Arbeitspapier
Economic Impacts from the Promotion of Renewable Energy Technologies - The German Experience
The allure of an environmentally benign, abundant, and cost-effective energy source has led an increasing number of industrialized countries to back public financing of renewable energies. Germany's experience with renewable energy promotion is often cited as a model to be replicated elsewhere, being based on a combination of far-reaching energy and environmental laws that stretch back nearly two decades. This paper critically reviews the current centerpiece of this effort, the Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG), focusing on its costs and the associated implications for job creation and climate protection. We argue that German renewable energy policy, and in particular the adopted feed-in tariff scheme, has failed to harness the market incentives needed to ensure a viable and cost-effective introduction of renewable energies into the country's energy portfolio. To the contrary, the government's support mechanisms have in many respects subverted these incentives, resulting in massive expenditures that show little long-term promise for stimulating the economy, protecting the environment, or increasing energy security.
- ISBN
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978-3-86788-173-9
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: Ruhr Economic Papers ; No. 156
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Renewable Resources and Conservation: Government Policy
Alternative Energy Sources
Energy: Government Policy
- Thema
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Energy policy
energy security
climate
employment
Förderung regenerativer Energien
Stromtarif
Administrierter Preis
Wirkungsanalyse
Kritik
Elektrizität
Konsumentenverhalten
Klimaschutz
Deutschland
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Frondel, Manuel
Ritter, Nolan
Schmidt, Christoph M.
Vance, Colin
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (RWI)
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Essen
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2009
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:41 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Frondel, Manuel
- Ritter, Nolan
- Schmidt, Christoph M.
- Vance, Colin
- Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (RWI)
Entstanden
- 2009
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