The European energy system is profoundly changing, on the basis of two main trends: decarbonisation and digitalisation. On the one hand, strong decarbonisation policies have reshaped the European energy system, notably incentivising the deployment of renewable energies. On the other hand,...

FEEM "Gas Talks" are closed-door brainstorming Workshops gathering high-level international experts (from the academia, international organizations, industry) to discuss mid- to long-term challenges and opportunities for European gas markets. The third edition of the FEEM "Gas Talks" was held in...

Over the last years EU energy policy has strongly focused on the development of renewable energy, also through the adoption of a dedicated 2020 target. But is the EU currently on track to meet this target? With this article, FEEM energy analysts Manfred Hafner and Simone Tagliapietra aim to...

Since 2010, FEEM organises an annual closed-door brainstorming workshop gathering leading international experts from the academia, international organizations and the industry, to discuss mid- to long-term challenges and opportunities for European gas markets. In their 2017 edition, FEEM ‘Gas...

This paper addresses the urgent need for a sustainable energy transition in the southern and eastern Mediterranean region. It analyses the unsustainable burden of universal energy subsidies and calls for new development paths unlocking the huge potential for low-cost energy efficiency and...

This report was produced as part of the THINK project. Following the European Council's target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 80 to 95% below 1990 levels by 2050, the European Commission recently released a roadmap that already indicates what could be the relative contributions of the...

This paper is the first to assess operational and probabilistic externalities of oil extraction and transportation to Europe on the basis of a comprehensive evaluation of realistic future oil demand-supply scenarios, of the relative relevance of import routes, of the local specificities in terms...

This booklet shares some of the research carried out by the Florence School of Regulation since 2010. We have looked at various areas: from smart grids to Schengen-like energy agreements, and from incentive regulation to European Gas Target Model.

On December 1, 2014 Russian President Vladimir Putin surprised the energy world by announcing, during a state visit to Turkey, the demise of the long-planned South Stream pipeline project and the launch of a new project to evacuate Russian gas to Turkey and South-East Europe bypassing Ukraine:...