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Philipp Thaler - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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The European Commission and the European Council: Coordinated Agenda setting in European Energy Policy
Journal of European Integration, 2016Co-Authors: Philipp ThalerAbstract:The post-Maastricht era is characterised by a growing importance of the European Council in the integration of various Policy-fields. In this respect, EU Energy Policy is no exception. The fragmentation in three coexisting strands and external shocks has emphasised the need for intergovernmental coordination and oversight. This new intergovernmentalism, exemplified prominently by the recent move towards Energy Union, is surprising in two respects. On the one hand, Energy is an area of diverse member state interests that repeatedly thwarted ambitious plans for deepening European integration. On the other hand, the European Council's new intergovernmentalism challenges the classical role of the European Commission in the field that was rooted in its single market competence. However, rather than implying a shift in the interinstitutional balance, developments of the past decade reveal increased cooperation between the two key institutions and flexible working mechanisms through which the Commission has retained substantial Policy initiative capacities.
Jeremy M Hills - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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renewable Energy issues and implementation of European Energy Policy the missing generation
Energy Policy, 2012Co-Authors: Evanthie μichalena, Jeremy M HillsAbstract:Abstract The European Commission has set renewable Energy (RE) targets at the Member State (MS) level, however, at the local scale there are many issues related to renewable Energy implementation. In this work, a meta-analysis of European RE generation issues from international scientific literature was carried out. Fifty-four local RE implementation issues were identified. Five main clusters of issues were determined, some were aligned along sectoral lines (e.g., governance and technology) but others were inherently multi-sectoral (e.g., complexity and multiplicity of factors), challenging the traditional sectorial view. Results show that RE issues are not just a finite list of independent issues but are hierarchical, multi-scale and cross-linked. As a further step, these issues clusters were linked to the European RE Policy and subsidiarity through the National Renewable Energy Action Plans (NREAP) in selected MS. EU Policy and NREAP subsidiarity proved limited in their scope in dealing with local RE issues. With this scope, the way that EU Policy partially fails to facilitate delivery of RE targets, promotes weak subsidiarity through NREAPs and does not address local issues of RE, is discussed.
Giuseppe Ioppolo - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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the effectiveness of European Energy Policy on the italian system regional evidences from a hierarchical cluster analysis approach
Energy Policy, 2019Co-Authors: Roberta Arbolino, Raffaele Boffardi, Giuseppe IoppoloAbstract:Abstract By now, the importance of renewable energies is consolidated for the promotion of more and more green systems. Although this issue has become one of the cornerstones of the European Union and of each members States, evaluating the effectiveness of the applied environmental policies still results difficult. The basic aim of the paper is to propose an innovative approach for ex post monitoring of the actions carried out by Italian regions. By using both a multivariate technique and a classic convergence analysis, we set out to test in an original way whether the Italian regions realized in a successful way the environmental policies established by European Union (EU) in the Energy sector. The results obtained highlight the existence of several improvements between 2008 and 2015, mainly in Southern regions, historically recognized as the less dynamic ones. Moreover, by using a panel data model we are able to offer useful suggestions about the financial allocation among the several typologies of renewable for reducing pollutants.
C. L. Bianchi - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Biogas Upgrading by Physical Water Washing in a Micro-Pilot Absorption Column Conducted at Low Temperature and Pressure
Pierucci, 2015Co-Authors: C. Pirola, F. Galli, F. Manenti, C. L. BianchiAbstract:The European Energy Policy has currently two main goals to reach: to minimize exposure to volatility of fossil fuel prices and to reduce of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. To reach these targets a practical way, among the others is represented by the biogas production by anaerobic digestion (Bonoli et al., 2014) (AD) and its upgrading to biomethane. In this work the absorption of CO2 is studied using a column working at atmospheric pressure and low temperature (599.9 %) in order to reproduce a typical raw biogas composition, i.e. molar fraction of methane of about 0.6. The internal temperature was monitored by a thermocouple and the inlet and outlet flow of biogas (G) was measured using a mass flowmeter while the water flow rate (L) was monitored using a magnetic induction flowmeter. The compositions were determined using a 3000A micro-Gas Chromatograph Agilent, previously calibrated. The temperature was varied between 6.5 and 20 \ub0C and the water flow rate between about 0.5 and 5 L/h. The composition of the gas exiting the micro-pilot plant was monitored every 5 minutes until the stationary condition
Bianchi C.l. - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Biogas upgrading by physical water washing in a micro-pilot absorption column conducted at low temperature and pressure
2015Co-Authors: Pirola C., Galli F., Manenti F., Bianchi C.l.Abstract:The European Energy Policy has currently two main goals to reach: to minimize exposure to volatility of fossil fuel prices and to reduce of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. To reach these targets a practical way, among the others is represented by the biogas production by anaerobic digestion (Bonoli et al., 2014) (AD) and its upgrading to biomethane. In this work the absorption of CO2is studied using a column working at atmospheric pressure and low temperature (599%) and a stream of methane (>99.9 %) in order to reproduce a typical raw biogas composition, i.e. molar fraction of methane of about 0.6. The internal temperature was monitored by a thermocouple and the inlet and outlet flow of biogas (G) was measured using a mass flowmeter while the water flow rate (L) was monitored using a magnetic induction flowmeter. The compositions were determined using a 3000A micro-Gas Chromatograph Agilent, previously calibrated. The temperature was varied between 6.5 and 20 °C and the water flow rate between about 0.5 and 5 L/h. The composition of the gas exiting the micro-pilot plant was monitored every 5 minutes until the stationary condition
