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Krewitt, W. and Nitsch, J. (2003) The German Renewable Energy Sources Act - an investment into the future pays off already today. Renewable Energy, 28 (4), pp. 533-542.
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Abstract
While the success of the German Renewable Energy Sources Act in supporting the use of renewable energy sources for electricity generation is widely acknowledged, it is partly criticised for imposing unjustified extra costs on society. Based on the well established ExternE methodology for the quantification of environmental externalities the paper makes an attempt to estimate the external costs avoided in the German energy system due to the use of renewable energies for electricity generation, and to compare them against the compensation to be paid by grid operators for electricity from renewable energies according to the Renewable Energy Sources Act. In spite of existing uncertainties associated with the assessment of external costs, results clearly indicate that the reduced environmental impacts and related economic benefits do outweigh the additional costs for the compensation of electricity from renewable energies.
| Item URL in elib: | https://elib.dlr.de/2613/ | |||||||||
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| Document Type: | Article | |||||||||
| Additional Information: | LIDO-Berichtsjahr=2003, | |||||||||
| Title: | The German Renewable Energy Sources Act - an investment into the future pays off already today | |||||||||
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| Date: | 2003 | |||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Renewable Energy | |||||||||
| Refereed publication: | Yes | |||||||||
| Open Access: | No | |||||||||
| Gold Open Access: | No | |||||||||
| In SCOPUS: | No | |||||||||
| In ISI Web of Science: | Yes | |||||||||
| Volume: | 28 | |||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 533-542 | |||||||||
| Status: | Published | |||||||||
| Keywords: | external costs, environmental benefits, policy instruments, renewable energy sources | |||||||||
| HGF - Research field: | Energy | |||||||||
| HGF - Program: | Renewable Energies | |||||||||
| HGF - Program Themes: | E MS - Systems analysis (old) | |||||||||
| DLR - Research area: | Energy | |||||||||
| DLR - Program: | E MS - Systems analysis | |||||||||
| DLR - Research theme (Project): | UNSPECIFIED | |||||||||
| Location: | Stuttgart | |||||||||
| Institutes and Institutions: | Institute of Engineering Thermodynamics | |||||||||
| Deposited By: | DLR-Beauftragter, elib | |||||||||
| Deposited On: | 16 Sep 2005 | |||||||||
| Last Modified: | 06 Jan 2010 15:21 |
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