Struggles in European Union energy politics: A gramscian perspective on power in energy transitions

Haas, Tobias

doi:10.1016/j.erss.2018.09.011

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“…It has been argued that the UK could become the 'California' of Europe promoting energy experimentalisation and innovation at a faster pace than the rest of Europe, i.e. similar to what California does relative to the federal level in the US (Haas, 2019).…”

Section: Changes In the Uk's Energy Policy Landscape Since 2010mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Renewable energy is increasingly central to worldwide total energy consumption growth, with the share of renewables meeting global energy demand expected to reach 12.4% in 2023 (IRENA, 2018). This means that an energy transition will continue, despite commentators such as the International Energy Agency (IEA) arguing that transitions to cleaner energy systems have 'stalled' worldwide as we are all locked into fossil fuel and growth dependent lifestyles (Clark, 2013;Haas, 2019;Smil, 2016).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Revisiting urban energy initiatives in the UK: Declining local capacity in a shifting policy context

Rydin

Turcu

2019

Energy Policy

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Revisiting urban energy initiatives in the UK: Declining local capacity in a shifting policy context

Rydin

Turcu

2019

Energy Policy

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“…As the transition to RES is primarily enforced politically, there are immense conflicting interests for value creation locally. This is especially critical given the diverse nature of electricity systems amongst the EU Member States [5,16].In 2020, the number of REScoops is more than 2,400 worldwide; their members will exceed 650,000 people [17][18][19]. Due to the REScoops' activity, citizens are finally a key player in the investments and operations regarding RES in several European countries [20].…”

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How Much Energy Efficient are Renewable Energy Sources Cooperatives’ Initiatives?

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In this paper is provided a systematic, in-depth, behavioral analysis of renewable energy sources cooperatives' members. The analysis proved that in, on hand, there was a noticeable difference in the portion of affection of each proposed intervention on the actual energy consumption, which may be to even ten times more in some cases, and on the other hand, the difference in energy consumption between the analyzed groups was noticeable as well. So, implementing energy efficiency interventions of various types, such as technical support, special tariffs, energy generation schemes, and smart meters, seems to lead to substantial energy reductions to even more than 10%, cumulatively, and reduces the environmental footprint. Additionally, the majority of energy efficiency interventions applied by the renewable energy sources cooperatives are proved to be effective in achieving their primary goal, sensitizing members, and leading them to a more efficient energy consumption behavior ("greener"). The results of the analysis showed that each proposed intervention had played a different but nonetheless significant role in the diminishing of the energy consumption of the members and that there was a noticeable difference in energy consumption between the analyzed groups. The results of the analysis demonstrated more than 22 GWh totally in green consumption, and almost 4500 tons of CO 2 saved.Energies 2020, 13, 1136 2 of 22 REScoops started to form in the European Union several years ago, offering to their members the opportunity to purchase green energy, such as renewably generated electricity, at reasonable prices. Besides, they were able to become autonomous and independent concerning energy availability. Last, but not least, their members could interact democratically with other members and co-decide the cooperative's future [7,8].Furthermore, REScoops offer to discrete populations and companies the opportunity to become renewable power producers and to actively participate in cooperative energy consumption [9,10]. Additionally, REScoops suggest the established framework in order to implicate citizens with social, political, and nevertheless, financial features of RES distribution [11,12]. Last, but not least, there are several cases where REScoops enhance the effort of other systems relevant to RES systems, such as intelligent transportation one [13].As observed, the members of the contributing REScoops altered their behavior, reducing their final energy consumption, and invested money in order to produce green energy through RES [14,15]. Within the frame of the H2020 REScoop Plus Project, a better understanding is considered, and REScoops fostered this behavioral change employing the actions mentioned above. Energy consumers' dynamic contribution to conservation activities, and in self-production processes as well, seems to be the primary way to meet the European Commission's targets for near-zero carbon footprint, 100% green energy consumption, and energy democracy. As the transition to RES is primarily enforced politi...

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“…Notwithstanding the fact that within a 35-year time period Germany has witnessed considerable shifts in government ideologies from centre-right to centre-left, climate and energy policy has remained remarkably consistent. As more thoroughly explained in Haas (2019), this outcome can be attributed to Germany's long corporatist tradition, established federal procedures and the legislative body enjoying a strong position relative to the executive power. These features tend to generate a higher degree of deliberation, broader compromises and a higher reliability of the policy outcome, further strengthened by Germany's comparatively stable economic development in the EU context.…”

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Meta-review of Belgium's integrated National Energy and Climate draft Plan 2021-2030

Laes

Verbruggen

2019

Economics and Policy of Energy and the Environment

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The EU energy & climate policy requests from all Member States to submit a National Energy & Climate Plan (NECP) over the year 2019, to reach the aggregate goals of energy efficiency, renewable energy supplies and greenhouse gas emissions reductions by 2030. The complicated Belgian context is briefly described. Then the many comments on Belgium's draft NECP are summarized and annotated. Commentators are the European Commission, various statutory advisory councils on energy and climate policies, NGOs, consultants, etc. The draft plan requires significant improvement for meeting the formal standards imposed by the EU framework. More problematic however are the doubts about the actual capability of Belgium to realize the paper & ink commitments. Delving into the draft NECP and the abundant comments created a growing insight that the bureaucratic NECP approach of the European Commission is obsolete and dysfunctional. For addressing the energy & climate challenges, urgent & drastic, i.e. disruptive transformation is requested. Hence, disruptive thinking, novel frameworks and approaches should prevail.

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Struggles in European Union energy politics: A gramscian perspective on power in energy transitions

Cited by 44 publications

References 29 publications

Revisiting urban energy initiatives in the UK: Declining local capacity in a shifting policy context

Revisiting urban energy initiatives in the UK: Declining local capacity in a shifting policy context

How Much Energy Efficient are Renewable Energy Sources Cooperatives’ Initiatives?

Meta-review of Belgium's integrated National Energy and Climate draft Plan 2021-2030

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