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Should I offset or should I plough? : voluntary carbon offsets and ETS in an evolutionary model

Companies with high emissions can offset their climate impact by participating in emission reduction projects through voluntary carbon markets (VCMs) in several countries. Firms...

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Matteo Mazzarano Simone Borghesi MR SV
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The regulatory framework for independent aggregators
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A framework for electricity grid data exchange and reuse for AI foundation models : reflections on five implementation aspects
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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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