Open AccessSustainable investment decisions by medium sized power producers
Author(s) -
Volker Barth,
Bernd Siebenhüner
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
ökologisches wirtschaften
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2625-5421
pISSN - 1430-8800
DOI - 10.14512/oew.v25i2.691
Subject(s) - investment (military) , business , german , power (physics) , natural resource economics , industrial organization , environmental economics , sustainable development , economics , physics , archaeology , quantum mechanics , politics , political science , law , history
Municipal utilities are an essential constituent of the German power sector and currently strongly expanding their generation capacities. Multiple factors influence these investment decisions. Are these investments more sustainable than those of other power producers, and what could be done to make them greener?