The European Green Deal and EU’s energy transition in the wake of the war in Ukraine

Manev, Nikola and Nikolov, Elenior (2022) The European Green Deal and EU’s energy transition in the wake of the war in Ukraine. Contemporary Macedonian Defence, 22 (43). pp. 37-45. ISSN 1409-8199

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Abstract

As part of the European Green Deal-aligned net-zero push by 2050, the EU was striving to transition its energy sector to using mostly renewables. Natural gas, however, remained a crucial transition fuel to replace high GHG emitting coal-fired power. But gas prices have been on the rise following the COVID 19 pandemic and have further been exacerbated following Russia’s invasion of an EU gas transit country, Ukraine. Since EU’s largest economies rely on Russian gas, some countries have already turned retired coal-fired power plants back online, used them in reserve, or delayed their scheduled decommissioning to meet increasing energy demands, which in itself has pushed the EU further away from its previously set climate friendly goals. On the other hand, if Russia were to cut off its gas supply to the EU completely, the EU might be seen massively installing renewables and heat pumps and go through the energy transition faster than it initially planned for. That is why the aim of this paper is to analyze and discuss both scenarios, their short and long-term implications, and the resulting effects on the EU’s energy policies. The end result will consist of the pros and cons of each scenario and will trace out both the most beneficial as well as the most likely policy steps of the EU’s energy community in response to the energy crisis brought by the War in Ukraine.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	Social Sciences > Social and economic geography
Divisions:	Military Academy
Depositing User:	Nikola Manev
Date Deposited:	11 Dec 2024 11:13
Last Modified:	11 Dec 2024 11:13
URI:	https://eprints.ugd.edu.mk/id/eprint/35212

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