Energy Forecast 2009 wants to establish a cosistent set of scenarios regarding a realistic long-term evolvement of supply and demand of energy resources in Germany. Interaction on the energy markets will be taken…
ObjectivesCharacteristics, determinants, barriers and impacts of sustainable medium and long-term decisions on energy consumption in residential buildings were examined in an empirically supported, inter- and…
Representing one research project within the European Competitiveness Report 2008, this research project has assessed the competitiveness effects of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). Within the project, it…
Representing a chapter within the European Competitiveness Report 2008, this research project assesses the economic impacts of the 2008 renewables and climate change policies until 2020 and beyond, particularly…
The purpose of the project is a preliminary descriptive analysis of the microstructure of EU CO2 emissions allowances (EUAs) markets and an assessment of market shares of German corporations in the European…
The EU Energy Package, which has been adopted by the European Commission in January 2007, comprises the threefold objective of simultaneously increasing sustainability, security of supply and competitiveness. In…
The Ministry of Economics develops the draft of an energy-political concept of action for the period up until the year 2020. Prior to the debate in the Cabinet, one formulation of the energy- political concept of…
Applied (computable) general equilibrium models (CGE models) are an important tool used in the international research community in order to quantify the macroeconomic effects of politico-economic measures.…
The project aims at analysing possible regulatory intervention to increase energy efficiency from an economic viewpoint. Increasing energy efficiency means increasing the ratio of output over employed energy, i.e.…