What Comes After the Last Chance Commission?
Ahead of the 2019 institutional reconfiguration of the EU is a fitting moment to take stock of the European integration process and decide which priorities should define the strategic agenda of the next generation of incumbents. While acknowledging that the entire EU collective is concerned – member states and institutions alike – this report is […]
Should all producers of renewable energy automatically receive GOs?
In this contribution, Jaap Jansen finds that the practice of automatically issuing guarantees of origin (GOs) to all producers of renewable energy undermines EU energy and climate objectives. Dictated by the EU Renewable Energy Directive 2009/28/EC, a guarantee of origin (GO) is an instrument issued on their request to producers of electricity from renewable sources. […]
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Suspended in legal limbo: Protecting investment in renewable energy in the EU
This paper focuses on the damage – and the potential for inflicting further damage – to investor confidence arising from legal uncertainties surrounding renewable energy support in some EU member states. A higher-than-expected expansion of the renewables sector, resulting in higher costs of the support, combined with the financial crisis, has driven some member states […]
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Is security of energy supply possible without deeper cross-border market integration? Lessons from the cold spell in South-Eastern Europe
Authors: Christian Egenhofer and Cristian Stroia Series: CEPS Policy Insights No. 2017/45, December 2017 In late December 2016 and early 2017, South Eastern Europe experienced an extended cold spell lasting almost six weeks and triggering an electricity ‘crisis’, which seriously affected EU member states as well as Energy Community countries, notably Bulgaria, Romania, Greece and […]
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Improving the Market for Flexibility in the Electricity Sector
Electricity will play a greater role in the transport and building sectors and all decarbonisation scenarios point to the increasing electrification of the energy system. To reach EU climate change targets, however, electricity will need to come increasingly from low carbon sources, especially (but not only) from variable renewable energy sources. Both trends − the […]