Betreuer / supervisor

PD Dr. Lutz Mez

Prof. dr. Miranda Schreurs

Kurzbeschreibung

Das Erkenntnisinteresse des Dissertationsprojektes ist die Erklärung der Einführung eines neuen Policy Instrumentes im Bereich der Endenergiesektoren - der so genannten Weißen Zertifikate in Mitgliedsstaaten der Europäischen Union. Mittels einer vergleichender Policy-Analysen sollen die Gründe für die Wahl dieses Policy-Instrumentes im Endenergiebereich ermittelt und vor dem Hintergrund eines Europäischen Trends hin zu Marktbasierenden Policy-Instrumenten erklärt werden.

English:

White Certificates in European Countries: A comparative analysis of a market-based policy instrument to promote end-use energy efficiency

Description

The objective of the PhD project is to analyse and explain the choice of White Certificate Instrument (WCI) in European Member States as a policy instrument to foster end-use energy efficiency. WCI are typically making use of tradable certificates for energy savings that are realised by the implementation of a range of different measures in the end-use energy sectors.  Comparative policy analysis of the introduction of White Certificate Instruments in France, Italy and the United Kingdom shall unvail the reasons for chosing this policy instrument and explain it in the context of a European trend of preferring Market-Based Policy Instruments while being able to keep traditional regulation in different Member States.