Katrin Ostertag

No-regret Potentials in Energy Conservation

An Analysis of Their Relevance, Size and Determinants

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Produktbeschreibung

(2) Do existing estimates of the no-regret potential stand up to are-evaluation within this framework? As a result of this analysis the size of previous estimates for no-regret potentials may be modified - in terms ofenergy savings or in financial terms. On the basis of these findings, we will approach the overriding third research question: (3) How large is the no-regret potential and what determines its size? The following chapter will provide a fuller account of the debate on no-regret potentials. This will be complemented by a detailed theory-based definition of no regret potentials in Chapter 2. The thesis will focus mostly on the micro-level of analysis. But we will also address the implications ofour findings for the analysis ofenergy saving measures and policies at more aggregate levels, notably within a feasibility study for adapting a model which represents the level of the national economy. The debate on no-regret potentials 1 origin, context, issues The term "no-regret potentials" was coined during the debate on climate change. It designates opportunities for the reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions ". . . that are worth undertaking whether or not there are climate-related reasons for doing so. " (IPCC 1996, p. 271). In the IPCC's Third Assessment Report (TAR), no regret potentials are increasingly equated with GHG emission reduction potentials at negative (net) costs (lPCC 2001, p. 21).

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Produktdetails

• Technology, Innovation and Policy (ISI) 15
• Verlag: Physica / Physica-Verlag / Physica-Verlag HD
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 10893497, 978-3-7908-1539-9
• Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2003
• Seitenzahl: 424
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. November 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 155mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 630g
• ISBN-13: 9783790815399
• ISBN-10: 379081539X
• Artikelnr.: 11119058

Autorenporträt

Katrin Ostertag, ISI, Karlsruhe, Germany

Inhaltsangabe

I Introduction.- Subject and research questions.- 1 The debate on no-regret potentials - origin, context, issues.- 2 The issues of the no-regret controversy.- II Theory-based framework for the reassessment of no-regret potentials.- Preliminary remarks.- 3 The standard theory of market failure.- 4 Transaction cost economics.- 5 Investment appraisal.- 6 Complementary perspectives on the no-regret potential.- 7 Theoretical conclusions - A typology of no-regret potentials.- III Empirical analyses.- Preliminary methodological remarks.- 8 Case study of electric motors.- 9 Case study of "Contracting".- 10 Generalisation of case study results.- General conclusions.- Annex.- List of abbreviations.- List of tables.- List of figures.- References.