• A carbon footprint proportional to expenditure : a case for Norway? 

      Narbel, Patrick A.; Isaksen, Elisabeth T. (Discussion paper;16/14, Working paper, 2014-04)
      Assuming that emissions originate from the consumption of goods and services, we study the relationship between consumption-based per capita carbon footprint and per capita expenditure for Norway, using 2007 data. A ...
    • Estimating the cost of future global energy supply 

      Narbel, Patrick A.; Hansen, Jan Petter (Discussion paper;14/14, Working paper, 2014-03)
      This study produces an attempt to estimate the cost of future global energy supplies. The approach chosen to address this concern relies on a comparative static exercise of estimating the cost of three energy scenarios ...
    • Rethinking how to support intermittent renewables 

      Narbel, Patrick A. (Discussion paper;17/14, Working paper, 2014-04)
      Intermittent renewable energy sources, including solar and wind power, typically remain more expensive than conventional power sources. As a consequence, few intermittent power projects would have been deployed if speci ...
    • The likely impact of Basel III on a bank's appetite for renewable energy financ 

      Narbel, Patrick A. (Discussion paper;10/2013, Working paper, 2013-10)
      The new Basel III regulations are likely to make long-term financing more expensive, which will affect the financing of capital-intensive renewable energy technologies, because they typically rely on long-term financing. ...