scholarly journals Technical Feasibility of Integration of Renewable Energies in the EU

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marta Szabo
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energies ◽  
Technical Feasibility ◽  
The Eu

Policy differences in the promotion of renewable energies in the EU member states

Energy Policy ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 32 (7) ◽  
pp. 843-849 ◽  
Author(s):  
Danyel Reiche ◽  
Mischa Bechberger
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energies ◽  
Member States ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
The Eu

Support for Renewable Energies and the Creation of a Truly Competitive Electricity Market

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iñigo del Guayo Castiella
Keyword(s):  
Electricity Market ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Renewable Energies ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Member States ◽  
Governmental Support ◽  
Reduced Costs ◽  
State Aids ◽  
The Eu ◽  
Energy Package

Early in the EU liberalization process, renewable energies needed governmental support in a market dominated by traditional sources. Support was considered an exception to prohibition of governmental promotion of indigenous national energy sources. The Climate and Energy Package changed this perspective, leading to the 2009 Directive, allowing member states to enforce support schemes promoting renewable energies. Conflicts emerged between some schemes and the rules on state aids of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. Deficient stability of support schemes must yield to a more predictable legal framework. The proposed substitute renewable energies Directive must be read in light of reinforcements of EU sustainable energies policies and 2015 Paris Agreement commitments. Renewable energies technology innovation has reduced costs and governmental support is somehow redundant. The future Directive provides rules that are compatible with competition and on the need to support generation from renewable energies in other member states.

scholarly journals The Spanish Energy Transition into the EU Green Deal: Alignments and Paradoxes

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (9) ◽  
pp. 2535
Author(s):  
José Antonio Peña-Ramos ◽  
María del Pino-García ◽  
Antonio Sánchez-Bayón
Keyword(s):  
International Relations ◽  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Fossil Fuel ◽  
Energy Transition ◽  
Clean Energy ◽  
Renewable Energies ◽  
Energy Relations ◽  
Current Energy ◽  
The Eu ◽  
Do So

Climate change, clean energy transition, the energy security quest, and international relations have triggered the revival of renewable energy as a solution to these problems. Nowadays, there is an energy transition where renewable energies bring geopolitical changes in a world where fossil fuels are becoming less relevant. This article aims to assess how the transition influences Spain’s energy relations with other countries regarding electricity and its sources, in alignment with the European Green Deal. In order to do so, its current energy situation, the renewable energies development and its energy import-export relations are examined. The results show that despite progress in green regionalization through more electric interconnection, little difference is to be found in traditional relations with fossil fuel countries exporters, but more are the contractions in Spanish energy economic policy, as here is explained.

scholarly journals The Quest for the Future Energy Mix in the EU and in Switzerland

2021 ◽  
pp. 49-66
Author(s):  
Sebastian Heselhaus
Keyword(s):  
Energy Supply ◽  
Nuclear Energy ◽  
Energy Resource ◽  
Renewable Energies ◽  
Electricity Sector ◽  
Good News ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Member States ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
The Eu

AbstractSwitzerland and the European Union (EU) face similar challenges when it comes to the decarbonisation and securing of energy supply. Both lack sufficient domestic energy resources, apart from nuclear energy. But nuclear energy has become controversial after the nuclear meltdown accident at Fukushima, Japan, in 2011. Without reconsidering nuclear energy as a future energy resource, the cooperation in the energy market between the EU and Switzerland becomes even more vital for securing energy supply. While in the past, Switzerland has fulfilled an important function in securing energy supply in neighbouring EU Member States, lately, the EU has provided for its own governance for emergency situations. However, Switzerland will maintain its function as an interface in the electricity sector. This is even more true, since the new focus on renewable energies fosters the demand for flexible cross-boundary solutions. An electricity agreement between Switzerland and the EU might provide a stable legal framework for these developments. The price to pay for Switzerland will be a further opening of the market, offering the private consumer a choice of energy providers. The good news for Swiss strategies for promoting renewable energies is that EU Member States are still allowed to take a flexible approach towards national promotion measures, especially in designing them to their territory. Therefore, the cooperation between Switzerland and the EU offers some advantages in terms of flexibility in the quest for security of supply while fighting climate change.

scholarly journals The role of renewable energies in the new EU member states

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-25
Author(s):  
Natanya Meyer ◽  
Robert Magda ◽  
Norbert Bozsik
Keyword(s):  
Energy Production ◽  
Fossil Fuel ◽  
Renewable Energies ◽  
Energy Sources ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Member States ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
New Eu Member States ◽  
The Eu

This article provides an overview of the structure and utilization of the new EU member states (EU-13) energy consumption. During the analysis, it was determined which non-renewable energy carriers were replaced by renewables ones. The replacement of energy sources with each other was analyzed by means of a correlation matrix. Results indicated that coal was replaced by renewable energies in Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bulgaria and Cyprus. Furthermore, the renewables basically replaced oil in Malta and gas was replaced by renewables in Lithuania. In other countries the relation between renewables and non-renewables could not be detected. The structure of energy production in the EU countries were different due to the differences of natural endowments. The main goal of the European Union energy policy is to reduce the CO2 emission by decreasing the fossil fuel consumption and this finding new ways to replace traditional energy sources is of utmost importance.

scholarly journals Decarbonisation and renewable energies in Hungary

2014 ◽  
pp. 89-93
Author(s):  
Orsolya Nagy
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Renewable Energies ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Power Sector ◽  
National Legislation ◽  
Low Carbon Economy ◽  
Carbon Dependency ◽  
Carbon Economy ◽  
The Eu

The decarbonisation of the power sector signifies reducing its carbon dependency. The aim of several programmes is making a conversion to a sustainable & low-carbon economy. Some of the targets by the EU are legally binding, thus appear in the national legislation and strategies. To meet the objective, we need to use renewable energy soures expansively.

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