Central European attitudes towards Chinese energy investments: The cases of Poland, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic

Turcsányi, Richard

doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2016.09.035

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“…"Fifth, given the politically guided nature of at least some of the Chinese investments in Europe, the question of increased political influence arises." "Finally, there are concerns in Central Europe about Chinese investors' noncompliance with international standards" (citing Turcsanyi, 2017;Thomas, 2017).…”

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The Portuguese Energy Sector: Its Multiple Aspects and Challenges - A Country Study

Pinho

Hunter

2019

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Due to the infusion of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and European Union policies, Portugal is one of the worlds' leaders in producing clean renewable energy. In the process, Portugal has reduced the use of more traditional forms of energy, such as oil and coal. In addition, Portugal has diversified among types of clean energy it is producing, based on the variety found in Portugal's geography. Regions suited for massive solar farms are complementary to regions suited to wind farms, making it most efficient to pursue both strategies simultaneously depending on the locus of energy production. As a result, Portugal is currently "ahead of the curve" as one of the largest producers of clean energy in the European Union. This paper addresses the origins of Portugal's quest for "clean" energy and the diversification of Portugal's plans to ignite the use of clean energy in the economy.

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The Portuguese Energy Sector: Its Multiple Aspects and Challenges - A Country Study

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2019

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“…The involvement of stakeholders in a policy development process can be achieved by various means, including questionnaires [27][28][29]. A questionnaire was developed by the SFBN Task Force during the third workshop ( Figure S1), in order to gain insights from key stakeholders who had been unable to otherwise participate fully.…”

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Sustainable Forest Bioenergy Development Strategies in Indochina: Collaborative Effort to Establish Regional Policies

Bruckman

Haruthaithanasan

Miller

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We conducted a feasibility study in Indochina (Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam) with the aim of promoting biomass and bioenergy markets, technology transfer, rural development, and income generation. Policy development is guided by the International Union of Forest Research Institutions (IUFRO) Task Force "Sustainable Forest Bioenergy Network". In this paper, we highlight the achievements up to now and present results of a multi-stakeholder questionnaire in combination with a quantitative analysis of the National Bioenergy Development Plans (NBDPs). We found a gap between official documents and working group assessments. NBDPs are focused on the market development, technology transfer, and funding possibilities of a regional bioenergy strategy, while the respondents of a questionnaire (working groups) favored more altruistic goals, i.e., sustainable resource management, environmental protection and climate change mitigation, generation of rural income, and community involvement, etc. We therefore suggest the following measures to ensure regulations that support the original aims of the network (climate change mitigation, poverty alleviation, sustainable resource use, and diversification of energy generation): (i) Consideration of science-based evidence for drafting bioenergy policies, particularly in the field of biomass production and harvesting; (ii) invitation of stakeholders representing rural communities to participate in this process; (iii) development of sustainability criteria; (iv) feedback cycles ensuring more intensive discussion of policy drafts; (v) association of an international board of experts to provide scientifically sound feedback and input; and (vi) establishment of a local demonstration region, containing various steps in the biomass/bioenergy supply chain including transboundary collaboration in the ACMECS region.

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“…Chinese capital is accompanied by implicit conditionality affecting European norms and policies, including the relaxation of regulations on human rights, environmental standards, and labor laws [20]. This will impose negative effects on the economic growth, national security and governance in CEE [21]. Some Western scholars believed that China's growing investment activities and economic strength may undermine the European Union's (EU) political and economic strength [22][23][24][25].…”

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The Misunderstanding of China’s Investment, and a Clarification: “Faustian Bargain” or “Good Bargain”? On the OFDI Data of Central and Eastern Europe

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The close development of the economic relations between China and Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) since 2012 has triggered the European Union’s criticism of China’s foreign policy towards Eastern European countries. The European Union believes that China’s investment growth has led to a governance crisis in CEE countries. Based on the global governance indicators of the World Bank and the outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) data of the Ministry of Commerce of China, this paper conducts a test using the panel data model and the regression discontinuity method. An imbalanced panel dataset is adopted, covering 16 CEE countries from 2000 to 2018. The empirical research results indicate that, representing a small proportion of the investment inflows to CEE countries, China is not yet able to exert a domination effect on the region, and China’s economic power is far less than the European Union’s regulatory influence. Furthermore, China’s share of the OFDI in CEE has a U-shaped effect on the regulatory quality of host countries, and the two have a mutually causal relationship. Specifically, the impact on the host country’s regulatory quality is first manifested in the Shanghai effect, and when China’s share reaches a certain level, it is manifested in the California effect. The U-shaped effect is associated with the strategic factors of CEE countries and China’s positive contribution to good global governance.

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Central European attitudes towards Chinese energy investments: The cases of Poland, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic

Cited by 25 publications

References 18 publications

The Portuguese Energy Sector: Its Multiple Aspects and Challenges - A Country Study

The Portuguese Energy Sector: Its Multiple Aspects and Challenges - A Country Study

Sustainable Forest Bioenergy Development Strategies in Indochina: Collaborative Effort to Establish Regional Policies

The Misunderstanding of China’s Investment, and a Clarification: “Faustian Bargain” or “Good Bargain”? On the OFDI Data of Central and Eastern Europe

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