Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/176571 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Series/Report no.: 
Economics Discussion Papers No. 2018-29
Publisher: 
Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW), Kiel
Abstract: 
Given the agreed urgency of decarbonizing electricity and the need to guide decentralized private decisions, an adequate and credible carbon price appears essential. The paper models and quantifies the useful concept of the break-even carbon price for mature zerocarbon electricity investments. It appears an attractive alternative given the difficulty of measuring the social cost of carbon, but modelling shows it extremely sensitive to projected fuel prices, the rate of interest, and the capital cost of generation options, all of which are very uncertain. This has important implications, and justifies combining a carbon price floor with suitable long-term contracts for electricity investments.
Subjects: 
carbon price
electricity
investment
renewables
JEL: 
C65
Q42
Q48
Q51
Q54
Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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