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Actorness of the European Union in the field of global energy policy: the case of Nabucco pipeline project
Černická, Lucia ; Weiss, Tomáš (advisor) ; Kučerová, Irah (referee)
The aim of the master thesis is to evaluate the European Union's position in the field of global energy policy. The thesis adopts a concept of actorness which is then applied to the case of the Nabucco pipeline project. The concept aspires to respond to an unclear status of the EU as an entity of its own kind in an international system of states. The study is based on a Brattberg's and Rhinard's approach to actorness which specifies a number of variables. Their analytical framework allows us to assess the extent of EU actorness - the ability to act as an international actor. The particular variable that this thesis focuses on is vertical consistency. Vertical consistency in the academic sphere is regarded as a significant factor of actorness. It is also often considered as an insufficient element of an integrated approach of the EU - internal unity is inevitable for more effective joint policy. Energy policy of several Member States is examined in contrast with the EU energy policy as a whole. Own analytical framework is established due to the lack of information on vertical consistency in the literature. It consists of four variables: competence of the EU in energy, financial policy, verbal and bilateral political relations of Member states with third parties. The results of the investigation...
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Nord Stream Project in the context of European energy security
Juříčková, Romana ; Horák, Slavomír (advisor) ; Šír, Jan (referee)
Bachelor thesis "Nord Stream Project in the context od European energy security is concerned with bulding a new pipeline to lin Russia directly to Western European Countries without a participation of transit countries on transportation of natural gas. First, Thesis explanes European energy policy which has recently responding to the growing consumption of natural gas in Europe and the dependece on Russia in gas supply. Then describes the possibilities for further diversification and expansion of existing resources and building new transport routes. The second main theme which is linked to the development European energy security is the Nord Stream pipeline. The paper provides basic informations about the project, about its beginning, its planned construction and about subjects which participate in it. Nord Stream may be regarded as a controversial project and the article explanes reasons. Finally it describes attitude of several European countries which are concerned in building the Nord Stream pipeline. Countries were selected in terms of attitude which they have toward the Nord Stream project. The text focused on the attitude of Russia and Germany as countries which bring the life of the project, promote it and find it beneficial, then on the attitude of Poland as a transit country which refuses the...
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EU energy policy towards a region of the Caspian Sea
Aulická, Michala ; Bič, Josef (advisor) ; Buryan, Šimon (referee)
The main factor of prosperity of energy resources is to find reliable access. The always increasing demand for energy resources and population increase make big uncertainty in energy and economic security. Europe Union does not have much of their own energy resources and therefore is forced to import these. At the moment Russia is the main key partner in providing oil and gas, with this dependency on Russia we can see security risks leading to energy instability. Europe Union is actively trying to eliminate this dependency and trying to diverse and find new suppliers and new transit routes. The region around Caspian Sea might be alternative for securing supplies of oil and gas. The fundamental part of this bachelor thesis is to analyse economic utility and energy potential in Caspian Sea region and also is going to evaluate the activity of EU towards this region with purpose to establish new transit routes and by doing this to eliminate EU dependency on Russia and its associated risks.
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The trends in the EU energy policy in case of oil and natural gas with respect to the economical and geopolitical situation in Ukraine
Vojnová, Katarína ; Žamberský, Pavel (advisor) ; Vošta, Milan (referee)
The work is written and solved in the context of ongoing crisis in Ukraine, which is a major transit country for Russian gas and oil to the EU. The subject of this diploma thesis is to analyze three possible scenarios of EU energy policy in the field of oil and gas with respect to the situation in Ukraine. The aim of this work is to answer the question what direction should the energy policy of EU have in case of oil and gas and to what extent it is influenced by the Ukrainian crisis, based on an analysis of the facts and the current energy situation of the EU. The work is divided into two parts, where the first is characterization of the major players -- the European Union, Russia and Ukraine. In the second part, three possible scenarios for the EU energy policy are analyzed. The proposed possible solutions for energy situation based on the analysis of the facts assessed in the thesis, is the change of the EU attitude towards the shale and unconventional petroleum and natural gas.
