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The industry sector accounted for just over 30% of global GHG emissions in 2010 and scenarios envisage a continuing rise in demand for energy-intensive materials. This article sums up the most recent international analysis (IPCC, IEA, UNIDO, Global Energy Assessment) to give a broad view of the current prospects for reducing GHG emissions in industry. It does so from a global perspective, complementing where necessary where regional and sector-specific case studies. The article addresses the portfolio of options available, their technical and economic potentials, the experience in the use of policy instruments in industry, the synergies and tradeoffs that mitigation in the industry sector can have with other policy objectives, and the specific concerns of developing countries. Long-term decarbonisation pathways for the sector are also presented.
Die grundsätzliche wirtschaftstheoretische Kritik am Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz greift zu kurz
(2010)
Der volkswirtschaftliche Nutzen der Förderung erneuerbarer Energien in Deutschland über das Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz (EEG) wurde wiederholt von verschiedenen Ökonomen und wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Institutionen in Frage gestellt. Dabei wird zumeist als wesentliches Argument vorgebracht, dass das EEG unnötige Kosten für die Gesellschaft verursache und spätestens seit der EU-weiten Umsetzung eines Handels mit CO2-Emissionszertifikaten überflüssig sei. Eine genauere Betrachtung zeigt, dass diese Argumentation zu kurz greift, nicht zuletzt weil sie wesentliche ökonomische Zusammenhänge vernachlässigt.
Considering the traditional coal-based energy infrastructure in the German state North Rhine-Westphalia the question arises how to face the needs of embanking climate change. To reduce greenhouse gas intensive electricity generation in the Ruhr area, the introduction of carbon capture and storage (CCS) is an option of particular relevance. The paper investigates and discusses possibilities of setting up a CCS infrastructure in NRW. It shall clarify whether, and possibly how, highly efficient conventional fossil fired power plants could be refitted with CO2 capture to flexibly react to potentially changing climate policy conditions and to keep up with the market.
This paper presents the results of a collaborative project on public acceptance of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) in Germany, commissioned by the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi). The project "Socio-economic Research on Acceptance of CCS" (April 2006 to March 2008) analyzed various aspects of public acceptance of CCS mainly in the national context of Germany. It was the first project to handle this subject matter. Public acceptance is one of the crucial factors for the implementation of CCS in the future.