Cross-country electricity trade, renewable energy and European transmission infrastructure policy
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Date
2016-09Type
- Journal Article
Abstract
This paper develops a multi-country multi-sector general equilibrium model, integrating high-frequency electricity dispatch and trade decisions, to study the effects of electricity transmission infrastructure (TI) expansion and renewable energy (RE) penetration in Europe for gains from trade and carbon dioxide emissions in the power sector. TI can benefit or degrade environmental outcomes, depending on RE penetration: it complements emissions abatement by mitigating dispatch problems associated with volatile and spatially dispersed RE but also promotes higher average generation from low-cost coal if RE production is too low. Against the backdrop of European decarbonization and planned TI expansion, we find that emissions increase for current and targeted year-2020 levels of RE production and decrease for year-2030 targets. Enhanced TI yields sizeable gains from trade that depend positively on RE penetration, without creating large adverse impacts on regional equity. Show more
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Journal of Environmental Economics and ManagementVolume
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Publisher
ElsevierSubject
Carbon dioxide emissions; Cross-country electricity trade; General equilibrium modeling; Market integration; Renewable energy; Transmission infrastructure policyOrganisational unit
03981 - Rausch, Sebastian (ehemalig) / Rausch, Sebastian (former)
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