6.1. Introduction6.2. Anticipatory Experiences: Reflecting How We Envisage the Long-term Ways Renewable Energy Will Compete With Fossil Fuels in a Liberalised Market Environment6.3. The German Experience of the Energiewende6.4. The Italian Experience With Renewable Energy6.5. Costs, Competitiveness and Climate Change Mitigation in European Union Energy Security Policy6.6. Conclusion