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Krey, V. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0307-3515 & Riahi, K. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7193-3498
(2013).
Risk hedging strategies under energy system and climate policy uncertainties.
In:
Handbook of Risk Management in Energy Production and Trading.
Eds. Kovacevic, RM, Pflug, GC ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8215-3550, & Vespucci, MT,
pp. 435-474 USA: Springer.
10.1007/978-1-4614-9035-7_17.
Abstract
The future development of the energy sector is rife with uncertainties. They concern virtually the entire energy chain, from resource extraction to conversion technologies, energy demand, and the stringency of future environmental policies. Investment decisions today need thus not only to be cost-effective from the present perspective, but have to take into account also the imputed future risks of above uncertainties. This chapter introduces a newly developed modeling decision framework with endogenous representation of above uncertainties. We employ modeling techniques from finance and in particular modern portfolio theory to a systems engineering model of the global energy system and implement several alternative representations of risk. We aim to identify salient characteristics of least-cost risk hedging strategies that are adapted to considerably reduce future risks and are hence robust against a wide range of future uncertainties. These lead to significant changes in response to energy system and carbon price uncertainties, in particular (i) higher short- to medium-term investments into advanced technologies, (ii) pronounced emissions reductions, and (iii) diversification of the technology portfolio. From a methodological perspective, we find that there are strong interactions and synergies between different types of uncertainties. Cost-effective risk hedging strategies thus need to take a holistic view and comprehensively account for all uncertainties jointly. With respect to costs, relatively modest risk premiums (or hedging investments) can significantly reduce the vulnerability of the energy system against the associated uncertainties. The extent of early investments, diversification, and emissions reductions, however, depends on the risk premium that decision makers are willing to pay to respond to prevailing uncertainties and remains thus one of the key policy variables.
| Item Type: | Book Section |
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| Research Programs: | Energy (ENE) Transitions to New Technologies (TNT) |
| Bibliographic Reference: | In: RM Kovacevic, GC Pflug, MT Vespucci (Eds); Handbook of Risk Management in Energy Production and Trading; Springer US pp.435-474 |
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| Depositing User: | IIASA Import |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Jan 2016 08:49 |
| Last Modified: | 27 Aug 2021 17:23 |
| URI: | https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/10557 |
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