Title: Performance contracting in Germany as a service- and market-oriented solution to foster rational use of energy

Authors: Dirk Kowener

Addresses: Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research, Breslauer Strasse 48, D-76139 Karlsruhe, Germany

Abstract: The article analyses the possibility of performance contracting (PC) as a concept for finance and service to encourage the rational use of energy, in order to reach the goal of a 25% carbon-dioxide reduction in Germany by 2005, compared to the 1987 situation. The focus in this article is on risk-sharing and the German legal framework in PC. An example will outline the general course of a contract and its practicability.

Keywords: energy markets; energy policy; Germany; performance contracting; rational energy use.

DOI: 10.1504/IJGEI.1997.063326

International Journal of Global Energy Issues, 1997 Vol.9 No.1/2, pp.81-93

Published online: 10 Jul 2014 *

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