Assessment of the Impact of Renewable Electricity Generation on the German Electricity Sector
Author: Frank Sensfuss
Publisher:
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 209
ISBN-13: 9783183188161
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Renewable Energies in Germany’s Electricity Market
Author: Elke Bruns
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2010-11-04
Total Pages: 423
ISBN-13: 9048199050
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis cross-sectional, interdisciplinary study traces the “history of innovation” of renewable energies in Germany. It features five renewable energy sectors of electricity generation: biomass, photovoltaic, wind energy, geothermal energy and hydropower. The study tracks the development of the respective technologies as well as their contribution to electricity generation. It focuses on driving forces and constraints for renewable energies in the period between 1990 and today.
Social Costs of Energy Consumption
Author: Olav Hohmeyer
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2012-12-06
Total Pages: 136
ISBN-13: 364283499X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIt has become apparent that the market diffusion of systems using new and renewable sources of energy such as solar systems, wind energy converters etc. is taking place more slowly than expected (see e.g. Jochem et al. 1986, p. 338). This indicates that various barriers to the market introduction of such technologies have been underestimated. This hypothesis is supported by the accelerating effect of strong financial incentives on market diffusion rates of wind energy systems in such countries as Denmark and the USA (see Jochem et al. 1986, p. 340f). It is often pointed out that the macroeconomic and social advantages of new energy technologies such as environmental attractiveness, reduction of dependence on energy imports, or resource preservation and the hidden costs of conventional energy systems are not adequately represented in microeconomic evaluations (see Wicke 1986, p. 12 or Solow 1982, p. 32). The general market pricing mechanism does not seem to work adequately in such cases. In any seriously distorted market, government has to compensate by internalizing the external effects of economic processes (see e.g. Solow 1982, p. 31 or Osterkamp/Schneider 1982, p. 27). Therefore, research efforts to estimate the full costs of energy systems to society are necessary. The knowledge of these full social costs of energy could enable government to take corrective action to help the market mechanism achieve an optimal allocation of resources.
Energiewende "Made in Germany"
Author: Christian von Hirschhausen
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2018-12-24
Total Pages: 387
ISBN-13: 3319951262
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book provides an in-depth analysis of the energy transformation process ongoing in Germany, now commonly referred to as energiewende, in the European context, with a focus on the electricity sector. It presents an expert look at the origins of the German energiewende, its concrete implementation, its impacts within the European context as well as medium and long-term perspectives. The authors, internationally recognized energy, electricity, and climate economists at the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) and Berlin University of Technology, conclude that the first years of the energiewende have successfully laid the foundation for a renewables-based electricity system in Germany, but that challenges remain in relation to decarbonizing the electricity system and phasing out nuclear energy. The authors also provide ground-breaking insights to inform energy policy in other countries and at the European level. In the outlook, the authors explore upcoming issues, such as coupling between the electricity and other sectors, and behavioral changes of industry and households. The book addresses readers in the energy industry, energy and climate policymakers, regulators, and others interested in the low carbon energy system transformation in Germany, Europe, and worldwide.
Energy Law in Germany
Author: Henning Thomas
Publisher: Kluwer Law International B.V.
Published: 2022-09-20
Total Pages: 430
ISBN-13: 9403546654
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDerived from the renowned multi-volume International Encyclopaedia of Laws, this book provides a systematic approach to legislation and legal practice concerning energy resources and production in Germany. The book describes the administrative organization, regulatory framework, and relevant case law pertaining to the development, application, and use of such forms of energy as electricity, gas, petroleum, and coal, with attention as needed to the pervasive legal effects of competition law, environmental law, and tax law. A general introduction covers the geography of energy resources, sources and basic principles of energy law, and the relevant governmental institutions. Then follows a detailed description of specific legislation and regulation affecting such factors as documentation, undertakings, facilities, storage, pricing, procurement and sales, transportation, transmission, distribution, and supply of each form of energy. Case law, intergovernmental cooperation agreements, and interactions with environmental, tax, and competition law are explained. Its succinct yet scholarly nature, as well as the practical quality of the information it provides, make this book a valuable resource for energy sector policymakers and energy firm counsel handling cases affecting Germany. It will also be welcomed by researchers and academics for its contribution to the study of a complex field that today stands at the foreground of comparative law.
