Is There Any Future for Coal Power Plants in Europe?

Зимаков, А. В.

doi:10.24833/2071-8160-2017-4-56-130-150

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“…However, at a national level the political perception of coal phase out was quite different among the EU members. While several EU countries have quite early embraced climate policies stimulating or even forcing coal out of power generation, other EU members, especially those producing hard coal and lignite, have struggled to adopt a phaseout strategy (Zimakov 2017). The EU ETS top polluters list is generally reflecting this development.…”

Section: Downward Trend In Coal Phase Out Countriesmentioning

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The EU ETS Top Ten Polluters List as a Policy Tool of Climate Action Organisations

Зимаков¹

2021

EJSD

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The EU ETS is one of the most important EC instruments to curb CO2 emissions. Various climate action organisations use verified emissions data from EU ETS to calculate top EU polluters lists. These shortlists are actively used in their advocacy strategies as an evidence of national or EU-wide climate policies (under)performance to influence policymaking. However, there is no official EU ETS top ten list released by the EC what weakens the political power of this tool. Addressing possible reasons for EC’s reluctance the paper investigates the correlation between the presence of national enterprises in the EU ETS top ten list and the national climate policy actions over 2008-2019 timeframe. Despite different limitations, the EU ETS top ten is adequately reflecting main developments in national efforts to curb GHG emissions and is pointing out underperforming countries and industries covered by the EU ETS. In the variety of hard and soft EU climate policy instruments, the EU ETS top ten polluters list could feature as an information tool. It is especially important for climate action organizations, providing them with an officially released rating as a common reference point that they could use in their evaluations and political campaigns.

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Section: Downward Trend In Coal Phase Out Countriesmentioning

confidence: 99%

The EU ETS Top Ten Polluters List as a Policy Tool of Climate Action Organisations

Зимаков¹

2021

EJSD

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Energy Security in the European Union

Pavlenko

2020

CJPS

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The aim of the article is to present a practical and methodological approach to assessing the energy security of European countries, with particular focus on states with coal-dependent energy systems and on finding balance between ensuring energy security, diversification of energy resources and environmental protection . as energy security means technically reliable, stable, cost-effective and environmentally balanced supply of energy resources to satisfy the needs of the economy and the population, the author proposes an indicator that takes into consideration different components, and can be a helpful tool in designing energy policies . The article also discusses using the energy potential of closed coal mines .

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Opposition to Nuclear Power as a Driver of Austrian State Policy

Зимаков

2019

Kontury glob. transform.: polit. èkon. pravo

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The article deals with the impact of opposition to nuclear power on Austria’s foreign and economic policy as well as the evolution of this political driver. Beyond rejecting the use of nuclear power domestically Austria conducts active anti-nuclear foreign policy primarily towards neighboring countries running NPPs, ultimately aiming at nuclear phase out of the whole EU. As a part of this anti-nuclear policy Austria refuses to procure electricity produced by NPPs in other countries. Moreover, the opposition to nuclear power determined the clean energy transition model for Austria. The country has reached a high level of renewables share in electricity production and strives for a non-carbon energy system by 2030. The article shows that Austria has made a long way to its anti-nuclear stance, driven by social movements. Its turning point was the referendum on the use of nuclear power held in 1978, when diverse activist groups managed to overcome the pro-nuclear government supported lobby. The anti-nuclear movement continued to exert influence on the political agenda of the federal government via local communities and states authorities. With the time, their efforts have led to common acceptance of the anti-nuclear stance as an important driver of the Austrian policy.

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Is There Any Future for Coal Power Plants in Europe?

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The EU ETS Top Ten Polluters List as a Policy Tool of Climate Action Organisations

The EU ETS Top Ten Polluters List as a Policy Tool of Climate Action Organisations

Energy Security in the European Union

Opposition to Nuclear Power as a Driver of Austrian State Policy

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