Energy price uncertainty has negative effects on energy efficiency investments, says report

Energy efficiency systems are adversely affected by a higher level of uncertainty as far as energy prices are concerned, while higher prices of energy and CO2 emission allowances would actually benefit such investments, a recent study revealed.

According to the report written by two researchers from BC3 — Basque Centre for Climate Change, created by UPV/EHU, Ihobe and Ikerbasque, less uncertainty and higher energy prices and higher emission allowances encourage investment in efficiency. However, a temporary subvention, available only at a given moment, would also encourage the making of these investments.

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