Bitte verwenden Sie diesen Link, um diese Publikation zu zitieren, oder auf sie als Internetquelle zu verweisen: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/64555 
Kompletter Metadatensatz
DublinCore-FeldWertSprache
dc.contributor.authorGawel, Eriken
dc.contributor.authorStrunz, Sebastianen
dc.contributor.authorLehmann, Paulen
dc.date.accessioned2012-09-27-
dc.date.accessioned2012-10-01T08:32:30Z-
dc.date.available2012-10-01T08:32:30Z-
dc.date.issued2012-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/64555-
dc.description.abstractThe German energy transition repeatedly faces harsh critiques questioning its economic and environmental merit. This article defends the Energiewende and argues that Germany has chosen a rational and particularly forceful approach to securing sustainable energy supply. Though current expenditures are high, the long-run benefits of transforming the energy system to a renewables-based system are likely to outweigh present investment costs. Furthermore, support policies for renewables are not redundant - as some critics claim - but complement other policy instruments, such as the emissions trading scheme. The article also addresses the motives behind the discrediting attacks on the German energy policy regime. Defense actions by beneficiaries of the former energy market structure are only to be expected, but the attacks from liberal economists are astonishingly fierce.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aHelmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung (UFZ) |cLeipzigen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aUFZ Discussion Paper |x15/2012en
dc.subject.jelD62en
dc.subject.jelH54en
dc.subject.jelQ42en
dc.subject.jelQ48en
dc.subject.jelQ53en
dc.subject.jelQ54en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordenergy supplyen
dc.subject.keywordenergy transitionen
dc.subject.keywordexternalitiesen
dc.subject.keywordGermanyen
dc.subject.keywordrenewable energy sourcesen
dc.subject.keywordsupport policiesen
dc.subject.keywordsustainabilityen
dc.titleThe German Energiewende under attack: Is there an irrational Sonderweg?-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn726590568en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen
dc.identifier.repecRePEc:zbw:ufzdps:152012en

Datei(en):
Datei
Größe
267.92 kB





Publikationen in EconStor sind urheberrechtlich geschützt.