EDI Quarterly Volume 4, No. 4, January 2013
Editor’s Note by Jacob Huber Welcome to the January edition of the EDI Quarterly! This issue focuses on gas markets developments in Poland, with contributions from the Polish regulator, an anonymous interview
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Polish gas exchange - look into the future
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Anonymous Interview - The Polish Gas Hub
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Regional gas market modelling applied to analyse the effect of Polish gas infrastructure investment projects on regional trade
(with a distant market party close to several major stakeholders in the Polish gas market) and the Regional Centre for Energy Policy and Research. The EDIaal section includes contributions by our analysts, discussing the effect of energy transition topics on the conventional energy paradigm. The themes of the next Quarterly include public acceptance of energy projects (EDIaal) and continue with the perspectives of additional stakeholders on gas market developments in Poland (EDI). Should any of our readers be interested in writing on either of these topics please contact us at the address below. We hope that you enjoy all of the informative contributions in this issue.
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The effect of intermittent renewables on the energy markets
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Good for Business: The EED comes to Town
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Energy efficiency and energy markets
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Public acceptance: why does it frequently become a ‘show stopper’?
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Europe going all electric; what about gas?
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The effect of biogas production on the energy market
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Policy comparison of the EPBD recast impact on several EU Member States
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Conferences 2013
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Recent Publications
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