Abstract
Comparative Assessment of Sustainable Energy Development in the Czech Republic, Lithuania and Slovakia
Highlights
Sustainability was a major topic in the 20th century; it developed as a result of vast resources being used during the Industrial Revolution without any consideration about the future, as well as a fast-growing population and its challenges and demands, which will rise over time
The energy sector is directly related to the competitiveness of countries as this sector is crucial for sustainable development, i.e. energy production and consumption have the greatest impact on the environment in terms of climate change and atmospheric pollution (Streimikiene & Balezentiene, 2012)
Increased energy efficiency allows the decoupling of economic growth from energy consumption to be achieved and increased usage of renewable energy sources allows the decoupling of energy consumption from GHG emissions to be achieved
Summary
Sustainability was a major topic in the 20th century; it developed as a result of vast resources being used during the Industrial Revolution without any consideration about the future, as well as a fast-growing population and its challenges and demands, which will rise over time. Increased energy efficiency allows the decoupling of economic growth from energy consumption to be achieved and increased usage of renewable energy sources allows the decoupling of energy consumption from GHG emissions to be achieved Both policies related to increased energy efficiency and the use of renewable energy sources are considered as policies to promote sustainable energy development and the competitiveness of countries (Cicea et al, 2014; Ibanez-Fores et al, 2014; Vasauskaite & Streimikiene, 2014; Streimikiene & Sarvutyte-Grigaliuniene, 2013). When policies to promote sustainable energy development exist, indicators of sustainable energy development can be applied to indicate how to determine the boundaries and the framework of sustainable energy development With these indicators, it becomes easier to evaluate different sections of sustainability and to compare the development of different countries towards sustainability over the years (Banos et al, 2011). The main tasks to achieve the goal are: to present a concept of sustainable energy development and policies to promote sustainable energy development; to define the main indicators of sustainable energy development, and to assess and compare the trends of the main indicators of sustainable energy development in Lithuania, the Slovak Republic, and the Czech Republic
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