Assessing the European Union’s energy efficiency policy: Will the winter package deliver on ‘Efficiency First’?

Rosenow, Jan; Cowart, Richard; Bayer, Edith; Fabbri, Mariangiola

doi:10.1016/j.erss.2017.01.022

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“…The climate package recognizes energy poverty as a major challenge in Europe and, with these proposals, aims to protect vulnerable consumers through targeted socio-political and energy-efficient measures [60,61]. In the package, one can see only minimum requirements for total energy efficiency.…”

Section: Europe 2020 Strategy and The 3 × 20 Climate And Energy Packagementioning

confidence: 99%

Renewable Energy and EU 2020 Target for Energy Efficiency in the Czech Republic and Slovakia

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Our paper focuses on the renewable energy and EU 2020 target for energy efficiency in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. We study the reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in these two EU Member States through the prism of the Europe 2020 strategy and the 3 × 20 climate and energy package and economic growth (represented by the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) that allows to measure the national dynamics and provide cross-country comparisons) without attributing specific attention to issues such as the electrification of transport or heating, and thence leaving them outside the scope of this paper. Both Czech Republic and Slovakia are two post-Communist countries that still face the consequences of economic transformation and struggle with the optimal management of natural resources. Both countries encountered profound system transformation after 1989 that are apparent in all three measures of sustainable development used in our study. We show that it is unlikely that the planned increase in renewable energy in the Czech Republic and Slovakia will reach its targets, but they might succeed in reducing their energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. Our findings show that the energy intensity of Czech and Slovak economies increased in the early 2000s and then stabilized at a level about twice of the EU average. It appears that this value is likely to remain the same in the forthcoming years. However, implementation of GHG emissions in the Czech Republic and Slovakia may be at risk in case the proper energy policy is not maintained. Moreover, our results show how the increase in the share of renewable energy and improvement in energy efficiency go hand-in-hand with mining and exploiting the energy sources that is notorious for the transition economies. We also demonstrate that a proper energy policy is required for effectively reducing energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. There is a need for commitments made by relevant stakeholders and policymakers targeted at achieving sustainable economic growth and energy efficiency. In addition, we demonstrate that there is a need for maintaining a proper balance between economic development and environmental protection, which is a must for the EU sustainable energy development agenda and all its accompanying targets for all its Member States.

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Section: Europe 2020 Strategy and The 3 × 20 Climate And Energy Packagementioning

confidence: 99%

Renewable Energy and EU 2020 Target for Energy Efficiency in the Czech Republic and Slovakia

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“…Article 7 is expected to deliver more than half of the required energy savings of the 20% reduction target and is therefore the most important component of the EED in terms of its expected contribution [46]. The legislative proposals in the European Commission's recently released 'Winter Package' (also branded as 'Clean Energy for All' proposals) (EC 2016) extend Article 7 beyond 2020 at similar ambition levels [47]. Article 7 of the EED requires Member States to establish either energy efficiency obligations (EEOs) or alternative policy measures, to achieve new energy savings each year, over the 2014-2020 period, amounting to 1.5% of the baseline annual energy sales to final customers.…”

Section: Other Instrumentsmentioning

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The need for comprehensive and well targeted instrument mixes to stimulate energy transitions: The case of energy efficiency policy

Rosenow

Kern

Rogge

2017

Energy Research & Social Science

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A B S T R A C TTo meet global climate goals an energy transition is needed. However, energy transitions are complex and longterm processes and require a variety of public policy interventions to steer their direction and speed to achieve global climate change mitigation targets. One area where policy support is required is energy efficiency, which offers a high potential for carbon savings. It is widely acknowledged that energy efficiency improvements will need to be faster and deeper than is currently the case and this requires policy instrument mixes to support both those energy efficiency measures that are simple and cost-effective as well as more complex and costly technologies. In other words, policy mixes need to be well-targeted and comprehensive. In this paper, we address the issue of comprehensiveness in terms of technology-specificity and the level of complexity and costliness of energy efficiency measures. We use an existing dataset produced as part of a pan-European effort to understand instrument mixes in 14 EU Member States in the area of energy efficiency. Based on the empirical analysis and our segmentation of instrument types and their role in the overall mix, we illustrate the need for using a comprehensive instrument mix rather than single instruments.

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“…According to Rosenow et al (2017), energy efficiency plays a central role in the energy and climate planning of the E.U. committee.…”

Section: European Unionmentioning

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Eficiência energética: programas estratégicos e tecnologias inovadoras em países selecionados

Silveira

Machado

Ruppenthal

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Revista PO: R. Eletr. de Eng. de Produção e Correlatas

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A eficiência energética é amplamente aceita como uma das estratégias utilizadas atualmente para reduzir o consumo de energia e as emissões de Gases de Efeito Estufa (GEE). Para promover a eficiência energética é necessário desenvolver políticas ambientais que fomentem tecnologias inovadoras. Nesse contexto, a pesquisa tem como objetivo apresentar um comparativo geral em países selecionados na área de eficiência energética, a fim de propor aspectos relevantes para melhorar o caso brasileiro. Assim, um mapeamento sistemático foi conduzido juntamente com uma análise em patentes com o propósito de fornecer uma visão geral da área. Foram avaliados 34 estudos resultantes da aplicação do fluxo metodológico determinado. Como resultado, a pesquisa demonstrou aplicações de estratégias de programas na área de eficiência energética em países selecionados que podem ser consolidadas no Brasil em parcerias do setor privado e público para possibilitar melhorias do uso de energia, sem contabilizar as vantagens ambientais. Além disso, o progresso e a evolução de tecnologias em diferentes setores econômicos do Brasil e informações de documentos de patentes publicadas em diferentes países foram expostas.

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Assessing the European Union’s energy efficiency policy: Will the winter package deliver on ‘Efficiency First’?

Cited by 47 publications

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Renewable Energy and EU 2020 Target for Energy Efficiency in the Czech Republic and Slovakia

Renewable Energy and EU 2020 Target for Energy Efficiency in the Czech Republic and Slovakia

The need for comprehensive and well targeted instrument mixes to stimulate energy transitions: The case of energy efficiency policy

Eficiência energética: programas estratégicos e tecnologias inovadoras em países selecionados

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