Naturressurser og klima

The Norwegian Energy Security Debate : Domestic and International Dimensions

How does the search for energy security affect EU policies in other issue-areas? GR:EEN Policy Brief 23

This policy brief addresses the question of how the EU’s search for energy security does – or does not – affect EU policies in other areas. Due to the fact that the EU has to import energy commodities to meet its energy needs, and that coping with the challenge of energy supply is defined as one of the three main goals of the EU’s energy policy, the focus of this brief will be on the issue areas that may affect the EU’s relations with the main suppliers of energy.

Innovation, networks and energy governance: The case of shale gas, GR:EEN Policy Brief 22

This Policy Brief explores the role of technological innovation in shaping energy governance and how energy governance is being shaped by actors operating in various types of policy networks in the EU. The main aim of this brief is to explore how new technology – in this case the technology making it possible to produce gas and oil from shale deposits – is about to change the situation in the regional and global energy markets and to analyse the impact of this new technology on energy governance in the EU and in member states.

Mapping EU countries’ relationships with energy suppliers, GR:EEN European Policy Brief 28