Low-carbon Energy Security from a European Perspective

Chapter 2

European Union Energy Policy Evolutionary Patterns

G. Cotella¹, S. Crivello¹,  and M. Karatayev^2     1Interuniversity Department of Regional and Urban Studies and Planning (DIST), Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy     ²University of Nottingham, United Kingdom

Abstract

During the past 30 years the transition towards a low-carbon, energy secure Europe has growingly consolidated as a focal issue for European Union (EU) policies and strategies. As a matter of fact, energy issues have animated the EU political agenda since its very inception, as shown by the development of the European Atomic Energy Community (EURATOM) in 1957. The challenges brought about by European uneven geographies of energy are indeed crucial, especially taking into ...