@incollection{EickeEickeHafner, author = {Eicke, Anselm and Eicke, Laima and Hafner, Manfred}, title = {Wind Power Generation}, series = {The Palgrave Handbook of International Energy Economics}, booktitle = {The Palgrave Handbook of International Energy Economics}, editor = {Hafner, Manfred and Luciani, Giacomo}, publisher = {Palgrave Macmillan}, address = {Cham}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-030-86884-0_10}, publisher = {Hertie School}, pages = {171 -- 182}, abstract = {Wind power plays a major role in the decarbonization of the power sector. Already now, it supplies increasing shares of the global energy demand. This book chapter provides an overview on the economics of wind energy and highlight global trends in the wind sector. It describes the technical characteristics of onshore and offshore wind energy and explains how these affect the economic competitiveness of the respective technologies. The authors describe how wind power, as an intermittent source of energy, can be integrated into power systems. They also discuss how renewable energy support schemes contribute in fostering the deployment of wind power.}, language = {en} } @incollection{EickeEickeHafner, author = {Eicke, Laima and Eicke, Anselm and Hafner, Manfred}, title = {Solar Power Generation}, series = {The Palgrave Handbook of International Energy Economics}, booktitle = {The Palgrave Handbook of International Energy Economics}, editor = {Hafner, Manfred and Luciani, Giacomo}, publisher = {Palgrave Macmillan}, address = {Cham}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-030-86884-0_9}, publisher = {Hertie School}, pages = {157 -- 169}, abstract = {Solar energy supplies increasing shares of global energy demand. As a renewable source of energy, it will play a major role in decarbonizing electricity supply. This chapter provides an overview on the solar sector from an economic perspective. It describes the technical characteristics of photovoltaic and concentrated solar power and explains how these affect the economic competitiveness of solar energy. The authors highlight trends in the solar sector and elaborate on how this intermittent source of energy can be integrated into a power system. They conclude with a discussion on how renewable energy support schemes can be designed to foster the deployment of solar power by accounting for the specific characteristics of solar power.}, language = {en} }