Sustainable Governance, Energy Security, and Energy Losses of Europe in Turbulent Times

Wołowiec, Tomasz; Kolosok, Svitlana; Vasilyeva, Tetyana; Аrtyukhov, Аrtem; Skowron, Łukasz; Dluhopolskyi, Oleksandr; Sergiienko, Larysa

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“…It should be noted that snowballing expansion of IT and its penetration throughout all sectors require digitalization of governance at all levels [19,[61][62][63][64][65][66][67]. In this case, the level of governance's digitalization impacts the energy sector [19,61,[67][68][69] and energy security [70][71][72][73][74][75] and, consequently inclusive economic growth. Considering the study [19], the growth of e-governance by one point led to increasing renewable energy by 4.4 points.…”

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“…The analyzed data are panels that allow dynamic analysis. In addition, applying panel data increases the number of degrees of freedom, reduces collinearity issues, simplifies model identification, and eliminates or reduces the bias of the estimator [68,69]. The functional model's form relationship between energy and governance efficiency considering the nonlinear impact of electronic government, similar to studies [76,77], can be written as follows:…”

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Inclusive Economic Growth: Relationship between Energy and Governance Efficiency

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The ambitious goal of the European Union (EU) countries is to achieve carbon neutrality by providing inclusive economic growth, which requires the development of relevant incentives and initiatives. Furthermore, such incentives and initiatives should guarantee the achievement of the declared goals. Energy sectors are the core determinant of inclusive economic growth. Traditional energy resources (coal oriented) have a higher negative impact on nature and people’s well-being than on economic and social benefits. However, the transition to renewable energy raises new issues in achieving goals of inclusive economic growth: affordable and clean energy, responsible energy consumption, and energy infrastructure. The analysis of the theoretical framework found that the digitalization of government could be a core instrument for handling the abovementioned issues. The paper aims to justify the role of green energy in achieving inclusive economic growth empirically. The study applies the following methods: fully modified Ordinary Least Square (OLS) and canonical cointegrating regression. The findings allow concluding that institutional quality passively affects inclusive economic growth and that the digitalization of government has a U-shaped impact on inclusive economic growth. In this case, countries should boost the digital transformation of public services and continuously increase the quality of institutions.

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Section: Inclusive Economic Growth and Governance Efficiencymentioning

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Inclusive Economic Growth: Relationship between Energy and Governance Efficiency

2023

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“…Це дослідження продовжує наукову дискусію з означеної проблематики, в якій беруть участь як зарубіжні (M. Mišík [18], L. Rodriguez-Fernandez, A. B. F. Carvajal [19], P. Żuk, P. Żuk [20]), так і вітчизняні (T. Wołowiec, S. Kolosok [21], І. В. Перевозова [22], Я. Турчин, О. Івасечко [23], І. В. Яковюк, К. В. Єфремова [1]) дослідники.…”

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Energy Security of the European Union in the Context of Russian Aggression against Ukraine

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Over the past decades, Russia has used the supply, ownership and control of energy resources as an instrument of its foreign policy to strengthen its political influence not only in the post-Soviet space, but also in the EU member states. During the unprovoked Russian aggression against Ukraine, Moscow used energy policy as an energy weapon (demanding to pay for gas in rubles; stopping gas supplies to certain EU member states, including Poland, Bulgaria, and Finland; reducing the volume of supplies through the Nord Stream pipeline; ignoring the capacities of the Ukrainian GTS; provoking an increase in gas prices), which resulted in an acute energy crisis in the European Union. This prompted the EU and national governments of its member states to make significant adjustments to their energy policies in order to overcome the crisis and prevent gas blackmail by European states as a manipulation to circumvent anti-Russian sanctions and political pressure to withdraw support for Ukraine. The purpose of the article is to study the problems of ensuring the energy security of the European Union and its member states in the context of the energy crisis caused by Russia's aggression against Ukraine. The article is aimed at studying the impact of Russian aggression on the EU's energy security, assessing the state of the Energy Union in 2022, and analyzing short-term and long-term strategies in the development of relevant supranational and national energy policies, mainly from a European perspective. Modern European national and supranational energy and climate strategies envisage postponing the phase-out of coal, oil, gas and nuclear power, while accelerating the deployment of renewable energy, improving energy efficiency and a mandatory commitment to increase energy storage. The European Union and its member states are overcoming the consequences of the energy crisis by developing and implementing national strategies, the REPowerEU plan, as well as a number of other measures to reduce energy prices and ensure security of supply. The REPowerEU plan is fully in line with the European Green Deal and includes measures to save energy, diversify and ensure security of supply, accelerate the deployment of renewable energy sources and a reasonable mix of investment and reform. The modernization of the EU's energy policy is aligned with the EU's long-term climate goals. The EU also supports new partnerships with neighboring countries, including Ukraine, to accelerate the global transition to green and fair energy.

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“…It was also previously proved that the indicators of energy consumption in the economy are not only related to the structure of the national economy, but also determined based on the level of the shadow economy in the country [38]. It is important that one of the parameters that increases the level of energy consumption is energy losses in the process of its distribution and delivery [39].…”

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Applying Energy Taxes to Promote a Clean, Sustainable and Secure Energy System: Finding the Preferable Approaches

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The growing importance of climate change and the depletion of natural resources, as well as geopolitical risks associated with the distribution of energy resources, cause an increase in the urgency of ensuring energy security. In modern conditions, the criteria of energy security are the level of production of traditional and renewable energy, the efficiency of energy production, the rationality of its consumption, and the level of pollution arising in the process of the functioning of the energy sector. Different types of regulatory instruments are used internationally to achieve different goals related to energy security. This study involves testing the hypothesis that the effectiveness of energy taxes in ensuring energy security is determined based on the choice of the object of taxation and should be measured via the complex effect of changes in various parameters of energy security. To test this hypothesis, a sample of data from 24 European countries for the period 1994–2020 was formed and energy taxes were grouped into 12 groups (energy taxes on the consumption of different energy sources, energy taxes on fossil fuels, taxes on electricity consumption, taxes to stimulate renewable energy production, contributions to energy funds, etc.). The assessment was carried out with the help of panel regression modeling tools with the installation of a three-year time lag in the model. This method made it possible to determine the short- and medium-term effects of the regulatory influence of certain types of energy taxes. Moreover, the research provides an assessment of the regulatory effectiveness of various types of energy taxes across countries with different initial structures of energy production. The obtained results proved that the comprehensive efficiency of different types of energy taxes is different and depends on the features of the construction of the country’s energy system. In general, complex energy taxes are the most effective method of taxation, while contributions to energy funds are the least effective method of taxation. In the countries with energy systems based on fossil fuels, taxes on mineral oils are the most effective in ensuring of energy security, as well as in the countries with a high initial level of renewable energy use, while complex energy taxes are the most effective in the countries with well-diversified energy systems. This study creates the basis for improving strategies for the use of regulatory instruments of energy transformation in building a clean, secure, and sustainable energy system for the country.

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Sustainable Governance, Energy Security, and Energy Losses of Europe in Turbulent Times

Cited by 25 publications

References 41 publications

Inclusive Economic Growth: Relationship between Energy and Governance Efficiency

Inclusive Economic Growth: Relationship between Energy and Governance Efficiency

Energy Security of the European Union in the Context of Russian Aggression against Ukraine

Applying Energy Taxes to Promote a Clean, Sustainable and Secure Energy System: Finding the Preferable Approaches

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