The single energy market and energy policy: conflicting agendas?

McGowan, Francis

doi:10.1016/0301-4215(89)90134-1

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“…The energy policy challenge can be seen in terms of striking a balance between three broad objectives: energy security; affordability; and managing environmental impacts. These three policy drivers form what is commonly referred to as a "trilemma" (Figure 1), a triangle of forces both reinforcing and in tension with each other [5]. At times, the primary task of policymakers has been to balance the cost of energy to consumers with concerns regarding secure access to energy supplies.…”

Section: The Policy Pullmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Global Surge in Energy Innovation

2014

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Policymakers are seeking a transformation of the energy system driven by concerns about climate change, energy security and affordability. At the same time, emerging developments in underpinning science and engineering are opening up new possibilities across the whole technology spectrum covering renewables and other supply side technologies, energy demand and energy infrastructure. This paper reviews both the "policy pull" for energy innovation activities and the "science and technology push". It explores the expectations of a variety of organisations in both the public and private sector regarding these pressures and possibilities by assessing various scenarios and outlook exercises that have been published since 2013. It reveals a wide range of beliefs about the future development of the energy system. The paper then moves on to analyse private sector expenditure on energy research and development (R&D) and public sector budgets for energy R&D and demonstration (RD&D). This analysis demonstrates significant divergences in patterns of innovation between the private and public sectors and leads to the hypothesis that the private sector is, broadly, taking measures to reinforce the existing energy paradigm while the public sector is focusing on new energy technologies that support wider policy objectives. This pattern is consistent with past technological transitions, with innovation efforts that would transform the energy system being counteracted by countervailing efforts that reinforce the existing fossil fuel-based paradigm.

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Section: The Policy Pullmentioning

confidence: 99%

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2014

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“…The power system has a large interconnected national grid that can flow electricity from North to South, from the coast to inland (Figure 3a). Although a large share of Amazonia is 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 19891991199319951997199920012003 Self-Suppliers Imports 2 Natural Gas Balance 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 Historically, power supply is cheap but its reliability is largely dependent on the behavior of the hydrology. The gas sector is in a different position.…”

Section: South Cone Energy Integrationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In other words, supranational regulations must protect integrated countries from nationalist opportunist behavior of governments (McGowan, 1989). This is not an easy political step, particularly in the energy sector.…”

Section: Regional Energy Integration and Sustainabilitymentioning

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South Cone energy integration: a look from Brazil

Oliveira¹

2007

International Journal of Energy Sector Management

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Purpose -The paper intends to offer an understanding of the regional energy integration in the South Cone of Latin America as perceived in Brazil. Design/methodology/approach -It assesses the Brazilian need of energy imports to balance its supply to demand and then reviews the strategy followed by successive Brazilian governments in order to move forward the process of energy integration domestically and, more recently, regionally. The reaction of the Brazilian energy establishment to the integration strategy implemented in the 1990s is studied as well.Findings -The main findings of the paper are that the strategy pursued to regional integration (bilateral commercial contracts) is not providing the benefits originally envisaged and that the main reason for this outcome is the focus on the convergence of national energy regulations and policies. Originality/value -To move the process of integration forward, the paper proposes that the focus should be on a multilateral agreement that can provide reliability to the national energy systems and can reduce domestic energy prices volatility as well. It is suggested that an agreement on the cooperative management of part of the large hydro and natural gas reservoirs available in the region offers the opportunity to institutionalize multilateral regional security reservoirs.

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“…Secondly, the global trend towards deregulation, and initiatives in some Member States to restructure energy sectors on more competitive lines reinforced the market orientation. Thirdly, with the adoption of the Single European Act in December 1985 the completion of the Internal Energy Market became a focal point of Community activity (McGowan, 1989, pp. 549-50; Surrey, 1990, pp.…”

Section: The Internal Market Programmementioning

confidence: 99%

“…The application of Treaty rules to the energy sectors is therefore problematical (Hancher, 1990). Moreover, internal market objectives are inevitably caught up in energy policy conflicts at Community level (McGowan, 1989;Surrey, 1990). The energy sectors also show very clearly the political obstacles to the realization of the Internal Market.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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The Single European Energy Market: The Politics of Realization*

Padgett

1992

J of Common Market Studies

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The single energy market and energy policy: conflicting agendas?

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The Global Surge in Energy Innovation

The Global Surge in Energy Innovation

South Cone energy integration: a look from Brazil

The Single European Energy Market: The Politics of Realization*

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