scholarly journals Transformative Energy Policy in Federal Systems

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 56-78
Author(s):  
Arthur Benz ◽  
Jörg Broschek
Keyword(s):  
Federal Government ◽  
Energy Policy ◽  
Policy Change ◽  
Energy System ◽  
Energy Transformation ◽  
Joint Decision ◽  
Institutional Conditions ◽  
Significant Change ◽  
Path Dependent ◽  
Intergovernmental Coordination

Transforming the energy system towards an increasing share of renewables requires a significant change of a policy to redirect the path-dependent evolution of a highly complex technical system. Moreover, a new path of development towards energy provision from renewables has to be stabilized to assure sustainability. The federal systems in Canada and Germany diverge in the institutional conditions relevant for policy change and stability. Canadian federalism separates powers in energy policy and allows the federal and provincial governments to change policies on their own. In contrast, German federalism requires co-operation between federal and Länder governments which favors policy stability but renders significant change unlikely. However, energy transformation started in the 1990s in Germany under conditions that allowed the federal government to avoid the usual mode of joint decision-making. In Canada, provincial governments took the lead in energy transformation, when the conservative federal government showed no interest in intergovernmental coordination. The article explains these shifts in power within the institutional framework. It also discusses the consequences, considering the stability of transformative energy policy. In Germany, policy change from the center undermined the stabilizing structures of intergovernmental coordination, in Canada, institutional conditions favoring continuity never existed. Hence in both countries, governments changed policies but failed to reform institutions of governance.

The politics of energy policy change in Sweden: A review

Energy Policy ◽  
1986 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 180-181
Author(s):  
Roland Andersson
Keyword(s):  
Energy Policy ◽  
Policy Change

Regional Renewable Energy Policy: A Process of Coalition Building

2007 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 45-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah L. Mander
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Energy Policy ◽  
Regional Scale ◽  
Climate Change Policy ◽  
Central Element ◽  
Energy System ◽  
Coalition Building ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
North West ◽  
The North

In 2003, the UK Government adopted a target to reduce carbon emissions by 60 percent by 2050, a longer term commitment than is required under the Kyoto Protocol. Given that increasing low carbon generating capacity is essential to achieve the required carbon reductions, renewable energy policies are a central element of overall climate change policy. To facilitate the building of renewable capacity, greater responsibility has been placed upon the English regions, with the advent of regional sustainable energy strategies, though there remain many profound tensions between the liberalized UK energy system and the adoption of a more strategic approach to renewable energy at the regional scale. This paper uses a ‘discourse analysis’ framework to explore wind energy policy in the North West of England from the perspective of competing coalitions. In the light of this assessment, it is concluded that the implementation of national energy policy at regional and sub-regional scales can be considered as a process of coalition building, where Government is reliant on building partnership between state and non-state actors to achieve its objectives.

High performance computing for energy system optimization models: Enhancing the energy policy tool kit

Energy Policy ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 128 ◽  
pp. 66-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tarun Sharma ◽  
James Glynn ◽  
Evangelos Panos ◽  
Paul Deane ◽  
Maurizio Gargiulo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Performance Computing ◽  
Energy Policy ◽  
High Performance ◽  
System Optimization ◽  
Energy System ◽  
Optimization Models ◽  
Policy Tool ◽  
Performance Computing

China’s Nuclear Energy Policy Change and Countermeasures for Nuclear Safety

2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 257-277
Author(s):  
Seong Ho Jang ◽  
◽  
Min Cheol Park ◽  
Kyung Min Ko ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Energy Policy ◽  
Policy Change ◽  
Nuclear Energy ◽  
Nuclear Safety ◽  
Nuclear Energy Policy

scholarly journals Japan’s 2014 Strategic Energy Plan: A Planned Energy System Transition

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey B. Kucharski ◽  
Hironobu Unesaki
Keyword(s):  
Energy Policy ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Industrial Structure ◽  
Energy System ◽  
Window Of Opportunity ◽  
Policy Planning ◽  
Government Officials ◽  
System Transition ◽  
Unique Aspect ◽  
Fukushima Disaster

This study is a review and analysis of the Japanese government’s 2014 Strategic Energy Plan (SEP). As the first plan to be issued after the Fukushima disaster of March 2011, the 2014 plan incorporates policies that represent the most comprehensive and systematic changes ever proposed for Japan’s energy system. The study reviews the key elements of the plan, employing a framework that explains the nature and magnitude of the changes planned for Japan’s energy system and related institutions. The analysis demonstrates that the shock of the triple disaster opened up a window of opportunity in Japan’s policy environment for a fundamental change in energy policy, allowing for major reforms to the energy industrial structure and energy institutions. A unique aspect of this study is that it draws upon in-person interviews conducted with key government officials who were directly involved in the formulation of the SEP, providing new insights into Japan’s energy policy planning process and the drivers behind the planned reforms. Given the nature and magnitude of the potential changes implied in the SEP, this paper concludes that the 2014 SEP is best understood as a comprehensive blueprint toward a major planned transition of the Japanese energy system.

Policy Change in an Authoritarian Regime: Mexico Under Echeverría

1977 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 523-555 ◽  
Author(s):  
Merilee S. Grindle
Keyword(s):  
Federal Government ◽  
Policy Change ◽  
Industrial Development ◽  
Agricultural Development ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Public Investment ◽  
Target Population ◽  
Infrastructure Development ◽  
Agricultural Investment ◽  
The Public

The six-year presidency or sexenio of Luís Echeverría Alvarez was initiated in December of 1970. Six years later, significant changes had taken place in the public policies espoused by the Mexican regime. Most importantly, perhaps, the federal government shifted its public investment priorities away from an overriding preoccupation with industrial development toward greater concern for agricultural development. From 1971 to 1976, Echeverria's administration allocated more money to the agricultural sector than any sexenio since that of Miguel Alemán (1946 to 1952). The change occurred gradually, federal public investment in agriculture growing from 14.5% of the total in 1971 to 20% budgeted for 1975 and 1976. Increased attention to agriculture was achieved primarily through proportional reductions in investments for industrial and infrastructure development. Along with a revision in sectoral allocations went a change in policy concerning both the anticipated outcome and the target population for agricultural investment.

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