Abstract
At the dawn of a new European Green Deal (EGD), it is necessary to reconsider the plans and actions that have characterized the European energy policies during recent decades by tuning and updating the priorities and targets. The present work moves from the systematic review of the documents, laws, and scientific studies concerning energy and climate initiatives to the analysis of the role of the Strategic Energy and Technology Plan (SET Plan) in the energy transition. Thus, the principal research question addresses the influence of the SET Plan on multi-level energy policies. To answer this, firstly, the juridical framework in which the SET Plan was instituted is provided; secondly, its correlation to the upcoming EDG is described and the targets identified by each Implementation Working Group (IWG) are discussed. Such a dissertation is followed by the investigation of the activities at various levels from the IWG on Renewable Fuels and Bioenergy. The study has confirmed that the SET Plan contributed to shaping the energy and climate policy at European, national, and regional levels by implementing synergies among different levels of governance, different sectors, and various stakeholders (both public and private). Furthermore, it eased the sharing of data on flagship projects by periodically monitoring the achieved results.
Highlights
The European Commission (EC) has set ambitious targets to face climate change effects in the future
The following sub-questions were outlined: (i) How is the SET Plan influencing the upcoming European actions in the energy field? (ii) Which are the targets identified by the SET Plan working groups for the different technologies? (iii) How did the IWG8 on renewable fuels and bioenergy operate on multi-level governance to achieve its objectives?
At the dawn of the European Green Deal (EGD), this research study highlighted the contributions of the SET Plan program, the Renewable Fuels and Bioenergy IP8, to energy and climate policy at various levels
Summary
The European Commission (EC) has set ambitious targets to face climate change effects in the future. It led Junker Commission to constitute the Energy Union Strategy [2], which was established to coordinate the transformation process of the European energy supply systems through the enhancement of its sustainability, secureness, and competitiveness. Within this framework, the Strategic Energy Technology Plan (SET Plan) was endorsed to be the principal decision-making support tool for energy and climate policy [3]. The Plan falls within the context of the European Union’s energy actions These actions derive their legitimacy from the Title XXI of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) [5]. The energy area has received a relatively recent formalization in the founding Treaties: it has been the Lisbon Treaty (signed in 2007 and entered into force in 2009) [6] to introduce, among other subjects, the “energy” among Brussels competencies
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