Green growth for whom, how and why? The REPowerEU Plan and the inconsistencies of European Union energy policy

Vezzoni, Rubén

doi:10.1016/j.erss.2023.103134

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“…It is estimated that it is necessary to use an average water volume between 209 and 480 m 3 , in order to obtain one ton of grain [60]. In some other works, it is suggested that for a single hectare (= 0.01 km 2 ) of agricultural land, an average of 0.394 × 10 8 m 3 of water consumption is required in order to run a successful project [61]. By comparing this number with the expected water volume saved by an FPV farm operating in the Brates Lake area, we can notice that even a 10% scenario can provide enough water for 3.42 km 2 of agricultural cultures, a value that increases to 13.71 km 2 in the case of a 40% scenario.…”

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“…From the performances of the renewable systems, we clearly highlight the AEP output of the Vestas V162-6.2 MW system that is expected to be installed in this region. One objective of the REPowerEU plan [61] is to implement several floating PVs in the marine environment or inland waters, in order to increase the electricity production, or eventually to reduce the water evaporation. In this context, the surface area of the Brates Lake (20 km 2 ) was considered to be gradually covered by solar panels, with the percentages varying from 10 to 40%.…”

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The Potential of Lakes for Extracting Renewable Energy—A Case Study of Brates Lake in the South-East of Europe

Rusu,

Georgescu,

Onea

et al. 2023

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The aim of this work is to provide some details regarding the energy potential of the local wind and solar resources near the Galati area (south-east of Romania) by considering the performances of a few recent technologies. Based on 22 years of ERA5 data (2001–2022), a picture concerning the renewable energy resources in the Brates Lake area is provided. Comparing the wind and solar resources with in situ and satellite data, a relatively good agreement was found, especially in regards to the average values. In terms of wind speed conditions at a hub height of 100 m, we can expect a maximum value of 19.28 m/s during the winter time, while for the solar irradiance the energy level can reach up to 932 W/m2 during the summer season. Several generators of 2 MW were considered for evaluation, for which a state-of-the-art system of 6.2 MW was also added. The expected capacity factor of the turbines is in the range of (11.71–21.23)%, with better performances being expected from the Gamesa G90 generator. As a next step, several floating solar units were considered in order to simulate large-scale solar projects that may cover between 10 and 40% of the Brates Lake surface. The amount of the evaporated water saved by these solar panels was also considered, being estimated that the water demand of at least 3.42 km2 of the agricultural areas can be covered on an annual scale.

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The Potential of Lakes for Extracting Renewable Energy—A Case Study of Brates Lake in the South-East of Europe

Rusu,

Georgescu,

Onea

et al. 2023

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“…Considering these wars, the EU must expedite the implementation of the Green Deal to limit the impacts of energy dependency on third countries. Additionally, the implementation of the REPowerEU plan seeks to address the consequences of these wars (Vezzoni 2023).…”

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Energy and Environmental Challenges in the European Union and Green Bonds

Maris,

Psychalis

2024

Social Sciences

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Could the European Union mitigate the negative effects of economic, pandemic and environmental crises using only one tool? The answer is positive, by implementing “green” fiscal expansion financed by “green” common debt, such as issuing green bonds. In this paper, we connect the independent responses to different crises into a single response that could end them. The European Union’s theoretical background is based on new-classical models, but current research findings doubt new-classical orthodoxy, underling the importance of economic federalism for sustainable economic and green growth. We argue that the Economic and Monetary Union has to speed up fiscal federalism by establishing a powerful European Union common budget using green Eurobonds and implementing fiscal transfers as a mechanism to address the consequences of the triple crisis.

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“…More recently, the approach has been used to explore questions beyond consumption as such, in particular financialisation (Bayliss and Fine, 2021;Bayliss et al, 2017;Santos and Principe, 2020) and sustainability (Bouzarovski, 2022;Fanning et al, 2020;Pirgmaier and Steinberger, 2019). A corollary of this is application of the approach to a wider set of goods, including infrastructure (Brown and Robertson, 2014), energy (Bayliss and Pollen, 2021;Vezzoni, 2023), water (Bayliss et al, 2020) and rail (Haines-Doran, 2022). Much of this recent work is associated with four major grant-funded projects: Financialisation, Economy, Society and Sustainable Development (FESSUD); 4 Infrastructure Business Models, Valuation and Innovation for Local Delivery (iBUILD); 5 Living Well Within Limits (LiLi); 6 and Inclusive Urban Infrastructure.…”

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Rent and financialisation as concrete totality: The case for provisioning approaches as method of abstraction

Robertson

2023

Progress in Human Geography

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Drawing on dialogues between Michael Ball and Ben Fine, this paper proposes provisioning approaches as a way of reintegrating theoretical and institutional work on rent. Recent debates on financialisation and rent theory overlook the potential contribution of provisioning approaches because urban studies typically take the work of Ball as reference point. By looking at provisioning approaches beyond Ball, the paper shows that such approaches are already making important contributions to financialisation research. It then proposes an interpretation of provisioning approaches as extending Marx’s method of moving between abstract and concrete and thereby integrating agentic and theoretic understandings of rent.

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Green growth for whom, how and why? The REPowerEU Plan and the inconsistencies of European Union energy policy

Cited by 24 publications

References 78 publications

The Potential of Lakes for Extracting Renewable Energy—A Case Study of Brates Lake in the South-East of Europe

The Potential of Lakes for Extracting Renewable Energy—A Case Study of Brates Lake in the South-East of Europe

Energy and Environmental Challenges in the European Union and Green Bonds

Rent and financialisation as concrete totality: The case for provisioning approaches as method of abstraction

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