A new paper by Karoline Rogge shows a positive link between the consistency and credibility of the climate policy mix and low carbon innovation.
Tag: Germany
Policy mix characteristics and low carbon innovation
Companies’ perceptions of credibility of low carbon policy mixes
A new paper written by Dr Karoline Rogge and Elisabeth Dütschke explores what makes low carbon policies credible in the eyes of companies.
New paper sheds light on national energy transitions
A new journal article co-authored by Prof Benjamin Sovacool looks at integrating three perspectives to explain the complexity of transitions.
CANCELLED: The smart grid is coming: How actors shape institutional changes within the German energy system
Friederike Rohde speaks on the actors within the Germany energy system, and how they shape institutional changes. All welcome!
Learning about diffusion from experiences in other countries
European countries have seen some low-energy innovations, like district energy systems in Austria, gain popularity. What lessons can be learned from these examples about how to overcome inertia and cause diffusions to accelerate, leading to tipping points and breakthroughs?
Talk on German energy policy given by CIED researcher at Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Dr Karoline Rogge gives a presentation at the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on German energy policy.
Germany Adopts “Efficiency First” Principle – Let’s Work to Make it a Reality
Jan Rosenow and Andreas Jahn The German government recently published its Green Paper on Energy Efficiency and launched a consultation process inviting comments on the ideas put forward in the green book. RAP’s detailed response provides evidence and examples of the essential role that end-use energy efficiency must play in a faster and lower-cost transition …
Customer power: are you the kind of energy user who makes a difference?
In the story of how energy is made and used to keep a country functioning, you don’t get a starring role. You are the passive receiver and consumer of electricity or gas in a tale dominated by governments, corporations and the media. We put the kettle on, we set the thermostat but we don’t take …
Stimulating innovation in renewable energy technologies: reflections on the German experience
by Karoline Rogge and Florian Kern Amber Rudd, the UK’s Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, in last week’s speech on a new direction for UK energy policy, had a welcome section on the importance of innovation. However, it was also slightly inconsistent. Rudd said that we need to develop cheap and green …
Scrapping the German Renewable Energy Act?
When the German Commission of Experts for Research and Innovation (EFI) Â released its annual report to the German Chancellor Merkel a couple of weeks ago, two of the 260 pages caught most of the attention of the media. Two pages which presented the conclusion that the German Renewable Energies Act (Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz, short: EEG) with its …
Utilities transforming into energy service providers?
A recent Financial Times (FT) article ‘Crisis-hit European utilities square up to technological revolution‘, argues that the large utilities have underperformed compared to the broader European equity market and, according to the CEO of RWE, are facing ‘the worst structural crisis in the history of energy supply’. The article reports that some utilities are divesting, …
DECC strategy marks an important development for UK community energy
The Community Energy Strategy marks an important step in the development of community energy in the UK that should not be underestimated. It is the first of its kind ever to be published in the UK and it sets out the role of communities in the UK’s energy and climate response. To date, the role of …