EU environmental state aid policy: wide implications, narrow participation?

Flåm, Karoline Hægstad

doi:10.1002/eet.515

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“…While some studies have looked broadly at participative practices and community communications, use of the Internet for policy discourse, framing of climate issues and communications, and the role of relationships in policy development (Flåm, 2009;Newig and Fritsch, 2009;Nisbet, 2009;Shum, 2009;Tsang et al, 2009;Bryson et al, 2010;Soma, 2010;Soma and Vatn, 2010;Toikka, 2010), we have deliberately focused our investigation on the online discussion channel used to canvas individual opinions and sharing of views (Margetts, 2009;Merry, 2010;Barr, 2011). Importantly, our study treats the online forums as a socio-technical mechanism to disseminate information (including scepticism and misinformation), shape human beliefs and evoke different behaviours and reactions with respect to climate change science and policy (Morgan and Dowlatabadi, 1996;Pereira and O'Connor, 1999).…”

Section: T He Participatory and Democratic Approach To Environmental mentioning

confidence: 99%

Rebalancing Climate Change Debate and Policy: An Analysis of Online Discussions

Martin

Rice

2014

Env Pol Gov

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Public participation in environmental policy development offers governments and private organizations opportunities to gather community views and test policy instruments and solutions. In this study, a concept mapping analysis of 1702 online comments from 344 individuals has been undertaken to determine the balance between climate change debate and policy development, and some of the major issues surrounding policy implementation. The results show that counterproductive and intolerant climate science debate, opposing political party policy alignments, and disagreement on policy implementation serve as impediments in developing workable climate change policy. The research also exposes how individuals can 'hijack' the online discussion forums in attempts to further their own agendas. This suggests that online forums might be better designed to integrate with the larger policy development system.

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Section: T He Participatory and Democratic Approach To Environmental mentioning

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Rebalancing Climate Change Debate and Policy: An Analysis of Online Discussions

Martin

Rice

2014

Env Pol Gov

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“…Several studies discuss factors affecting the RE development and adoption barriers (e.g., Isoard & Soria, 2001;Grübler et al, 2002), such as high capital and maintenance cost (Jacobsson & Johnson, 2000), lack of technical expertise (Jagadeesh, 2000), undervaluation of future benefits (Bradshaw & Borchers, 2000). Some other studies discuss behavioral and social constraints, such as consumer and producers' perception, rationality, and reaction (e.g., Flåm, 2009;Hekkert et al, 2007;Reise et al, 2012;Simon, 1955;Stephens & Jiusto, 2010;West et al, 2010;Wüstenhagen et al, 2007).…”

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Does conventional energy pricing induce innovation in renewable energy? New evidence from a nonlinear approach

Amin

Badruddoza

McCluskey

2021

Applied Eco Perspectives Pol

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This article theoretically and empirically studies the association between research and development investments in renewable energy (RE) and oil prices at the country level. We find a positive and robust association between patent counts for RE and price of crude oil using a panel of 46 countries for 1991-2013 in a fixedeffects hurdle Negative Binomial control function framework. Results suggest that net conventional energy importing countries are more likely to invest in RE when oil prices increase. Countries with more electricity production, less emissions, and greater energy utilization generate more RE patents per year.

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“…Hence, the exact wording of the state aid guidelines may be of crucial importance for development of national practices in the areas they cover. Still, few scientists have attempted to explain revisions of EU state aid guidelines (for one of the exceptions, see Flåm, 2009). This article presents a longitudinal study of how CJEU case law has influenced EU renewables policy development from the 1970s up to 2014.…”

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Constitutionalization and Entrepreneurship: Explaining Increased EU Steering of Renewables Support Schemes

Boasson

2019

PaG

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This article sheds light on two under-researched issue areas: the energy policy-shaping role of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) and how constitutionalization of EU state aid law gives the European Commission (Commission) increased leverage over EU policy development. EU state aid governance is embedded in the Treaty of the Functioning of the EU’s prohibition of state aid. The CJEU and the Commissions’ Directorate-General for Competition (DG Comp) have played important roles in the emergence of stronger EU steering of renewable energy support schemes after 2014. For many years, powerful member states, most notably Germany, stopped the adoption of EU rules requiring more market streamlining and European harmonization of renewables support. This primarily played out in regular EU decision-making (co-decision) related to adoption and revision of the Renewable Energy Directive. A radical shift occurred in 2014 when the Commission introduced new guidelines on state aid for environmental protection and energy, giving the Commission increased authority over development of renewables support schemes across Europe. These guidelines called for renewables investments to become more exposed to energy market pricing and introduced auctioning as the main allocation mechanism. Support schemes for renewable energy were included for the first time in the EU state aid guidelines for environmental protection in 2001. Back then, member states had ample leeway to design support schemes as they pleased. The 2014 version of the guidelines includes far more detailed requirements. While the first CJEU ruling on renewables state aid hindered the Commission to intervene, new CJEU rulings after 2008 enabled the Commission to draft more restrictive guidelines. This article concludes that constitutionalization, combined with the policy entrepreneurship of Commission officials, explains the shift in EU steering in 2014. This indicates that constitutionalization and Commission entrepreneurship should be assessed in conjunction. Constitutionalization may be particularly important in the state aid area due to the superior competence of the Commission.

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EU environmental state aid policy: wide implications, narrow participation?

Cited by 9 publications

References 11 publications

Rebalancing Climate Change Debate and Policy: An Analysis of Online Discussions

Rebalancing Climate Change Debate and Policy: An Analysis of Online Discussions

Does conventional energy pricing induce innovation in renewable energy? New evidence from a nonlinear approach

Constitutionalization and Entrepreneurship: Explaining Increased EU Steering of Renewables Support Schemes

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