A guide to EU renewable energy policy : comparing Europeanization and domestic policy change in EU member states / edited by Israel Solorio, Helge Jorgens.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Solorio, Israel, editor.

Jorgens, Helge, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Energy policy.

European Union countries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (360 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, England ; Northampton, Massachusetts : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2017.

Summary:

The European Union's renewable energy policy is one of the most ambitious attempts to facilitate a transition towards more sustainable energy systems. This book provides a comprehensive guide to the policy and its implementation. It contains key case studies for understanding how member states have shaped the policy, how the EU has affected the policies of its member states and how renewable energy policies have diffused horizontally. An analysis of its external dimension is also included. This remarkable guide is the first comprehensive attempt to shed light on the complex dynamics of renewable energy promotion in the European multilevel system. Theoretically driven, the study employs Europeanization as an analytical framework for assessing policy change, both at the EU level and in the member states, and compares the development of renewable energy policies in the electricity and transport sectors from the 1980s to the present. Comprising contributions from leading scholars, the book is an indispensible guide for academics, researchers and students interested in EU energy and climate policies in general and EU renewable energy policy specifically, as well as practitioners and stakeholders involved in renewable energy policy and climate protection. -- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The EU and the promotion of renewable energy : An analytical framework / Helge Jorgens and Israel Solorio

EU renewable energy policy : A brief overview of its history and evolution / Israel Solorio and Pierre Bocquillon

German renewable energy policy : independent pioneering versus creeping Europeanization? / Thomas Vogelpohl, Dorte Ohlhorst, Mischa Bechberger and Bernd Hirschl

From frontrunner to laggard : the Netherlands and Europeanization in the cases of RES-E and biofuel stimulation / Thomas Hoppe and Ellen van Bueren

Denmark : a wind powered forerunner / Helene Dyrhauge

The UK and EU renewable energy policy : the relentless British policy-shaper / Israel Solorio and Jenny Fairbrass

The fuzzy Europeanization of the Italian renewable energy policy : the paradox of meeting targets without strategic capacity / Maria Rosaria Di Nucci and Daniele Russolillo

Spain and renewable energy promotion : Europeanization upside down / Israel Solorio and Rosa Fernandez

Complying with, resisting or using Europe? Explaining the uneven and diffuse Europeanization of French renewable electricity and biofuels policies / Pierre Bocquillon and Aurelien Evrard

Poland at the renewable energy policy crossroads : an incongruent Europeanization? / Karolina Jankowska and Andrzej Ancygier

The Europeanization of renewable energy policy in Romania / Simona Davidescu

Hitting the target but missing the point : failing and succeeding in the Bulgarian renewable energy sector / Ralitsa Hiteva and Tomas Maltby

RES in the hood and the shrinking Mediterranean Solar plan / Gonzalo Escribano

External governance and Europeanization beyond borders : EU biofuel policies in Mozambique / Lorenzo Di Lucia

Conclusions : patterns of Europeanization and policy change in the renewable energy policy domain / Helge Jorgens, Eva Oller and Israel Solorio.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-78347-156-5