Template-type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Ziesemer, Thomas
Author-Email: ziesemer@merit.unu.edu
Author-Workplace-Name: UNU-MERIT, and SBE, Maastricht University
Title: Fluctuations in renewable electricity supply: Gains from international trade 
	 through infrastructure?
Abstract: 113 countries report producing electricity from non-hydro renewable 
	 sources and thereby participate in the global energy transition. This 
	 paper shows through a dynamic panel data analysis that imports of 
	 electric currents have increased and exports have decreased through the 
	 higher share of renewables in electricity production, controlling for 
	 other factors. On the one hand more cables have been built recently; but 
	 on the other hand some countries are blocking electricity shocks 
	 technologically as they suffer from free trade temporarily when 
	 receiving supply shocks. This shows that trade currently helps dealing 
	 with fluctuations of supply, but temporary losses for recipients of 
	 shocks may require payments to leave the borders open.
Classification-JEL: F14, F15, F18, F59, H54, O33
Keywords: Gains from trade, electric current, gravity, infrastructure, renewables,
	 fluctuations, electricity supply, electricity shocks
Series: UNU-MERIT Working Papers
Creation-Date: 20180227
Number: 2018-014
File-URL: https://unu-merit.nl/publications/wppdf/2018/wp2018-014.pdf
File-Format: application/pdf
File-Size: 275 Kb
Handle: RePEc:unm:unumer:2018014