Low-carbon Energy Security from a European Perspective
Coordonnateurs : Lombardi Patrizia, Gruenig Max
Low-Carbon Energy Security from a European Perspective draws on the European Commission?s funded project MILESECURE-2050. It considers low-carbon energy security and energy geopolitics in Europe, with a focus on four thematic clusters: challenging the energy security paradigm; climate change and energy security objectives (the components of a secure and low-carbon energy system); energy security in a geopolitical perspective, as it relates to economics, resource competition, and availability; and the influence of large scale renewable energy projects on energy security and shifting geopolitical alliances.
An overarching narrative is that optimizing the energy system simultaneously across different objectives may be impossible, i.e., lowest cost, least environmental impact, minimal downtime, regional supply. This book explores these charged topics through insights from a series of novel, new energy project case studies, and demonstrates the need for difficult political conversations within Europe and beyond by posing fundamental yet new questions about the energy security paradigm.
Introduction: The prevailing energy security paradigm
Climate Change and Energy Security Objectives
Energy Security in a Geopolitical Perspective
Reshaping equilibria: renewable energy mega-projects and distributed generation
Discussion and Conclusions
Professional/ practitioner audience, graduate-level academia, policy making experts, practitioners and officers in European energy planning offices and environmental, economic, international relations, and political science researchers from academia and research institutions.
Research interest focus on the transformation of the transport and energy sector as an economist, covering issues such as smart grids and electric mobility as well as consumer behaviour
- Offers a unique perspective on low-carbon energy security by considering the assumptions behind current energy security needs
- Suggests the benefit of envisioning energy security through out-of-the-box scenario development with respect to the energy system
- Includes energy in an international scenario with case studies from Africa, Russia, Ukraine, Morroco, China, South America, and Europe
- Draws on the European Commission‘s funded project MILESECURE-2050
Date de parution : 06-2016
Ouvrage de 284 p.
15x22.8 cm
Thèmes de Low-carbon Energy Security from a European Perspective :
Mots-clés :
Adequacy; Climate change mitigation; Climate policies IPCC; Co-benefits; Corridors; Distributed generation; Economic energy security; Energy consumption; Energy future; Energy policies; Energy security; Energy system security; Energy transition; Energy union; Energy world order; EU energy policy; EU's climate policies; European Union; European union; Exports; Flexibility; Geopolitical energy security; Geopolitics; Governance of systemic risks; Governance; Human energy; Human factors; Imports; In