The EU and the promotion of renewable energy: an analytical framework

Jörgens, Helge; Solorio, Israel

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“…In the literature on the history of European energy policy, both top-down and bottom-up approaches are two essential policy elements [ 33 , 34 , 35 ]. The former focuses on member states’ influence on designing and implementing policies at the EU level, and the latter relates to the European policies’ performance within the member states at a domestic level.…”

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A Free-Market Environmentalist Enquiry on Spain’s Energy Transition along with Its Recent Increasing Electricity Prices

Wang

Espinosa

Soto

2022

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This paper analyzes the Spanish energy transition’s general situation and its increasing electricity prices in recent years from a free-market environmentalist (FME) approach. We hypothesize and argue that high taxes, high government subsidies, and government industrial access restrictions breach private property rights, hindering Spain’s renewable energy (RE) development. Our paper discovers that Spain’s state-interventionist policies have increased the cost of the energy and power industries, leading to electricity prices remaining relatively high before and after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. After reviewing the literature on the FME approach and Spain’s case, a Box–Jenkins (ARIMA) model is used to clarify the economic performance of the Spanish electricity industry with a proposal for forecasting electricity prices. It is observed that Spain fails the EU and its national goal of providing an affordable energy price as a part of the green energy transition. Finally, free-market environmental solutions and policy reforms are proposed to facilitate Spain’s energy transition.

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A Free-Market Environmentalist Enquiry on Spain’s Energy Transition along with Its Recent Increasing Electricity Prices

Wang

Espinosa

Soto

2022

IJERPH

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“…Based on the evaluation of 262 EU climate policies, Berkhout and colleagues (2010, p. 137) have concluded that 'climate policy is deeply multi-level, but with a trend towards harmonisation at the EU level'. Jörgens and Solorio (2017) have referred to it as bottom-up Europeanisation, which they distinguish from both top-down Europeanisation and horizontal Europeanisation (see also Jordan and Liefferink 2004). Horizontal Europeanisation refers not only 'to the direct diffusion or transfer of policies from one EU member state to another' (Jörgens and Solorio 2017, p. 11).…”

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Leadership and lesson-drawing in the European Union’s multilevel climate governance system

Jänicke

Wurzel

2018

Environmental Politics

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The important role that climate leaders and leadership play at different levels of the European Union (EU) multilevel governance system is exemplified. Initially, climate leader states set the pace with ambitious policy measures that were adopted largely on an ad hoc basis. Since the mid-1980s, the EU has developed a multilevel climate governance system that has facilitated leadership and lesson-drawing at all governance levels including the local level. The EU has become a global climate policy leader by example although it had been set up as a 'leaderless Europe'. The resulting 'leadership without leader' paradox cannot be sufficiently explained merely by reference to top-level EU climate policies. Local level climate innovations and lessondrawing have increasingly been encouraged by the EU's multilevel climate governance system which has become more polycentric. The recognition of economic co-benefits of climate policy measures has helped to further the EU's climate leadership role.

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Energiepolitik in Deutschland und Europa

Hirschl

Vogelpohl

2019

Energiewende

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The EU and the promotion of renewable energy: an analytical framework

Cited by 4 publications

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A Free-Market Environmentalist Enquiry on Spain’s Energy Transition along with Its Recent Increasing Electricity Prices

A Free-Market Environmentalist Enquiry on Spain’s Energy Transition along with Its Recent Increasing Electricity Prices

Leadership and lesson-drawing in the European Union’s multilevel climate governance system

Energiepolitik in Deutschland und Europa

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