Energy poverty policies and measures in 5 EU countries: A comparative study

Kyprianou, Ioanna; Serghides, Despina; Varo, Anaïs; Gouveia, João Pedro; Kopeva, Diana; Murauskaitė, Lina

doi:10.1016/j.enbuild.2019.05.003

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“…Still, the recognition that "energy poverty needs to be addressed differently across member states" (ibid) has been reflected in national-level research on the topic. A comparative investigation of energy poverty policies and measures across 5 EU countries, undertaken by Kyprianou et al [23], has found that regional approaches are more effective in energy poverty alleviation compared to those at the national level. The same study also emphasizes that countries with a "wide range of measures perform better" (p. 46) than those who have a more limited policy arsenal, while tracing back conceptual ambiguity around energy poverty to the nature of EU directives.…”

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“…This paper examines existing and recent policy commitments to address energy poverty at the governance scale of the EU and its constituent Member States. Building on previous work on the topic [21][22][23][24], we interrogate the character and resolve of the recent EU and Member State efforts to address the various drivers of energy poverty. We focus on the National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs) at the Member State level, investigating the pertinent provisions and measures that have been formulated in this domain.…”

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Confronting Energy Poverty in Europe: A Research and Policy Agenda

Bouzarovski

Thomson

Cornelis³

2021

Energies

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This paper scrutinizes existing policy efforts to address energy poverty at the governance scale of the European Union (EU) and its constituent Member States. Our main starting point is the recent expansion of energy poverty policies at the EU level, fuelled by the regulatory provisions of the Clean Energy for all Europeans Package, as well as the establishment of an EU Energy Poverty Observatory. Aided by a systematic and customized methodology, we survey the extensive scientific body of work that has recently been published on the topic, as well as the multiple strategies and measures to address energy poverty that have been formulated across the EU. This includes the principal mitigation approaches adopted by key European and national institutions. We develop a framework to judge the distributional and procedural justice provisions within the recently adopted National Energy and Climate Plans, as an indicator of the power, ability and resolve of relevant institutions to combat the causes and consequences of energy injustice. We also provide a research and policy agenda for future action, highlighting a series of scientific and decision-making challenges in the European and global context.

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Section: Combatting Energy Poverty Via Eu Policymentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Confronting Energy Poverty in Europe: A Research and Policy Agenda

Bouzarovski

Thomson

Cornelis³

2021

Energies

129

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“…Greece represents southern part of Europe having problems due to the recent austerity policies. The current COVID-19 pandemic across the world will have even more severe impact on vulnerability of people and problems of just low carbon transition will become even more challenging Though there are several studies exploring energy poverty in Greece (Alexandri & Androutsopoulos, 2020 ; Dagoumas & Kitsios, 2014 ; Frangou et al, 2018 ) and Lithuania (Kyprianou et al, 2019 ; Streimikiene et al, 2020 ) these studies do not provide clear delineation of interlined issues of climate change mitigation and low carbon energy transition and energy poverty. The current paper also provides important contribution to analysis of low carbon transition implications to energy poverty and justice in Lithuania and Greece and extends the works carried by other research studies in this field.…”

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Energy Poverty and Low Carbon Just Energy Transition: Comparative Study in Lithuania and Greece

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EU has set ambitious commitment to achieve low carbon energy and economy transition up to 2050. This low carbon transition means sustainable energy development path based on renewable energy sources and first of all should address the energy poverty vulnerability and justice issues. The main goal of the paper is to develop indicators framework for assessing low carbon just energy transition and to apply this framework for analysis how climate change mitigation policies in households targeting enhancement of energy renovation of residential buildings and promotion of the use of micro-generation technologies and other policies are affecting household’s energy poverty and vulnerability in selected countries: Lithuania and Greece. This framework allows to assess three main dimensions of sustainable energy development: environmental, social and economic. The paper provides policy recommendations how to deal with just low carbon energy transition which means addressing energy poverty issues during moving to 100% renewables in power generation based on performed case studies.

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“…However, until recently the problem has been overlooked by national decision-makers, and research conducted is just beginning (e.g. Barbosa et al, 2015;Gouveia and Seixas, 2016;Gouveia et al, 2018;Kyprianou et al, 2019). This paper builds on previous research conducted in the country (Simões et al, 2016;, as well as on the fast-growing literature on energy poverty, to shed further light on the specificities of the Portuguese context.…”

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Energy poverty in Portugal: Combining vulnerability mapping with household interviews

Horta

Gouveia

Schmidt

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Energy and Buildings

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Energy poverty policies and measures in 5 EU countries: A comparative study

Cited by 127 publications

References 16 publications

Confronting Energy Poverty in Europe: A Research and Policy Agenda

Confronting Energy Poverty in Europe: A Research and Policy Agenda

Energy Poverty and Low Carbon Just Energy Transition: Comparative Study in Lithuania and Greece

Energy poverty in Portugal: Combining vulnerability mapping with household interviews

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