The quest for sufficient energy resources will play an important strategic role in the rise and fall of nations as well as become a source of potential global disputes over the coming decades. Against this backdrop, Transatlantic Energy Futures analyzes how Europe and the United States will grapple with these looming energy questions:
• What are the factors driving energy policy decisions in Washington, Brussels, European capitals, and U.S. states?
• What will define their energy mixes in the future?
• What are the similarities and differences, convergences and divergences in various energy sectors in Europe and America?
• Are there synergies to tap in closer cooperation on energy issues? What should be done to facilitate transatlantic cooperation in the field of energy from a political and economic perspective?
• Is a transatlantic energy alliance desirable?
Is it even possible? What should be the goals, scope, shape, and influence of such an alliance?
Introduction Daniel S. Hamilton v
Towards a Transatlantic Energy Alliance: Prospects for EU-U.S. Cooperation in Fighting Climate Change and Promoting Energy Security and New Technologies David Koranyi vii
Executive Summary and Recommendations David Koranyi xix
Chapter 1 Energy in an Era of Unprecedented Uncertainty: International Energy Governance in the face of Macroeconomic, Geopolitical, and Systemic Challenges Kirsten Westphal 1
Chapter 2 Climate Change and the Future of Clean Energy: Towards Transatlantic Convergence Mark Olsthoorn 27
Chapter 3 The European Carbon Trading System after 2012-Implications to the U.S. Pál Belányesi 55
Chapter 4 Innovation in the Energy Economy: An Imperative for Transatlantic Cooperation Mibaela Carstei 85
Chapter 5 To Begin the World Anew: Smart Grids and the Need for a Comprehensive U.S. Energy Policy Nikolas Foster 99
Chapter 6 The Future of Renewable Energy Reinis Abaltins 125
Chapter 7 Trading the Sun Michael Stanton-Geddes 141
Chapter 8 Transatlantic Cooperation for a Competitive and Sustainable Biofuel Industry Tamás Kenessey 165
Chapter 9 After Fukushima: The Future of Nuclear Energy in the United States and Europe David Koranyi 189
Chapter 10 Unconventional Gas Resources: A Transatlantic Shale Alliance? Maximilian Kuhn Frank Umbach 207
Chapter 11 What are the Security Challenges of the Natural Gas Golden Age? Natural Gas Security in the U.S. and Europe Kornél Andzsanis-Balogh 229
Chapter 12 Towards a New Balance with Russia? Russian Energy Challenges and the West András Deák 247
Chapter 13 Transatlantic Energy Security and Ukraine: Politics, Corruption, and National Interests Taras Kuzio 267
About the Authors 289
Overview
The quest for sufficient energy resources will play an important strategic role in the rise and fall of nations as well as become a source of potential global disputes over the coming decades. Against this backdrop, Transatlantic Energy Futures analyzes how Europe and the United States will grapple with these looming energy questions:
• What are the factors driving energy policy decisions in Washington, Brussels, European capitals, and U.S. states?
• What will define their energy mixes in the future?
• What are ...