In 2010, EU adopted a new growth strategy which includes three growth priorities and five headline targets to be reached by 2020. The aim of this paper is to investigate the current performance of the EU member and candidate states in achieving these growth priorities and the overall strategy...

Energy sector is encountering serious problems which can be solved by technological innovations and increasing R&D expenditures. On the other hand, energy market reforms notably the establishment of competitive electricity and natural gas markets have resulted in a decrease of government energy...

Nuclear energy, which was once considered as the fuel of future and was abandoned after Chernobyl accident, has emerged recently in developed and developing countries as an option to combat climate change, to secure supply and to achieve sustainable development. Turkey, a developing country...

2The views expressed here are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent Energy Market Regulatory Authority.Current problems in the electricity sector require deployment of new technologies which are the outcome of research and development (R&D) mostly. On the other hand, figures show...