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The Role of the Liquefied Natural Gas for Energy balance of the European Space
Kebrdlová, Helena ; Dubský, Zbyněk (advisor) ; Kašpar, Václav (referee)
The aim of the Master's thesis is to map the importance and role of liquefied natural gas in Europe and to assess its significance for future energy security of the EU. Working with the general characteristics of natural gas and LNG dedicated to LNG infrastructure and LNG position in the gas market in Europe. The fundamental part of the thesis analyzes the importance of LNG for energy security of European countries. Theoretical framework of the thesis comprises the concept of energy security of Daniel Yergin, which is followed by an approximation of EU energy policy. The end of thesis describes an European project North-South Energy Corridor that will significantly strengthen the energy security of Central European countries.
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The Role of Germany and Russia in the Energy Security of Present Europe
Waldhauser, Jiří ; Šauer, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Matějka, Zdeněk (referee)
This bachelor thesis analyses the state of energy security in Central Europe, under which the Visegrad group is understood, and the impact of key players in the region, Germany and Russia, on it. Not being neglected, the importance of raw materials (natural gas particularly) is not seen as the synonym of energy security, but only as one component of a broader concept. Emphasis is put on other elements of energy policy, such as the support of renewable energy, energy efficiency, fiscal policy, energy conservation and others.
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Energy security of the Czech Republic
Kopecký, Jan ; Němcová, Ingeborg (advisor) ; Horák, Jiří (referee)
Undisputed necessity of energy resources for functioning of our society is obvious at every turn. However, safe and continuous supplies of energy cannot be taken for granted. It is mainly caused by an uneven distribution of energy resources on our planet. It comes as no surprise that possession of energy resources plays an essential role for various reasons, for example it can serve as a tool for enforcing one's economic goals or for strengthening one's political power. Thus, energy security represents a multidimensional issue which needs to be perceived from several different angles. This diploma thesis primarily focuses on energy security of the Czech Republic from the perspective of readiness to deal with interruption of energy supplies and from the perspective of critical infrastructure protection. Due to high complexity of this problematics, and due to the impossibility of the Czech Republic to deal with energy security only on a national level, are the aforementioned issues examined in connection with energy security of the European Union.
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Ukraine’s Position in Eurasian Transport of Oil and Natural Gas
Ruban, Andriy ; Vošta, Milan (advisor) ; Jeníček, Vladimír (referee) ; Wahla, Arnošt (referee) ; Terem, Peter (referee)
The thesis focuses on theoretical and empirical analysis of oil and natural gas flows in Eurasia and maps Ukraine's transit position in the regional oil and gas supply chain. The aim of the thesis is to objectively evaluate possibilities of Eurasian energy integration by enlargement of the European energy market further to the East and to prospect Ukraine's involvement into a new geopolitical energy alliance, driven by EU. This dissertation builds up on economical, geographical, historical and political premises of markets integration as well as system approach of energy alliances development. It argues that (i) energy integration on contrary to traditional economic stream can be explained by system approach and geopolitical stream of energy expansionism; (ii) EU infrustructural oil and gas projects imply deeper integration of EU member-states with involed non-members and (iii) Ukraine's oil and gas transit status within Eurasian region facilitates its growing involvement into EU energy intiatives guided by the European rules. The thesis is organized into three chapters. The first one is predominately theoretical and seeks to summarize current theoretical approaches towards integration and trends of energy markets in Eurasia. The second chapter introduces the role of oil and gas transport capacities and Ukraine's transit status in resolving disparities of Eurasian energy supply chain. The third chapter describes condition of Ukrainian oil and gas infrastructure and tackles issues for reformation of national oil and gas transit pipelines. Securing access to energy supplies has been a driving factor of global development since the industrial revolution. Increasing demand for oil and gas has undermined energy and economic security of world centers. In Eurasia Europe and Asia has been competing for fossil fuels originating from Russia, Middle East and Central Asia. Since recently Eurasian energy security problem is being solved by development of new supply routes. These infrastructural projects are initiated by oil and gas consumers, suppliers and transitors competing over control in the infrastructure. Such competition destabilises Eurasian relations, leads to energy "wars", political conflicts and increases supplies disruption risks. To secure stability of energy supply chain producers, transitors and consumers of oil and gas resources should integrate, closely cooperate and jointly invest into improving the existing supply routes and efficiency of fuels consumtion, production and transportation. Oil and gas should be traded for technologies and capital securing control in the infrustucture of mutual interests. Development of further bilateral and multilateral tools of joint interest would also help in resolving energy related contradictions of the participating parties. The leading role in driving energy integration in Eurasia belongs to the EU being the most mature and advanced integration grouping in Eurasia. EU realises TEN-e projects and from recently a common foreign energy policy aimed to strengthen external cooperation with oil and gas suppliers and transitors, including Ukraine. Since 1970s Ukraine has been an important oil and gas transitor for Russian and Central Asian oil and gas to Europe. Ukrainian pipelines intermediate 10 % of oil and 50 % of gas imports of Europe. To counterbalance Russian energy diplomacy over Ukraine, EU is supporting Ukraine's efforts in such energy alliances as INOGATE or GUAM. Ukraine's recent accession to the South Eastern-European Energy Community should improve stability of gas and oil supplies to Europe and facilitate reformation of national transit capacities.
