Guide to EU Renewable Energy Policy

Edited by Israel Solorio, National Autonomous University of Mexico and Helge Jörgens, ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal

• Contents: Forewordby Rainer Hinrichs-RahlwesPrefaceby Helge Jörgens, Israel Solorio and Mischa BechbergerPart I Introduction1. The EU and the promotion of renewable energy- An analytical frameworkHelge Jörgens and Israel Solorio2. EU renewable energy policy: A brief overview of its history and evolution Israel Solorio and Pierre BocquillonPart II National case studies3. German renewable energy policy– independent pioneering versus creeping Europeanization? Thomas Vogelpohl, Dörte Ohlhorst, Mischa Bechberger and Bernd Hirschl4. From frontrunner to laggard: the Netherlands and Europeanization in the cases of RES-E and biofuel stimulation Thomas Hoppe and Ellen van Bueren5. Denmark: a wind powered forerunnerHelene Dyrhauge6. The UK and EU renewable energy policy: the relentless British policy-shaper Israel Solorio and Jenny Fairbrass7. The fuzzy Europeanization of the Italian renewable energy policy: the paradox of meeting targets without strategic capacityMaria Rosaria Di Nucci and Daniele Russolillo8. Spain and renewable energy promotion: Europeanization upside down Israel Solorio and Rosa Fernandez9. Complying with, resisting or using Europe? Explaining the uneven and diffuse Europeanization of French renewable electricity and biofuels policies Pierre Bocquillon and Aurélien Evrard10. Poland at the renewable energy policy crossroads –an incongruent Europeanization?Karolina Jankowska and Andrzej Ancygier11. The Europeanization of renewable energy policy in RomaniaSimona Davidescu12. Hitting the target but missing the point: failing and succeeding in the Bulgarian renewable energy sector Ralitsa Hiteva and Tomas MaltbyPart III External dimension 13. RES in the Hood and the shrinking Mediterranean Solar Plan Gonzalo Escribano14. External governance and Europeanization beyond borders – EU biofuel policies in MozambiqueLorenzo Di LuciaPart IV Conclusions15. Conclusions: Patterns of Europeanization and policy change in the renewable energy policy domainHelge Jörgens, Eva Öller and Israel SolorioIndex

'The word ''guide'' in the title of this book is an understatement. With its focus on renewable energy policies in a wide range of EU member states, this book fills an important gap in the literature. The rigorous structure of the chapters, all of them written by key experts in the field, and the incisive analysis of national policies and processes of Europeanization in the concluding chapter make it a major achievement of comparative research. A must-read for everyone interested in energy and climate change politics!'