The EU’s Energy Policy Agenda: Directions and Developments

2015 ◽  
pp. 21-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sophie Biesenbender
Keyword(s):  
Energy Policy ◽  
Policy Agenda

scholarly journals The weak data on the water–energy nexus in Spain

Water Policy ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 382-393 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diego Sesma-Martín ◽  
M. d. Mar Rubio-Varas
Keyword(s):  
Water Supply ◽  
Energy Policy ◽  
Electricity Generation ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Policy Instruments ◽  
Policy Agenda ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Water Energy Nexus ◽  
Striking Fact

Abstract This paper focuses on the fact that the water–energy nexus remains an irrelevant issue on the energy policy agenda and on the priorities of the energy leaders in Spain. This is a striking fact given that this takes place in the most arid country in Europe, where almost two-thirds of electricity generation would have to be halted in the absence of an adequate water supply. We contend that part of the explanation may lie in the lack of official statistics and inconsistent sources of information on the water–energy nexus in Spain. To illustrate this point, we provide examples of the uneven data available for one of the most intensive freshwater users in the thermoelectric sector in Spain: nuclear power plants. Our research demonstrates the need for improved indicators as policy instruments in the water–energy nexus in Spain since it is impossible to improve what cannot be measured.

scholarly journals The Role of the Far East in Russia’s Foreign Energy Policy Agenda

2021 ◽  
Vol 289 ◽  
pp. 04003
Author(s):  
Olga Dyomina
Keyword(s):  
Energy Policy ◽  
Far East ◽  
Coal Industry ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Policy Agenda ◽  
Eastern Siberia ◽  
Resource Base ◽  
Oil Pipeline ◽  
The Far East

The evolution of goals and objectives of the Energy Strategy of Russia for the period from 2003 to 2020 is considered. It is shown that the main priority of the foreign energy policy is to maintain and strengthen the country’s position in the world markets. It is determined that the country is actually consolidating the strategy of increasing production with the subsequent export of hydrocarbon raw materials. It is noted that the target indicators of the strategy, along with the share of Asia-Pacific countries in the geographical structure of Russian energy exports, is an increase in the share of primary energy production in Eastern Siberia and the Far East. The role of the Far East in Russia’s foreign energy policy agenda is analyzed. It is determined that the Far East acts as a transit territory and as a hydrocarbon and coal resource base. The development of the fuel and energy complex in the region is carried out within the framework of large energy projects in four categories: the Eastern Siberia - Pacific Ocean oil pipeline (ESPO) and the development of fields along the pipeline route; a set of interrelated projects within the Eastern Gas Program; development of the coal industry and related rail and port infrastructure; cross-border electricity exports to China

What’s on the Current Energy Policy Agenda?

2017 ◽  
pp. 107-125
Author(s):  
Laurance R. Geri ◽  
David E. McNabb
Keyword(s):  
Energy Policy ◽  
Policy Agenda ◽  
Current Energy

The Environmentalists Struggle with Energy Security Or: If Maslow Were in Energy Politics

2006 ◽  
pp. 104-113
Author(s):  
C. Frei
Keyword(s):  
Energy Policy ◽  
Energy Security ◽  
Energy Supply ◽  
Social Acceptance ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Policy Agenda ◽  
Energy Costs ◽  
Historical Evidence ◽  
Energy Politics ◽  
Energy Supply Security

The article claims that access to energy, supply security, energy costs, environmental issues and social acceptance are subject not to trade-off, but to a hierarchy that underlies the importance of satisfying lower order needs before addressing the higher order ones. The following essay demonstrates the hierarchy with an "energy policy needs pyramid" based on historical evidence. The pyramid is used to analyze the viability of current items of the energy policy agenda.

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