The German Energiewende

Interview with Hubertus Bardt, Head of the Research Division at the Cologne Institute for Economic Research

Hubertus Bardt ·
Video ·
27 November 2014

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Benjamin Tischler ·
IW-Policy Paper ·
16 January 2018

How a more cost-efficient decarbonization could succeed

At EU level, new proposed legislation for a clean-energy policy is being adopted. New policies are currently being discussed regarding the increased reduction of CO2 emissions, as well as EU-wide energy consumption targets for the year 2030 and national energy efficiency targets and measures to be derived from them. But what happens when the proposed objectives contradict and undermine each other?

Benjamin Tischler ·
IW News ·
15 January 2018

Energy consumption: Targets threaten efficiency of EU climate and decarbonization policies

Increasingly stringent energy consumption targets for the year 2030 flanked by national energy efficiency targets are about to being agreed at the EU level. A study by the German Economic Institute (IW) shows that these targets when applied to ETS-sectors, conflict with the overall aim of a cost-efficient decarbonization.

EU – Energypackage ·
IW News ·
30 November 2016

Rescuing the energy market

Today, the EU Commission presented new guidelines and proposals for the European energy policy. With regard to the energy market design, the proposed package offers some welcome visions. They have the potential to indeed overcome the fragmented and somewhat inefficient state of national energy policies, including in Germany.