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From reports and policy briefs, to webinars and podcasts—RAP advisors have built an extensive collection of resources providing in-depth analysis and practical solutions to today’s energy challenges.
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Rund die Hälfte der potenziell möglichen Energieeffizienzsteigerungen und Emissionsminderungen im Gebäudebereich in Nordamerika und Europa wird über die energetische Sanierung bestehender Häuser erreicht werden müssen. RAP hat den vorliegenden Fahrplan für die Zukunft erstellt, als Unterstützung für Politik und Praxis… View Summary +
The efficient delivery of Europe’s longer term decarbonisation goals will require substantial levels of investment in the inter-regional transmission grid by 2020, on the order of €140 to €200 billion according to recent studies. Securing these investments, which are necessary… View Summary +
There is growing interest in electricity market reforms that can tap the potential of dispatchable demand response to balance an increasing percentage of renewables in the power system. In the two “forward” capacity markets in the US, dispatchable demand response… View Summary +
Roughly half of all efficiency and/or carbon emission reduction in North American and European buildings can be achieved through retrofit improvements to existing homes. In this publication, RAP offers a roadmap to help policymakers and practitioners design and implement a… View Summary +
RAP Principal Meg Gottstein was asked by E3G, a leading NGO on energy efficiency financing and the Green Investment Bank proposal in the UK, to communicate best practices for large-scale uptake of residential energy efficiency retrofits in the context of… View Summary +
RAP’s Meg Gottstein prepared this advisory note, “Advisory Note on the Draft Framework Guidelines on Capacity Allocation and Congestion Management for Electricity,” on key market integration topics issued for comment by the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER). View Summary +
RAP has developed and presented to regulators, member states and stakeholders an overview of the key elements of European electricity market integration in Europe and how decisions in the various areas of integration may act either to advance–or interfere with–Europe’s… View Summary +
RAP has developed and presented to regulators, member states and stakeholders an overview of the key elements of European electricity market integration in Europe and how decisions in the various areas of integration may act either to advance–or interfere with–Europe’s… View Summary +
RAP is offering technical assistance to Energy Foundation grantees on energy efficiency program design and implementation. This assistance will include one-on-one consultations, webinars, workshops and written materials that will help the grantees in regulatory proceedings and other forums where efficiency… View Summary +
This policy paper explains auction-based forward capacity markets and their role in addressing resource adequacy in the power sector. Market design and complementary policies can serve to better align capacity markets with carbon reduction goals. View Summary +
This white paper evaluates emissions performance standards as a means to reduce the financial and reliability risks associated with new investments in high carbon-emitting power plants. View Summary +