Demand is increasing in the EU for specific electricity products of desired origin. For now, this demand relates almost exclusively to electricity generated from renewable energy sources, and comes from business organisations wishing to enhance their environmental credentials and households...

This paper discusses the merits and limits of the recent European energy policy aimed at reducing carbon emissions, devoting particular attention to the European Trading System of carbon permits and to the measures that the European Union has adopted to promote renewable energy sources. From the...

In June 2018, an agreement between key EU institutions – the Commission, the European Parliament, and the European Council – was reached after a long-lasting discourse over the 2030 EU climate and energy policy package. This paper offers a comprehensive assessment of the EU package, with its...

In 2016, the warmest year on record, the world was on average 1.1 °C warmer than in the pre-industrial period. Climate change and its causes are no longer subject to serious scientific dispute. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, human influence on the climate system is...

The energy sector accounts for the lion's share (55 %) of greenhouse gas emissions in the European Union (EU). While EU emissions had fallen by 22.1 % in 2015 compared with 1990, and continue to fall, the bloc's economy grew by 27 % over that period. Since the Renewable Energy Directive (RED)...

In 2016, the warmest year on record, the world was on average 1.1 °C warmer than in the pre-industrial period. Climate change and its causes are no longer subject to serious scientific dispute. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, human influence on the climate system is...

In 2016, the warmest year on record, the world was on average 1.1 °C warmer than in the pre-industrial period. Climate change and its causes are no longer subject to serious scientific dispute. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, human influence on the climate system is...

The energy sector accounts for the lion's share (55 %) of greenhouse gas emissions in the European Union (EU). While EU emissions had fallen by 22.1 % in 2015 compared with 1990, and continue to fall, the bloc's economy grew by 27 % over that period. Since the Renewable Energy Directive (RED)...