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This paper studies policy instruments that correct insufficient learning-by-doing (LbD) and research and development (R&D) of renewable electricity technologies and insufficient investments in energy efficiency (EE) in the presence of carbon pricing. The theoretical model analysis shows how to...
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Energy has been at the core of the EU integration since its inception. However, following the path of a shooting star … up to Lisbon. The EU has struggled to circumnavigate this "energy-gap" of the Treaties by legislating on energy … resulted in a very fragmented EU energy policy, also characterized by the absence of a major element: security of energy supply …
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of the discussions concerning the EU security of gas supply and the overall EU-Russia relations. For this reason, the … will then discuss the future prospects of Turkish Stream, arguing that the EU could seize this new reality to launch the …
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The European Union has set ambitious targets for emission reduction and the penetration of renewable energy, including the electricity generation sector as one of the major emitters of CO2. After a period of subsidy-driven investments, the costs of renewables decreased strongly making...
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This paper discusses the merits and limits of the recent European energy policy aimed at reducing carbon emissions, devoting particular attention to the European Trading System of carbon permits and to the measures that the European Union has adopted to promote renewable energy sources. From the...
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Union and the overall Euro-Mediterranean region. In particular, the paper focuses on the EU-Turkey energy relations and … outlines the crucial role of natural gas in enhancing energy cooperation between the two players. In 2010 about 80% of EU gas … energy cooperation both between the EU and Turkey and within the overall Euro-Mediterranean region. Such large …
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