The European Dimension of Germany’s Energy Transition
Author: Erik Gawel
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2019-02-07
Total Pages: 559
ISBN-13: 3030033740
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book addresses the interactions between Germany’s energy transition and the EU’s energy policy framework. It seeks to analyze the manifold connections between the prospects of the proclaimed “Energy Union” and the future of Germany’s energy transition, and identifies relevant lessons for the transformation at the EU level that can be learned from the case of Germany, as a first-mover of transforming energy systems towards renewables. The various repercussions (political, economic and systemic) from the national transition are explored within the EU context as it responds to the German transition, taking into account both existing frictions and potential synergies between predominantly national sustainability policies and the EU’s push towards harmonized policies within a common market. The book’s overall aim is to identify the most critical issues, in order to avoid pitfalls and capitalize on opportunities.
Cross-border Electricity Transfers in the Case of Differentiated Renewable Energy Sources
Author: Andreas Coester
Publisher:
Published: 2022
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRenewable electricity plays an increasingly important role in the effort to reduce CO2 emissions in the electricity sector. One of the major challenges that must be addressed is the fluctuating supply of renewable electricity. We explore the impact of cross-border electricity transfers on both the security of electricity supply and renewable electricity expansion. We focus on Spain and Germany due to the relative abundance of their country-specific renewable electricity sources (solar for Spain and wind for Germany). We develop an electricity market model that allows for cross-border electricity transfers by connecting country-specific electricity markets. We apply six policy scenarios aiming towards securing the electricity supply and renewable electricity expansion. Our simulation results show that cross-border electricity transfers postpone supply shortages in both countries. These shortages occur as a result of an increasing amount of low-marginal-cost renewable electricity, which, in turn, leads to a decrease in the electricity price, so that power plants cannot operate profitably. However, the postponement of these supply shortages is primarily achieved through an excess supply of German conventional power plants that are utilised to meet excess demand in Spain. Although this serves to reduce required government subsidies, it also leads to an increase in CO2 emissions.
Globalization Drivers for Renewable Energies Referring to Electricity Production of E On
Author: Stephan Jäger
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Published: 2009-11
Total Pages: 141
ISBN-13: 3640471040
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMaster's Thesis from the year 2009 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: Globalization, Political Economics, grade: 1,8, University of Applied Sciences Essen, language: English, abstract: Renewable energies have become more and more important as energy sources in the recent decades and they will become even more significant further on: They reveal as the main hope for the worldwide energy supply in the future. The presented Master Thesis concentrates on their importance for electricity production in the strategy of E.ON in consideration of special comparison to RWE. Both companies are the greatest energy suppliers in Germany. The special focus of the work lies on the important as¬pects of internationalization and globalization. The aim is to show how the globaliza¬tion drivers affect on renewable energies for electricity production and what that means to the strategy of E.ON and RWE.
Cross Border Impacts of Renewable Energy Sources in Central Western Europe
Author: Fernando Oster
Publisher:
Published: 2017
Total Pages: 31
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAlongside the remarkable deployment of renewable energy sources for electricity in Europe the power markets are growing together. An analysis focusing not only on domestic but also on cross border impacts is therefore of interest. We consider the interaction between the electricity markets of France, Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium (Central Western Europe region or CWE) which are technically and economically closely connected. More precisely, we study the international impacts of renewable energy sources for electricity and quantify possible spillover effects on prices. We choose two different approaches to tackle the question: A toy model infers causal relationships and an econometric time series analysis with high frequency data quantifies the effects of interest. With rising renewable electricity production from wind and solar in different market areas, challenges in analysis arising from multicollinearities become more pronounced and are addressed. We find that renewable energy sources in one region indeed have a depressing impact on prices of bordering bidding zones even in countries which do not have direct physical interconnections. This effect is quantified in monetary units for the years between 2012 and 2015. The influence of German renewable energy sources over one year on the Netherlands, Belgium and France is of the same order of magnitude than the influence of the corresponding domestic renewables on the respective domestic markets.
Energy Management Handbook
Author: Wayne C. Turner
Publisher: The Fairmont Press, Inc.
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 839
ISBN-13: 9780881737073
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