Europeanisation of the Clean Energy Transition: Driver of, or Barrier to, a Carbon-Free Electricity System?

Abstract

Over the last decade, we have observed increasing coordination and harmonisation of the energy policies between Member States of the European Union, and we have also seen a shift of energy policy competence to Brussels. We include papers that explore the impact of increasing Europeanisation of energy policy on the prospects of a transition to a zero-carbon energy system. Does this increasing Europeanisation mainly contribute to increasing cost-efficiency and overall more ambitious domestic policies? Or does it instead also hold risks, such as slowing down the transition pace to the lowest speed acceptable to all Member States?

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