As a contribution to the Competitiveness report 2006 of the European Commission, this project analysed the impact of liberalisation of energy markets on efficiency, security of supply as well as environment. One…
The European Commission had assessed the national allocation plans of Member States for a European Emissions Trading System (EU ETS). In this situation the impact of emissions trading on competitiveness and jobs…
The process of Impact Assessment (IA) aims to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of regulation by providing policy makers with information on likely costs and benefits, stimulating early interdepartmental…
The focus of this research project is to scan a wide range of policy scenarios as to their relevance for the European Sustainable Development Strategy in view of Extended Impact Assessment. Embedded in the…
The aim of the project was to provide input to policy makers on policies that could meet the goals of the Lisbon Agenda in the way of stimulating economic growth, employment and the environment at the same time.…
Markets trading emissions rights at times feature adventurous price movements. This has, for example, been observable in the past for NOx emissions rights as traded on the US Regional Clean Air Incentives Market…
The TETRIS project aimed to explore the economic and industrial impacts as well as the prospects for achieving technology transfer associated with the implementation of the Kyoto flexible mechanisms. Comprehensive…
Environmental issues play a role of ever increasing significance in the discussion of the development of future technologies in Germany, as it is primarily the economies of developed nations that are charged with…
Among researchers from energy sciences and economics the topic of "Hydrogen as Energy Carrier" is being hotly debated. On the one hand there will be enthusiastic visions of the hydrogen economy, bolstering…