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Energy Governance in Europe: Introduction

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Energy Governance has become an issue of growing importance both in the social sciences and in political practice. This introductory chapter gives an overview of the structure, topics, and concepts that are key in the Handbook of Energy Governance in Europe. It introduces in brief the three major sections that are concerned with conceptual issues, European energy governance, and national energy governance. The first section covers key concepts of energy governance in Europe, transitional aspects of energy systems, and specific challenges for energy governance. The second section of the Handbook examines the internal and external dimensions of energy governance in the European Union. Finally, country-specific chapters deal with national trajectories of energy policy and analyze the instruments, coordination mechanisms, and adoption of external influences of national energy systems. A central concern of these chapters is the issue of the transition of energy systems toward climate-neutrality. Therefore, the country-specific chapters intend to account for the varying, institutionally embedded, and governing strategies of adopting the challenges related to such fundamental transitions.

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We gratefully acknowledge funding from the Kopernikus-Projekt ENavi (FKZ 03SFK4P0) and the Kopernikus-Projekt Ariadne (FKZ 03SFK5LO) by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research.

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Knodt, M., Kemmerzell, J. (2022). Energy Governance in Europe: Introduction. In: Knodt, M., Kemmerzell, J. (eds) Handbook of Energy Governance in Europe. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73526-9_35-1

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