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Climate notes: Electricity exports, EEG and emissions trading

Marc Gronwald, Jana Lippelt
ifo Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, München, 2011

ifo Schnelldienst, 2011, 64, Nr. 03, 34-36

Achieving a better networking of the European electricity markets is an important goal for energy policies, mainly motivated by the strong expansion of renewable energy. Against this background, this article looks at current developments in German external trade in electricity and examines the interplay of demands for renewable energy and emissions trading in Europe.

JEL Classification: Q200, Q400, Q500

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