The spikes in energy prices observed following recent major global shocks—eg, COVID-19
and Russia-Ukraine war—as well as issues related to the diffusion of renewable energy …

European energy markets have undergone a major transformation as they have advanced
towards market liberalisation and it is vital that the details of these developments be carefully …

Market power often emerges in wholesale electricity markets. Regulators use several
strategies to limit market power: adopting bidding rules, compulsory forward markets and …

A comparative analysis of electricity and gas demand in the industrial sector over a long
period of time appears to be absent in the literature. In fact, unlike electricity demand, natural …

This contribution discusses the policy-induced diffusion dynamics of environmental
innovations. We use wind and solar power as examples of a new technology base of the …

This paper argues that there are inherent trade-offs in energy policy objectives that pose
frictions to the establishment of a new technology base. We ask how institutions in an …

In parallel with a flourishing economy, the natural gas industry in Spain was characterised
by rapid consumption growth in the late 1990s and 2000s. Infrastructure and supplies were …

Competition law and regulation had played a prominent role in the process of construction
and liberalization of the internal energy market in the EU. Several transactions in the last …

Chapter 1: Intergovernmental organisations (IGOs) have emerged as prominent actors in the
global marketplace since the median decades of the twentieth century. The unique role of …

At a global scale, the use of renewable energy has grown considerably over the last two
decades, having partially replaced fossil fuels in many areas such as electricity generation …