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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?
Policy pathways for Spain’s energy transition
Natalia Caldés, Gonzalo Escribano, Lara Lázaro, Yolanda Lechón, Christoph Kiefer, Pablo del Río, Richard Thonig & Johan Lilliestam. ARI 63/2019 - 4/6/2019.
It is important to describe current and future Spanish energy policy decisions in order to assess a set of policy pathways for Spain’s energy transition.
Legislating for a low carbon and climate resilient transition: learning from international experiences
Alina Averchenkova. Elcano Policy Paper 3/2019 - 11/3/2019.
The study in particular aims to contribute to the current debate in Spain on a draft climate change and energy transition law, as well as aid other countries currently working on climate legislation
Three reasons to be ambitious with the Climate Change and Energy Transition Law
Lara Lázaro. Expert Comment 37/2018 (English version) - 27/6/2018.
Spain’s ratification of the Paris Agreement, the opportunities opened up by a gradual and orderly energy transition, and a public opinion increasingly demanding action on climate change, are three compelling reasons for the approval of an ambitious law.
Climate change in 2018: from post-Trump global climate governance to Spain
Lara Lázaro Touza. ARI 30/2018 (English version) - 5/3/2018.
What climate change developments are foreseeable in 2018 at the global level, in the EU-28 and in Spain?
Climate change & COP23: urgency, exams, rules and the Talanoa spirit
Lara Lázaro-Touza. ARI 1/2018 - 11/1/2018.
International resolve to address climate change infused COP23 with an inclusive spirit that resulted in enough progress to take us through to negotiation crunch-time at COP24. The well-below 2ºC degree guardrail, our collectively agreed temperature goal, is still however stubbornly out of reach.
The Paris Agreement after Trump and the future of climate action
Lara Lázaro. Expert Comment 29/2017 - 6/6/2017.
The message from world leaders is clear: there is no intention of abandoning an agreement that has taken over five years to negotiate. The world will move forwards towards a low-carbon future despite Trump’s efforts to hold it back.
Energy and the climate in 2017: limited volatility, climate implementation and political uncertainty
Gonzalo Escribano and Lara Lázaro. ARI 42/2017 (English version) - 23/5/2017.
The main factors likely to shape the energy and climate fields in 2017 are: a relatively contained volatility in the prices of oil and the implementation of increasingly ambitious climate policies in a context of political uncertainty.