Country’s energy culture as a determinant of the “new European Union energy policy” Cover Image

Kultura energetyczna kraju jako czynnik determinujący „nową politykę energetyczną” Unii Europejskiej
Country’s energy culture as a determinant of the “new European Union energy policy”

Author(s): Bartosz Soliński, Agnieszka Pach-Gurgul
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny w Krakowie we współpracy z Wydawnictwem Naukowym Scholar
Keywords: energy culture; new European Union energy policy; energy-climate package; renewable energy sources; EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS)

Summary/Abstract: Th e authors of the present article discuss the nature and priorities of the “new EU energy policy” and present various factors that determine it, especially a country’s energy culture. Th ey defi ne “energy culture” and describe its types in the European Union. In order to understand the role of energy culture in the establishment of the European Union’s “new energy policy”, the authors conduct statistical analyses using Ward and k-means methods. As a result, they divide EU countries into groups with similar energy cultures and with ways of adapting to the “new energy policy” of the EU, especially to environmental challenges, that are alike from the technological and economic point of view. The authors emphasize the role of public energy awareness and its eff ects in the context of fulfi lling the requirements of the new EU energy policy.

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 23
  • Page Range: 17-32
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish