need for rapid decarbonization of energy systems by examining the role of nuclear power in future energy scenarios collected in the IPCC database. Despite their explorative character, energy scenarios can influence decision-makers or might be used to promote certain technology developments. They are increasingly subject to the integration into real-world settings and ...
In:
Energy Research & Social Science
110 (2024), 103448, 15 S.
| Fanny Böse, Alexander Wimmers, Björn Steigerwald, Christian von Hirschhausen
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Refereed essays Web of Science
In:
Energy Strategy Reviews
52 (2024), 101302, 14 S.
| Marlin Arnz, Leonard Göke, Johannes Thema, Frauke Wiese, Niklas Wulff, Mario Kendziorski, Karlo Hainsch, Philipp Blechinger, Christian von Hirschhausen
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Diskussionspapiere 2077 / 2024
This paper investigates the elusive role of productivity heterogeneity in new trade models in the trade and environment nexus. We contrast the Eaton-Kortum and the Melitz models with firm heterogeneity to the Armington and Krugman models without heterogeneity. We show that if firms have a constant emission share in terms of sales — as they do in a wide range of trade and environment models — the three ...
2024| Robin Sogalla, Joschka Wanner, Yuta Watabe
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Refereed essays Web of Science
While countries increasingly commit to pricing greenhouse gases directly through carbon taxes or emissions trading systems, indirect forms of carbon pricing-such as fuel excise taxes and fuel subsidy reforms-remain important factors affecting the mitigation incentives in an economy. Taken together, how can policy makers think about the overall price signal for carbon emissions and the incentive it ...
In:
The World Bank Research Observer
(2024) im Ersch. [Online first: 2023-10-06]
| Paolo Agnolucci, Carolyn Fischer, Dirk Heine, Mariza Montes de Oca Leon, Joseph Pryor, Kathleen Patroni, Stéphane Hallegatte
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Diskussionspapiere 2093 / 2024
This paper investigates the perspectives of stakeholder groups in the plastic and steel value chains on transitioning toward a circular economy (CE). Through semistructured interviews with 31 business stakeholders, we analyze business strategies, key factors, challenges and opportunities, as well as coordination and regulatory needs for a successful industry-wide CE transition. Our findings highlight ...
2024| Xi Sun, Sophie M. Behr, Merve Kücük
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Diskussionspapiere 2092 / 2024
Public support systems and private investments in renewable energy are increasingly existing side-by-side and are both emphasized in policy proposals on the European and national levels. This paper assesses the interaction between the two approaches with respect to cream-skimming, i.e., the potential for low-cost projects to sign private contracts that increase the costs of publicly supported renewable ...
2024| Mats Kröger
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Externe Monographien
Diese Dissertation behandelt die Herausforderungen der Dekarbonisierung im Energiesektor aus verschiedenen Perspektiven mit unterschiedlichen Methoden. Kapitel 1 liefert Hintergrund und Motivation. Kapitel 2 analysiert die Beziehung zwischen geografischer und zeitlicher Flexibilität im Strommarkt in einem Szenario mit 100% erneuerbaren Energien in zwölf mitteleuropäischen Ländern. Unter Anwendung eines ...
Berlin:
Technische Universität Berlin,
2024,
XIX, 195 S.
| Alexander Roth