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Penttinen, Sirja-Leena; Talus, Kim --- "Development of the sustainability aspects of EU energy policy" [2015] ELECD 183; in Van Calster, Geert; Vandenberghe, Wim; Reins, Leonie (eds), "Research Handbook on Climate Change Mitigation Law" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2015) 33

Book Title: Research Handbook on Climate Change Mitigation Law

Editor(s): Van Calster, Geert; Vandenberghe, Wim; Reins, Leonie

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781849803809

Section: Chapter 2

Section Title: Development of the sustainability aspects of EU energy policy

Author(s): Penttinen, Sirja-Leena; Talus, Kim

Number of pages: 18

Abstract/Description:

This chapter will examine and discuss the sustainability aspects of EU energy policy. This area of EU energy policy rests primarily on three main legs: promoting energy efficiency, promoting renewable energy and the EU emissions trading scheme. In all these areas the EU has adopted a thick and growing body of secondary legislation. This chapter will present the main components of these regulatory instruments and their development. In addition, examples of other EU sustainability measures in the energy sector are also discussed. In all areas of action, the development has moved from voluntary soft-objectives to or towards binding targets.