Green energy market development in Germany: effective public policy and emerging customer demand

Wüstenhagen, Rolf; Bilharz, Michael

doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2004.07.013

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“…A comparable study by Guidolin et al also found that positive government policies in form of incentives and subsidies positively influenced PV N. Opiyo diffusions across 11 countries [9]. Wustenhagen found that positive government policies, especially feed-in-tariffs (FiT), were largely responsible for the boom in PV installation in Germany [10]. Zhang et al found that in addition to positive regional governments' policies, costs also played significant roles in PV diffusions across Japan [11].…”

Section: Impacts Of Subsidies On Pv Diffusionsmentioning

confidence: 84%

Modelling Impacts of Socio-Economic Factors on Temporal Diffusion of PV-Based Communal Grids

Opiyo¹

2015

SGRE

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Impacts of socio-economic factors on temporal diffusions of solar electricity microgeneration systems in a rural developing community are modelled and simulated using an agent-based model (ABM). ABMs seek to capture the overall macro-effects of different micro-decisions in a virtual world; they model individual entities within a complex system and the rules that govern them to capture the overall effects of their interactions. Results showed that falling PV costs coupled with generally increasing grid electricity costs would lead to increased uptake of PV systems in such communities. On the other hand, high lending rates in most developing nations would stifle use of credit facilities in purchases of PV systems and thus diminishing their uptakes. Results also showed that introduction of favourable government policies in forms of subsidies would strongly stimulate PV installations in such communities. Social acceptance is important for diffusion of any new technology into a given market and more so with solar systems; results show that neighbourhood influence plays major roles in PV diffusions with many households installing PV systems if their neighbours within a given sensing radius do the same. Results also showed that requiring a certain percentage of neighbours to have installed PV before a household considered doing the same could have negative effects on PV installations as decisions to install PV are influenced by many independent and dependent factors and not by neighbourhood threshold alone.

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Section: Impacts Of Subsidies On Pv Diffusionsmentioning

confidence: 84%

Modelling Impacts of Socio-Economic Factors on Temporal Diffusion of PV-Based Communal Grids

Opiyo¹

2015

SGRE

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“…Studies in most European countries such as Sweden [75,76], Norway [77][78][79], the Netherlands, and Germany [80,81] indicate that the development of alternative food networks such as the farmers' markets is often based on "modern" and more "commercial" quality definitions, stressing environmental sustainability or animal welfare, and on innovative (and retailer-led) forms of marketing [82]. According to Evans et al [83], the general move towards "ecological modernization" may reconcile agriculture and environment in ways which continue to support agricultural production.…”

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Albanian and UK Consumers’ Perceptions of Farmers’ Markets and Supermarkets as Outlets for Organic Food: An Exploratory Study

Qendro

2015

Sustainability

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Abstract:The purpose of this paper is to elicit UK and Albanian consumers' perceptions of food outlets in order to understand their views on supermarkets and farmers' markets as outlets for organic food. A qualitative research methodology was chosen as the best way to get an in-depth understanding of how consumers of these two different countries understand and evaluate buying organic food from two different food outlets. This exploratory research is a first step to find out how and why organic food is being bought in supermarkets and farmers' markets. The results show that respondents associated organic with vegetables and fruit, that taste good, are healthy, and are free of pesticides and hormones. The importance of motives varies between the outlets they prefer for buying organic food. An interesting finding is the fact that Albanian respondents refer to the farmers' markets as the villagers' market.

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“…In Brazil, for example, Eucalyptus is crucial for pulp and paper production [4]. In Europe and particularly Germany, a change in energy policies towards reduction in use of fossil fuels and towards a stronger use of renewable energy, as outlined in the "Erneuerbare Energien Gesetz" (EEG 2004) [5], marked an increase in fast-growing tree production. Short rotation coppice can have a rotation cycle of 2-3 (short), 4-10 (medium), or 10-20 years (long), depending on management objectives [6,7].…”

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Allometric Models to Predict Aboveground Woody Biomass of Black Locust (Robinia pseudoacacia L.) in Short Rotation Coppice in Previous Mining and Agricultural Areas in Germany

Carl

Biber

Landgraf

et al. 2017

Forests

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Black locust is a drought-resistant tree species with high biomass productivity during juvenility; it is able to thrive on wastelands, such as former brown coal fields and dry agricultural areas. However, research conducted on this species in such areas is limited. This paper aims to provide a basis for predicting tree woody biomass for black locust based on tree, competition, and site variables at 14 sites in northeast Germany that were previously utilized for mining or agriculture. The study areas, which are located in an area covering 320 km × 280 km, are characterized by a variety of climatic and soil conditions. Influential variables, including tree parameters, competition, and climatic parameters were considered. Allometric biomass models were employed. The findings show that the most important parameters are tree and competition variables. Different former land utilizations, such as mining or agriculture, as well as growth by cores or stumps, significantly influenced aboveground woody biomass production. The new biomass models developed as part of this study can be applied to calculate woody biomass production and carbon sequestration of Robinia pseudoacacia L. in short rotation coppices in previous mining and agricultural areas.

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Green energy market development in Germany: effective public policy and emerging customer demand

Cited by 350 publications

References 5 publications

Modelling Impacts of Socio-Economic Factors on Temporal Diffusion of PV-Based Communal Grids

Modelling Impacts of Socio-Economic Factors on Temporal Diffusion of PV-Based Communal Grids

Albanian and UK Consumers’ Perceptions of Farmers’ Markets and Supermarkets as Outlets for Organic Food: An Exploratory Study

Allometric Models to Predict Aboveground Woody Biomass of Black Locust (Robinia pseudoacacia L.) in Short Rotation Coppice in Previous Mining and Agricultural Areas in Germany

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