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EU Renewable Electricity Policy: Mixed Emotions toward Harmonization

In: Toward a Common European Union Energy Policy

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  • Måns Nilsson

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The promotion of renewable sources of energy (RES) has, like energy policy overall, traditionally been a Member-State concern in the European Union (EU). At the national level it has a relatively long history: many Member States have supported the introduction of RES through various instruments and measures ever since the 1970s. In those early years, climate change and the environment were not among the primary drivers of policy. Instead, national governments were primarily responding to the global energy crisis and looked for a replacement for oil. In other words, renewable energy policy was primarily a response to concerns over energy supply security. Environmental concerns were slowly rising on the agenda during the 1970s but they remained secondary until the late 1980s, when the growing environmental awareness in society paved the way for green parties and policies across Europe.

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  • Måns Nilsson, 2011. "EU Renewable Electricity Policy: Mixed Emotions toward Harmonization," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Vicki L. Birchfield & John S. Duffield (ed.), Toward a Common European Union Energy Policy, chapter 0, pages 113-130, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-11981-9_6
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230119819_6
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