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The Europeanisation of energy policy has occupied a remote place in the European integration literature to date. However, current developments such as the Energy Policy for Europe launched in 2007 and the Lisbon Treaty Title XXI on Energy have given greater prominence to this policy area within the integration process. Hence, there are several indications that the Europeanisation of energy policy is already taking place, even though the understanding of this process is still weak. And indeed, European studies are just beginning to shed light on this policy area. Against this backdrop, this article examines the EU environmental performance, supported by the Environmental Policy Integration (EPI), as a driver for energy governance during the process of Europeanisation. Its main argument is that EPI is not only a variable for explaining the governance changes at the EU level concerning energy – defined here as 'green Europeanisation'–, but also a useful instrument for pursuing coherence within the emergent EU energy policy.

At European Level, Spain is acknowledged as a pioneer in renewable energy promotion and as an indisputable leader in this area. Paradoxically enough, the Spanish record in complying with the European objectives is not fully satisfactory and, in spite of its progress in terms of renewable electricity, Spain still lags behind in the field of biofuels. Understanding the causes of this gap is a complicated task, as so far there is little known about the influence that the EU has had on the Spanish renewable promotion policy. It is therefore necessary to undertake an in-depth analysis of the EU influence at domestic level in order to understand this variation in the results. This research is a first step towards filling this gap in the literature on the Europeanization of the Spanish energy policy. Following the implementation of the 2001 directive on renewable energy, and the 2003 one on biofuels, this article examines how, subject to similar change impulses (independent variable), this country reflects uneven results with regards to its particular domestic transformation (dependent variable). Adapted from the source document.

The EU has been one of the main actors involved in the construction process of an international climate change regime, adopting it as an identity sign in the international arena. This activism has reverted in the European political agenda and in the one of its Members States. Therefore, climate change has become a driver for the EU growing participation in energy policy and for its governance evolution. In this context, much attention has been paid to the climate and energy policies integration agreed after the 2007 spring European Council. Apparently, this decision meant a decisive step towards the incorporation of the environmental variable in the energy policy-making. Moreover, the Action Plan [2007-2009] "Energy Policy for Europe" outlined priority actions in a variety of energy-related areas, implying the new European Energy Policy commencement. Against this background, there is still much left to understand about its formulation and its further development. Rooted on the Environmental Policy Integration approach, this paper traces the increasing proximity between environment and energy policies in order to understand the green contribution to the European Energy Policy construction. ; La UE ha estat un dels principals actors involucrats en el procés de construcció d'un canvi climàtic internacional règim, adoptant-com un senyal d'identitat en l'àmbit internacional. Aquest activisme s'ha revertit en la política europea ordre del dia i en la dels seus estats membres. Per tant, el canvi climàtic s'ha convertit en un motor per al creixement de la UE participació en la política energètica i de la seva evolució govern. En aquest context, s'ha prestat molta atenció a la climàtic i les polítiques d'integració energètica acordat després de 2007 el Consell Europeu de primavera. Pel que sembla, aquesta decisió significar un pas decisiu cap a la incorporació de la variable ambiental en la política energètica de decisions. D'altra banda, el Pla d'Acció [2007-2009] "Política Energètica per a Europa", indica les accions ...

És àmpliament conegut que l'europeïtzació ha guanyat molt terreny en els estudis europeus. Des de finals de la dècada de 1990, ha gaudit d'una important expansió per tal d'avaluar l'eficàcia de les polítiques a escala europea en l'àmbit intern. En aquest procés la política energètica ha jugat un paper molt paradoxal, sent persistentment exclosos de l'agenda de recerca de la europeïtzació, encara que la seva creixent importància en l'elaboració de polítiques comunitàries. No obstant això, la realitat és que, tot i haver estat reconegut recentment com una àrea de la UE amb l'aplicació del Tractat de Lisboa, també ha estat influenciat, directament o indirectament, pels efectes de l'europeïtzació. Com a resultat d'això, la política energètica ha estat considerat com un "cas especial" de l'europeïtzació, portant fins al moment per a la construcció d'un sector caracteritzat la política energètica europea. En aquest context, el present treball pretén explicar l'europeïtzació de les polítiques energètiques nacionals en l'elaboració de l'actuació de la UE per mitjà de la seva competència ambiental. Més explícitament, aquesta investigació tracta de la naturalesa de la reglamentació comunitària en matèria d'energia renovable com un mecanisme d'europeïtzació amb especial èmfasi en el seu impacte a Espanya. Aquest treball sosté que (1) la lluita europea contra el canvi climàtic s'ha obert un camí per a la participació de la UE en matèria de política energètica, i que (2) encara que limitat aquest procés està produint alguns canvis en les polítiques energètiques nacionals. Universitat ; It is widely known that Europeanization has gained considerable ground in European studies. Since the late 1990's, it has enjoyed an important expansion in order to assess the effectiveness of the European-level policies at the domestic level. In this process energy policy has played a very paradoxical role, being persistently excluded from the Europeanization research agenda even though its growing importance in the EU policy-making. However, ...

This book chapter describes the evolution in the approach to renewable energy promotion in Spain, and explains the reasons underpinning its identification first as a frontrunner and then as a laggard with regard to European Union energy policy integration. ; N/A

In a context of multiple crises, European Union (EU) energy policy is often identified as one of the few areas still exhibiting strong integration dynamics. However, this policy domain is not exempt from contestation and re-nationalization pressures. This collection seeks to understand better the contradictory integration and fragmentation tendencies by problematizing the notion of authority. While authority lies at the heart of European integration theory, less attention has been given to explaining when and why previously conferred authority becomes contested and how authority conflicts are addressed. In framing this collection, we build on sociological approaches to examine systematically the conferral of authority (what counts as authority and how it comes to be recognized) and its contestation (the types of contestation and strategies for managing authority conflicts). We focus this analytical discussion on the Energy Union, being an example of 'hybrid area', which sits uncomfortably at the nexus of different policy areas.