The European Energy Transition : Actors, Factors, Sectors.

Front Cover -- Half Title -- Copyright -- Table Of Contents -- Chapter 1: Foreword by Jacques Delors, Founding President of the Jacques Delors Institute -- Chapter 2: 42 Authors exploring Europe's Energy Transition:About this Book-Susanne Nies -- PART 1 - SETTING THE SCENE: CLIMATE, SECURITY OF SUPPLY AND COMPETITIVENESS - INSEPARABLE -- Chapter3: EU Climate Policy as a Driver of Change-Jos Delbeke &amp -- Peter Vis -- 1. Introduction -- 2. International process -- 3. EU policy response -- 4. Carbon pricing and the EU's Emissions Trading System -- 5. Conclusion -- Chapter 4: Security of Supply: a new Focus on Electricity-Susanne Nies -- 1. Risks are changing -- 2. Security of supply and the scope of risks Europe is exposed to -- 3. The EU institutional and regulatory set up for energy security -- 4. Oil -- 5. Gas: from golden age of gas to bronze and back to gold again? -- 5.1 Import Dependency gas: the status quo -- 5.2 The role of LNG for security of supply -- 5.3 Europe's regulatory response to import dependency on gas -- 6. Power: changing electricity paradigm and new risks -- 6.1 Europe's meandering electricity geography -- 6.2 European blackouts and challenges since 2003 -- 6.3 Nuclear risks -- 6.4 Traditional risks related to third countries -- 7. Always a winning bet: the first fuel energy efficiency -- 7.1 Managing risks in a system with variable Renewables -- 7.2 New climate risks -- 7.3 New risks: Cybersecurity, power electronics and sector coupling -- 7.4 Regulatory response to security of electricity supply risks -- 7.5 Recommendations for the incoming EC and EP -- Chapter 5: The Distributional Effects of Climate Policies-Gustav Fredriksson &amp -- Georg Zachmann -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Assessing the distributional impact of policies -- 2.1 Income side -- 2.2 Expenditure side -- 2.3 Government side -- 2.4 Summary.

3. Distributional effects of climate policies -- 4. The distributional effects of a real-world climate policy: The EU ETS -- 4.1 Allocation of free allowances -- 4.2 Indirect cost compensation for electricity-intensive firms -- 4.3 Overall distributional impact of the EU ETS -- 5. Non-action -- 6. Conclusion and recommendation to the incoming Commission and EP -- 7. References -- Chapter 6: Innovation: a Vital Challenge for the European Energy Transition-Pascal Lamy &amp -- Thomas Pellerin-Carlin -- 1. Innovation is vital for Europe and for the energy transition -- 1.1 Innovating to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions -- 1.2 Innovating for competitiveness -- 1.3 Innovating to enhance Europe's soft power -- 2. Leading in energy innovation: EU successes and challenges -- 2.1 Energy sectors: where the EU leads, lags or falls behind -- 2.2 Two cross-sector challenges for the EU -- 2.3 Energy-specific challenges -- 3. The EU has potent tools to boost energy R&amp -- I -- 3.1 How much does the EU invest in R&amp -- I ? -- 3.2 H2020: how the EU R&amp -- I budget is being invested -- 4. How to get it done: proposals to improve the European energy R&amp -- I policy -- 4.1 Horizon Europe -- 4.2 A significantly increased EU R&amp -- I budget -- 4.3 Designing energy-related innovation « missions » -- 4.4 The European Innovation Council -- 4.5 Involving citizens to legitimize the EU R&amp -- I policy -- 5. Conclusion and recommendation to the next European Parliament and next European Commission -- 6. References -- Chapter 7: Renewables Driving the Energy Transition: Europe in the Global Context-Dolf Gielen &amp -- Luis Janeiro -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Renewables deployment in the EU: A decade in the balance -- 2.1 Renewable electricity: cornerstone of the European energy transition -- 2.2 Renewable heat: room for acceleration of the transition.

