Green Economy: Measuring sustainable welfare using System of Environmental and Economic Accounting (SEEA) data
The project contributes to measurement of progress towards Green Economy. Based on a synopsis of relevant measurement concepts it identifies deficits of available concepts and develops suggestions…
Potentials and risks of green future markets
Based on the GreenTech 3.0 atlas, developed by Roland Berger, and additional analysis in the project environmental and economic impacts of different technologies and market potentials have been…
Feasible Futures for the common good. Energy Transition Paths in a Period of Increasing Resource Scarcities
In diesem Projekt wurde der Frage nachgegangen, inwiefern der Ausbau erneuerbarer Energien zu neuen Importabhängigkeiten bei Metallrohstoffen (seltene Erden) führt. Viele EE-Technologien setzen…
Development and implementation of a model to be used for economic impact assessment of regulatory decisions taken by NERSA (National Energy Regulator of South Africa)
On behalf of the South African INFORUM partner Conningarth, GWS has worked on the development of an economic model for South Africa.
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Energy scenarios for the German energy concept
Within this project conducted for the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology, the institutes Prognos, Basel, ewi, Cologne (Energiewirtschaftliches Institut an der Universität zu Köln)…
Technological, ecological, economic and strategic aspects of the national climate change initiative (NKI)
Measures for climate protection and efficiency increase do not only directly lead to reduced impacts on the environment and less energy imports but also have various direct and indirect economic…
Entwicklung und Bereitstellung des Anwendermodells PANTA RHEI zur Abschätzung der Wirkungen umweltpolitischer Maßnahmen und Instrumente
The aim of the project was to further develop an existing econometric modeling tool to carry out scenario analyses. For this purpose, the macro-econometric model PANTA RHEI has been updated and…
Consumers and measures to reduce energy consumption
The results of the project KONSENS shows the energy and CO2 reduction potential that can be reached by consumer-oriented policy measures, but also looks at their effectiveness and social…
The climate balance of the foreign trade of Austria
Development of a databank of the CO2-emissions that are included in the Austrian im- and exports (so-called “CO2-rucksacks”). By using the GWS model GRAM (Global Resource Accounting Model) as a…
Short and long term labour market effects of an increase of renewable energy
The impacts on employment of an increased use of renewable energy have been assessed in the short and long run. Special focus was set on gross employment in the sectors production of plants for…