Green Energy and Efficiency: An Economic Perspective

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Green Energy, Efficiency and Climate Change: An Economic Perspective....Pages 3-16
EU Policies and Regulation on CO 2 , Renewables and Energy Efficiency: A Critical Assessment of Recent Experiences....Pages 17-59
Economic Foundations of Energy Investments....Pages 61-90
Front Matter....Pages 91-91
Policy Instruments to Foster Energy Efficiency....Pages 93-110
Understanding the Link Between Aggregated Industrial Production and the Carbon Price....Pages 111-132
Green Energy Labelling....Pages 133-164
Estimating the Direct Rebound Effect in the Residential Energy Sector: An Application in Spain....Pages 165-182
Budget-Neutral Financing to Unlock Energy Savings Potential: An Analysis of the ESCO Model in Barcelona....Pages 183-199
Policy Inducement Effects in Energy Efficiency Technologies. An Empirical Analysis of the Residential Sector....Pages 201-232
Front Matter....Pages 233-233
The Cost of Renewable Power: A Survey of Recent Estimates....Pages 235-268
Interactions Between Climate Policies in the Power Sector....Pages 269-289
When and How to Support Renewables?—Letting the Data Speak....Pages 291-332
Renewable Energy Promotion: Usual Claims and Empirical Evidence....Pages 333-356
The EU ETS as an Environmental Instrument....Pages 357-371
Renewable Energy and Transmission Networks....Pages 373-393
Measuring Performance of Long-Term Power Generating Portfolios....Pages 395-428