2.3 Renewables in transport: renewed commitment through electrification -- 3. Prospects of renewables to 2030 -- 3.1 Impacts of accelerating renewables -- 3.2 Implications of the new 2030 targets -- 4. Renewables and long-term decarbonization -- 4.1 EU decarbonisation milestones -- 4.2 Long-term European and global decarbonisation challenges -- 4.2.1 Power sector -- 4.2.2 End use-sectors -- 4.2.3 The decarbonization gap - innovation needs -- 5. Moving forward: European global leadership in renewables -- 6. References -- PART 2 - INSTITUTIONS FOR THE ENERGY UNION -- Chapter 8: An Introductory Overview on Institutional Change-Susanne Nies -- 1. The rise of EU energy policy over seven decades -- 2. What institutions? -- 3. The democratization of energy in Europe and the expansion of interest groups and institutions, as well as start-ups -- 4. European Commission, EP, Council -- 5. Regulatory institutions and their architecture -- 6. Transmission and distribution system operators and their European faces -- 7. Informal forae: Florence Forum, Madrid Forum, Dublin Forum -- 8. The Regional and the Local -- 9. Cooperation beyond membership -- 10. Standardization architecture- CEN CENELEC -- 11. The EU as part of the global energy and climate architecture:incubating phase four of a climate driven institutional setting? -- 12. Looking forward and recommendations for Policy makers -- Chapter 9: The EU, the UK and Energy: not much Shared Ambition post-Brexit-Sir Philip Lowe -- 1. Continuing uncertainty over future UK-EU relations -- 2. ... but so far a consensus that Brexit will only have a limited impact at least in the short term -- 3. The Withdrawal agreement contains further guidance on the impact on the energy sector -- 4. UK-EU energy cooperation post-Brexit -- 5. The way forward.

Chapter 10: Regionalisation and Regional Cooperation in the European Electricity Markets-Klaus-Dieter Borchardt &amp -- Maria Eugenia Leoz Martin-Casallo -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The regional approach prior to the Clean Energy for All Europeans Package -- 2.1 From the First Electricity Directive to the Third Energy Package -- 2.2 Third Energy Package and regionalisation in the context of electricity network codes -- 2.3 Regionalisation and regional cooperation in other legislative and non-legislative initiatives -- 3. The regional approach in the Clean Energy Package -- 3.1 Energy Union Framework Strategy -- 3.2 Proposed measures enhancing regionalisation and regional cooperation in the electricity sector -- 3.3 Proposals on Regional Operational Centers as a tool to enhance regional TSO cooperation -- 3.4 Negotiation of the proposals on ROCs -- 3.4.1 The Council's General Approach -- 3.4.2 The European Parliament Report -- 3.4.3 The political Agreement of the European Co-Legislators -- 4. The way forward: key questions yet to be addressed -- Chapter 11: The ACER Experience-Alberto Pototschnig -- 1. An Agency from scratch: the establishment of the Agency and its purpose -- 2. Shaping the Internal Energy Market: the Agency's tasks and responsibilities under the Third Energy Package and the Infrastructure Package -- 3. REMIT: venturing into uncharted waters -- 4. A unique governance: four bodies and decision-making -- 4.1 The Agency's four bodies -- 4.2 Decision-making in the Agency -- 4.3 Independence and neutrality -- 5. The three main challenges: resources, resources and resources -- 6. An evaluation of the Agency's activities -- 7. The future of the Agency: the "Clean Energy for All Europeans" Package -- 7.1 The role of the Agency in the development of TCMs and, in general, in solving disputes between NRAs.

7.2 The role of the Agency in the regulatory oversight of EU entities -- 7.3 The internal decision-making process in the Agency -- Chapter 12: The ENTSO-E Experience-Konstantin Staschus -- 1. Rationale for TSO cooperation -- 1.1 Advantages of interconnection -- 1.2 European TSO associations: Already a technical success story 1951-2009 -- 2. The rationale for ENTSO-E -- 2.1 ENTSO-E foundation, tasks and structures: EU, regional and national -- 2.2 The establishment of ENTSO-E: The voluntary, early and eager part -- 2.3 Tasks and achievements -- 2.3.1 Network Codes: Rules which enable the energy transition. -- 2.3.2 TYNDPs and Adequacy Forecasts: Grid planning and reliability warnings for the energy transition -- 2.3.3 Efficient, secure and future-proof -- 2.4 Context and benefi ts of the ENTSO-E tasks -- 2.5 ENTSO-E organisation and governance: Balance of formality and realism -- 2.6 Coordination of national, regional and European levels -- 2.7 Global comparisons and influence -- 2.8 Digitalisation and TSO/DSO cooperation -- 3. The Clean Energy Package and beyond -- 4. Conclusion -- Chapter 13: The Changing Role of DSOs and their New Role in the EU Agenda-Christian Buchel -- 1. The transformation of DSOs: from unbundling to neutralmarket facilitator -- 2. Digital technology as a key factor for smart DSOs and the French case of Enedis -- 3. The framework needed to allow European DSOs to serve the energy transition -- Chapter 14:The Energy Community - Ready for the Clean Energy Transition?-Dirk Buschle -- 1. The Energy Community - mission accomplished? -- 1.1 Creating and integrating energy markets -- 1.2 Security of supply and the export of European energy law -- 1.3 Sustainability -- 2. Governance challenges -- 2.1 Enforcement -- 2.2 Reciprocity -- 2.3 New governance challenges -- 3. The Energy Community and the clean energy transition.

4. Conclusion and recommendations for policy-makers.

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