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Managing market tightness in the EU ETS on the path to net-zero : design options and trade-offs in price-based supply adjustments

The EU ETS is approaching a structural transition. As the linear reduction factor tightens the cap toward 2030 and beyond, the system will progressively...

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Marie Raude Simone Borghesi
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Financing High-Speed rail
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Industrial decarbonization in a fragmented world : carbon pricing with border adjustments using standardized values
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State Aid to the Nuclear Power Sector

Jan 11, 2019
Leigh Hancher

Professor Leigh Hancher recently contributed a piece for the OGEL journal on the role of state aid to the nuclear power sector. The paper focuses on the recent ruling of the General Court on Austria’s application to annul the EC’s decision that state aid for the construction of a new nuclear power station in the UK is compatible aid.

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This online FSR Debate explored the current level of protection of household consumers entering energy-related services. The starting point fo...
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