Optimal Transition from Coal to Gas and Renewable Power under Capacity Constraints and Adjustment Costs / Oskar Lecuyer & Adrien Vogt-Schilb. World Bank, Aug. 2014, 28 p. (World Bank Policy Research Working Papers ; 6985) http://hal-enpc.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01057241 Authors’s abstract : This paper studies the optimal transition from existing...
This IISD report identifies, quantifies and evaluates measures of government support to two upstream oil and gas developments in the Russian Arctic: Yamal LNG (gas) and Prirazlomnoe (oil).
The latest edition of this authoritative annual report tells the story of the latest developments, signs and signals in the financing of renewable power and fuels. Packed full of statistics, charts and illuminating narrative, it explores the issues affecting each type of investment, technology, region…
This article is the first to examine electric power producers’ investment decisions when competition is imperfect and the transmission grid congested…
The CPI’s report shows investment is far short of the need, and falling further behind each year
Policymakers in oil-exporting countries confront the question of how to allocate oil revenues among consumption, saving, and investment in the face of high income
volatility. We study this allocation problem in a precautionary saving and investment model under uncertainty…
A variety of renewable electricity policies to promote investment in wind, solar, and other types of renewable generators exist across the United States. The federal renewable energy investment tax credit, the federal renewable energy production tax credit, and state renewable portfolio standards are among the most notable. Whether the benefits of promoting new technology and reducing pollution emissions from the power sector justify these policies’costs has been the subject of considerable debate. We argue in this paper that the debate is misguided because it does not consider two important interactions between renewable electricity generators and the rest of the power system…
This WRI report draws on the experiences of six developing countries to examine how public climate finance can help meet the significant investment needs of developing countries by creating attractive conditions for scaled-up investment in low-carbon energy
This UNDP report discusses creating enabling environments for renewable energy and supporting renewable energy through feed-in tariffs (FITs) and related price and market-access instruments.
Smarter finance for cleaner energy: open up Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs) and Real Estate Investment Trusts to Renewable Energy Investment (REITs)
In this EPRG paper, the political dilemma of the deployment of a large-size low carbon technology (LCT) is analyzed
This paper presents a strategy for scaling climate change adaptation within urban areas
Thèse d’économie de Dorothee Teichmann, Paris-Dauphine (directeur de thèse : Jean-Hervé Lorenzi), soutenue le 16 décembre 2011.
This new IEA report offers detailed guidance for governments on how to partner with private sector to finance energy efficiency measures
New Economics Papers Energy Economics (REPEC)
