The Interaction of Emissions Trading and Renewable Energy Promotion

Dresden University of Technology Working Paper No. WP-EGW-05

18 Pages Posted: 19 Dec 2008

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Jan Abrell

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Hannes Weigt

WWZ, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät der Universität Basel

Date Written: December 17, 2008

Abstract

Given the ambitious goal of the European Union to achieve CO2 emission reduction, support to renewable energies, and increased energy efficiency a portfolio of different policies is going to be implemented or is already in place in the member states. These instruments have at least partly overlapping objectives; thus, a high degree of interaction is to be expected. In this paper we analyze how the EU ETS and renewable support mechanisms influence one another. We apply a static open economy computable general equilibrium (CGE) model of Germany incorporating different conventional and renewable generation technologies. We find that in case of an ETS with a green certificate trading scheme or a feed-in system the price for carbon drops to zero due to the high share of CO2-neutral renewable generation. Furthermore, the welfare reducing effect of an additional renewable support mechanism is rather low for both schemes.

Keywords: ETS, renewable support, Germany, CGE

JEL Classification: D58, L94, Q42, Q52

Suggested Citation

Abrell, Jan and Weigt, Hannes, The Interaction of Emissions Trading and Renewable Energy Promotion (December 17, 2008). Dresden University of Technology Working Paper No. WP-EGW-05, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1317310 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1317310

Jan Abrell

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Hannes Weigt (Contact Author)

WWZ, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät der Universität Basel ( email )

Basel, 4051
Switzerland

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