The Implementation of the European Green Deal – Tensions Between a Market-based Approach and State Aid for Renewables

• Authors: Aleksandra Granat , Małgorzata Kozak

Abstracts

FR

Les politiques énergétiques qui favorisent une transition verte présentent un intérêt particulier pour la Commission européenne et constituent l’un des éléments clés du Green Deal européen. Cet article examine de près l’interaction et les tensions entre deux cadres théoriquement séparés, le droit des énergies renouvelables et le régime des aides d’État, et analyse l’impact du Green Deal européen sur leur révision. Étant donné que les aides d’État jouent un rôle central dans la transition écologique et dans la réalisation des objectifs politiques de la Commission, la mise en oeuvre du contrat vert européen peut offrir une excellente occasion d’établir de nouvelles règles de contrôle des aides d’État. Plus précisément, l’analyse se concentre sur une approche basée sur le marché pour les régimes de soutien aux énergies renouvelables, et tente de répondre à la question si une telle solution est adaptée à la réalisation des objectifs durables de l’UE récemment établis et définis dans le Green Deal européen.

EN

Energy policies which promote a green transition are of particular interest to the European Commission and are one of the key elements of the European Green Deal. This article takes a close look at the interplay and tensions between two theoretically separated frameworks, renewable energy law and the State aid regime, and analyses the impact of the European Green Deal on their revision. As State aid plays a pivotal role in the green transition and in the fulfilment of the Commission’s policy objectives, the implementation of the European Green Deal can offer a great opportunity to establish new State aid control rules. More specifically, the analysis focuses on a market-based approach towards renewable energy support schemes, and attempts to answer the question of whether or not such a solution fits the purpose of achieving the newly established EU sustainable goals defined in the European Green Deal.

Keywords

EN

European Green Deal; State aid regime; renewable energy policy; renewable energy support schemes; green transition

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Warszawski. Wydział Nauk Ekonomicznych
• Journal: Yearbook of Antitrust and Regulatory Studies
• Year: 2021
• Volume: 14
• Issue: 23
• Pages: 39-68

Dates

published

2021

Contributors

author

Aleksandra Granat

• University of Utrecht

• https://orcid.org/000000031371251X

author

Małgorzata Kozak

• University of Utrecht

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Identifiers

DOI

10.7172/1689-9024.YARS.2021.14.23.3

Biblioteka Nauki

2158721