The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of renewable energy policies and financial development on CO2 emissions and economic growth in EU countries. The panel vector autoregression (PVAR) model is employed to investigate the relationship between renewable energy policies, financial...

Bent Sørensen, one of the world's leading experts in the field of renewable energy systems, explores the current hurdles to the universal adoption of renewable energy sources and proposes solutions to the current situation in this new inspiring work. He discusses the social, political and...

The paper deals with the efficiency and effectiveness of renewable energy support in Europe in order to achieve the target of 20% of final consumption in 2020. The reconciliation of subsidisation of carbon free energy sources and competition in the energy sector creates serious problems to the...

Given the intensifying debates whether governments should use industrial policies to promote particular renewable energy technologies, the main objective of this study is to investigate the long-run effects of renewable energy support policies on economic growth and employment in 15 European...

The article provides an overview of the most important current EU initiatives contributing to sustainable finance. After an introduction on how the concept of sustainability entered the domain of European policy, the definition of sustainable finance from the EU perspective is discussed, as well...