This paper examines the extent to which innovative Spanish firms pursue improvements in energy efficiency (EE) within their innovation objectives. The increase in energy consumption and its impact on greenhouse gas emissions justifies the greater attention being paid to energy efficiency and especially to industrial EE. The ability of manufacturing...

Despite the high upfront financial costs associated with the existing technologies for energy storage they have become more appealing in recent years in response to the increasing importance of non-dispatchable sources of generation in the energy systems of developed countries. One of the essential pieces of information required to value...

Many countries have introduced policies to stimulate the production of electricity in a sustainable or renewable way. Theoretical and simulation studies provide evidence that the introduction of renewable energy promotion policies lead to lower electricity prices as sustainable energy supply as wind and solar have very low or even zero...

The energy industry is facing substantial challenges that require innovation to be fostered. Nevertheless, levels of R&D investment and innovation remain quite low in comparison with other sectors. In this paper we analyse the main drivers of R&D investment and obstacles to innovation in the energy industry. We examine, firstly,...

En este trabajo se estiman economías de alcance, diversificación y escala en el sector eléctrico español mediante Data Envelopment Análisis. Los resultados muestran que existen economías derivadas de la integración de las fases de generación y distribución de electricidad, así como economías asociadas a la diversificación entre productos de generación....

En este trabajo se estudia el papel que la tributación puede jugar en el desarrollo de la política energética-mediambiental española. Después de analizar el sistema tributario español se observa como la política tributaria ha jugado hasta la actualidad un papel casi irrelevante en este ámbito, si bien a nivel autonómico...