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Energy policy of the EU - Nuclear power in Europe
Kovácsik, Miroslav ; Žamberský, Pavel (advisor) ; Vošta, Milan (referee)
The events of the recent past in the energy department in Europe have shown how big is it's dependency on import of the primary energy resources. In the long run it is obvious that a high dependency on import of resources with the increasing demand of the population will not be able to provide Europe with so much needed easy accessible and reasonably priced energy. The integration process in Europe lasts more than fifty years now but energy policy is even after the ratification of the Lisbon treaty in controll of the national parlaments of member countries. Even though the options and posibilitie of the countries differ in the long run a closer cooperation is mandatory. The thesis is about the united energy policy in Europe and the development it went through since the beginning of the integration process in the fifties of last century. I will describe the main events that formed it as well as the main resources of energy production in the EU. I will explain the term energy security and in the end I will write about nuclear power that is today a vary efficient but after the events of Fukushima also controversial alternative of energy independence.
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Energy policy of the EU and CR in connection to Russia
Cimbálová, Pavlína ; Abrhám, Josef (advisor) ; Vitík, Matyáš (referee)
Present energy situation of the European Union is becoming to be more problematic. At the time when worldwide reserves of primary energy sources -- oil and natural gas -- continue to decrease, most of the EU member states are getting dependent on the imports of energy from foreign sources. One of the main impulses to discussion about new Energy policy of the EU in terms of security of energy supplies was a natural gas crisis between Russia and the Ukraine from January 2009. Russia represents one of the main energy partner of the EU -- it imports majority of oil and natural gas to the european countries. However, energy dependency rate of some of the central and eastern european states on imports of energy sources from Russia arouses concerns. The solution for the European Union proposes diversification of the suppliers aimed to increase energy independence on Russia. Also alternative energy sources or rebirth of nuclear energy can lead to the one-way dependence of the EU on imports of fossil fuels from Russia.
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EU energy policy
Popelka, Milan ; Adámková, Vlasta (advisor) ; Horák, Jiří (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with EU energy policy. The first chapter analyzes the development and current status of energy sector in the EU. The second chapter describes the development of EU energy policy and analyzes the main areas of cooperation. The third chapter focuses on some of the issues of energy security. Specifically, in this chapter, characterized primarily by the European Union's energy relations with Russia and major projects in infrastructure, that energy security is directly linked.
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The Slovak republic and assurance of energy security
Auxtová, Ľubica ; Bič, Josef (advisor) ; Horák, Jiří (referee)
The issue of energy security is becoming increasingly discussed topic. Secure and continuous supplies of energy resources are in the interest of every country. This bachelor thesis concerns about energy situation of Slovak Republic as of the member of European Union. The first chapter describes current fuel-energy balance of Slovakia, state of national resources and strategic energy resources supplies and brings up the question of saving in still energetically highly demanding Slovak economy. The second chapter deals with European energy policy and it's context for Slovak politics and briefly describes important adopted documents. The thesis is terminated by the analysis of Slovak energy policy - a country with exclusive supplier of fosil fuels and indicates perspectives and reccomendations into the near future.
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