The Elcano Royal Institute's Working Papers are longer documents of an academic nature -usually between 12,000 and 15,000 words long, with footnotes and bibliographies- on current international affairs of relevance to Spain or on different aspects of Spain's foreign policy and security.

Updated policy pathways for the energy transition in Europe and selected European countries

Johan Lilliestam, Lana Ollier, Richard Thonig, Pablo del Río, Christoph Kiefer, Yolanda Lechón, Gonzalo Escribano & Lara Lázaro Touza. 11/12/2019.

This report is a primary data source for the power system modelling in the MUSTEC project, which will bring detailed, quantitiave insights of how the potential role for dispatchable renewables is affected by energy policy decisions.

Policy pathways for the energy transition in Europe and selected European countries

Johan Lilliestam, Richard Thonig, Pablo del Río, Christoph Kiefer, Natalia Caldés, Yolanda Lechón, Gonzalo Escribano & Lara Lázaro Touza. 10/12/2019..

This report investigates the potential future need for and role of two of the main dispatchable renewable power sources available in Europe – CSP equipped with thermal storage and dispatchable hydropower (dam and pumped hydro). The generated data –which will subsequently be fed into two different modelling frameworks in the MUSTEC and SCCER JA IDEA consorti – describe the policy pathways of a set of European countries (France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Switzerland).

Geopolitical Context for CSP in Europe

Gonzalo Escribano, Lara Lázaro Touza, Yolanda Lechón, Christian Oltra & Roser Sala. 9/12/2019.

Does the current European geopolitical energy landscape foster or hamper renewable energies’ cooperation and exchanges? Which geopolitical or strategic role may renewables play? Are renewables (and CSP) included in governments’ energy security strategies? Can geopolitical externalities be a driver for renewable’s exchanges and cooperation mechanisms? How is CSP affected? Is there a geopolitical/strategic role for CSP? If so, to what extent is such a role integrated in the current European geopolitical energy landscape? Are there any elements in the literature to construct an appealing geopolitical narrative for intra-EU CSP deployment and exchanges?

The independence conflict in Catalonia

Elcano Royal Institute. 9 October 2019.

This special dossier aims to provide an overview and background information on Catalonia’s independence bid, the attempts to ‘internationalise the conflict’ and its European dimension, and the possible future scenarios.

Mody’s ‘Euro tragedy’: the counter story

Miguel Otero-Iglesias. WP 13/2018 - 16/9/2019.

This is a long and dissenting review, in nine acts, of Ashoka Mody’s book EuroTragedy: A Drama in Nine Acts, based on a political economy approach, generally absent in the book.