The Controversial Case of Hinkley Point C: A Straw on the Back of a Sustainable Energy Union?
Article from: OGEL 3 (2019), in Energy Union, EU Energy
Abstract
[Added January 2020] This paper examines whether the Governance Regulation of the Energy Union, in its current form, provides a governance framework that will enable sustainable policy making and will improve decision-making when designing future major energy infrastructure projects to make Europe carbon neutral. The authors first introduce the readers to Europe’s Energy Union, then identify in the literature what makes a governance model sustainable. The Governance Regulation, the new innovative instrument introduced under the Energy Union strategy framework, is then assessed ...