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National audience ; Ci sono elevate probabilità che le riserve di idrocarburi vengano abbandonate ben prima di essere esaurite. Quindi il vero motore del cambiamento non sarà (solo) la scarsità o la pressione della domanda sull'offerta.Il nodo cruciale è l'uso razionale ed efficiente delle risorse energetiche.Jacques Percebois, professore di scienze economiche presso l'Università di Montpellier I in Francia, presenta in questo paper alcune riflessioni molto articolate sulla politica energetica europea. Tema al quale Nuova Energia ha da sempre dato ampio spazio a partire dai primi numeri.Un mercato dell'energia più competitivo, la sicurezza degli approvvigionamenti e l'attuazione di politiche di collaborazione sono i tre obiettivi considerati strategici da tutti gli Stati membri dell'Unione europea. Ciascuno, però, attribuisce a queste tre priorità pesi differenti.Come è possibile, dunque, favorire il perseguimento di una politica davvero comune, partendo dalle diversità di ogni singolo stato?La risposta prende forma attraverso una serie di importanti riflessioni su liberalizzazione, nucleare, energie rinnovabili, risparmio energetico.

National audience ; Ci sono elevate probabilità che le riserve di idrocarburi vengano abbandonate ben prima di essere esaurite. Quindi il vero motore del cambiamento non sarà (solo) la scarsità o la pressione della domanda sull'offerta.Il nodo cruciale è l'uso razionale ed efficiente delle risorse energetiche.Jacques Percebois, professore di scienze economiche presso l'Università di Montpellier I in Francia, presenta in questo paper alcune riflessioni molto articolate sulla politica energetica europea. Tema al quale Nuova Energia ha da sempre dato ampio spazio a partire dai primi numeri.Un mercato dell'energia più competitivo, la sicurezza degli approvvigionamenti e l'attuazione di politiche di collaborazione sono i tre obiettivi considerati strategici da tutti gli Stati membri dell'Unione europea. Ciascuno, però, attribuisce a queste tre priorità pesi differenti.Come è possibile, dunque, favorire il perseguimento di una politica davvero comune, partendo dalle diversità di ogni singolo stato?La risposta prende forma attraverso una serie di importanti riflessioni su liberalizzazione, nucleare, energie rinnovabili, risparmio energetico.

PAPER IS AN EXAMINATION OF THE EXTENT TO WHICH QUANTITATIVE MODELS HAVE BEEN USED IN THE FORMULATION OF AMERICAN ENERGY POLICY. TWO ISSUES CONFRONTED BY THE 94TH CONGRESS, OIL PRICE DECONTROL AND SYNTHETIC FUELS COMMERCIALIZATION, ARE ANALYZED FROM THIS PERSPECTIVE. THE INFLUENCE OF RESULTS FROM THE USE OF LARGE-SCALE MODELS ON PROPOSED POLICIES IS DESCRIBED.

Pietro S. Nivola. The Politics of Energy ConservationJohn C. Sawhill and Richard Cotton (Eds.), Energy Conservation: Successes and FailuresRichard H. K. Victor, Energy Policy in America Since 1945: A Study of Business‐Government Relations

Energy policy in the European Community has been limited, thus far, to the collection of information, the setting of objectives, support for some research and demon stration projects, and the making of recommendations to member countries. This situation is likely to continue in the near future, because the institutions of the Community were not set up to cope with the complexities of a common energy policy. More importantly, there are major differences in resource endowments and energy policies of the member states, which inhibit cooperation, since energy is an extremely sensitive area of national sovereignty. Since the 1973-74 oil crisis, more energy policy has been made at the national level than at the European level. However, on the whole, west European countries have responded more rapidly with revisions and improvements in their energy policies than has the United States. They have acted to set objectives whereby Community dependence on imported energy would be reduced by 1985, and to encourage adjustment of the mix of energy sources. Even if these objectives are achieved, the EC will remain an area dependent on the outside world for approximately 50 percent of its energy needs in the mid-1980s.

The concept of Energy Policy, developed in the OECD in the 1970s, is now of little use and should be discarded. The policies which affect the energy sector can be better understood under the broader heading of energy governance. The energy sector today is governed not only by governments (and certainly not only by OECD governments) but also by business self-government, non-governmental organisations and investors. Their objectives are driven from outside the energy sector, by policies on economic reform, protection of human health and natural ecosystems (including the climate) and the development objectives endorsed at the World Summit on Sustainable Development.

This open access book examines the role of citizens in sustainable energy transitions across Europe. It explores energy problem framing, policy approaches and practical responses to the challenge of securing clean, affordable and sustainable energy for all citizens, focusing on households as the main unit of analysis. The book revolves around ten contributions that each summarise national trends, socio-material characteristics, and policy responses to contemporary energy issues affecting householders in different countries, and provides good practice examples for designing and implementing sustainable energy initiatives. Prominent concerns include reducing carbon emissions, energy poverty, sustainable consumption, governance, practices, innovations and sustainable lifestyles. The opening and closing contributions consider European level energy policy, dominant and alternative problem framings and similarities and differences between European countries in relation to reducing household energy use. Overall, the book is a valuable resource for researchers, policy-makers, practitioners and others interested in sustainable energy perspectives. In Finland, energy policy is in transition towards integrating energy projects in broader sustainability, liveability and innovation contexts. While energy saving has been pursued for decades, it is now part of a broader tendency in urban planning to promote sustainable lifestyles. Transition manifests in local actors' redistribution of power, challenging conventional ways of infrastructure development, forging new networks, and seeking novel solutions. The experimental case presented in the chapter, Smart Kalasatama, shows that local governments are close to citizens and, therefore, can infuence the conditions for sustainable consumption and quality of life. Although they have an important role in energy policy, they still might lack the resources, expertise and the power to innovate, to evaluate projects, and in particular, to scale up innovative practices. ; Non peer reviewed