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Nuclear energy and EU energy security
Ryzhenko, Maksym ; Bič, Josef (advisor) ; Vondrušková, Barbora (referee)
This diploma thesis is dedicated to the future development of nuclear energy in the EU area and its incorporation into the current EU energy policy. The work also focuses on a detailed examination of EU energy policy in terms of energy security of the Member States and throughout the text deals with the role of nuclear power as a determining factor of energy security. The work is divided into two parts - theoretical part (Chapter one) and research part (Chapter two and three). The first chapter of this thesis is devoted to current theoretical approaches to the issue of energy security. The issues of energy security are then examined in the final part of this chapter in terms of integration into the all-embracing EU energy policy. The second chapter provides an analysis of the current energy situation in the European Union as a whole and in individual Member States. All findings are applied with emphasis on the status of nuclear energy in the energy mix. The final chapter summarizes current nuclear energy trends in the EU. In addition, analysis of the opinion polls and government interventions in the field of nuclear energy are provided.
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EU energy policy in the context of the Czech Presidency
Hubová, Tereza ; Reschová, Jana (advisor) ; Müller, Karel (referee)
Energy policy is one of the most important policies within the EU, whether it is considered from national or all-European point of view. Almost no European state has sufficient reserves of natural resources such as oil or natural gas and so most of them have to ensure supplies of the resources from other countries. As a result, the EU tries to solve this problem, as well as to ensure secure energy supplies for its member states. Each member can influence EU policies through the Presidency of the Council of EU. The thesis is divided into three parts. The first part deals with the EU energy policy and includes the history of its formation. In the second part, the Presidency of the Council of EU as well as its importance for particular states and the basic principles are described. The final part analyzes the Czech Presidency with focus on energetics. The aim of this thesis is to analyze priorities of the Czech Presidency in the field of energy and to evaluate the success of Czech Presidency based on their achievements.
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Flows of oil and natural gas in Europe: current situation and perspectives
Hynoušová, Hana ; Vošta, Milan (advisor) ; Kašpar, Václav (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to analyze and determine the actual flow of oil and natural gas in Europe, from the results to draw conslusions of the weight of the EU's dependence on Russian energy supplies and subsequently to determine the possibilities and prospects for further security flows of oil and natural gas to the EU. Oil and natural gas are the basic strategic raw materials of world economics, including economics of European countries. Most of the European countries does not have adequate supplies of energy raw materials. In particular, EU countries are therefore dependent on external supplies of oil and natural gas. The first chapter of the thesis is focused on oil and natural gas as major raw materials for the current energy situation in Europe. I defined the terms "oil" and "natural gas" and I analyzed the significant deposits of these materials and described their current production and consumption in Europe. In the second chapter I focused on the current flows of oil and natural gas in Europe, particularly on the European network of pipelines. On the baisis of these two chapters I specified the weight of the EU's dependence on energy supplies from Russia and identified the main problems of these supplies. In the third chapter of the thesis I dealt with the security flow of oil and natural gas to the EU and its perspectives and I gave the EU energy policy. I have analyzed selected documents of European energy policy, the EU's energy mix and I identified possible ways to reduce the EU's energy dependency. I included diversification of supply routes and the diversification of EU energy mix among these options. In conclusion, I summarized the current European energy situation, assessed European energy policy and outlined its future development.
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EU Energy Policy and Its Contribution to Energy Networks Stability
Doležal, Milan ; Bič, Josef (advisor) ; Machytka, Daniel (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with EU energy policy and its potential to ensure a stability and security of energy networks. Key content of this thesis is a position analysis of EU's energy resources -- oil, natural gas and electricity in connection with EU's energy mix. These figures are compared with existing and proposed European energy infrastructure and with activities of EU in Trans-European energy networks, internal energy market and external dimension of energy policy. On the basis of the collected information there are evaluated particular potentials and tools of EU which can ensure the stability and security of energy networks.
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EU energy policy in relation to nuclear energy
Knapová, Jitka ; Němcová, Ingeborg (advisor) ; Horák, Jiří (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to consider on the basis of the chosen states and their approaches to the nuclear power if this source of energy has today in European Union the future. The significant part is engaged in actual situation in Germany and its plan to withdrawal from the nuclear energy. The key question is which impact will have its decision on the other member states of the EU and particularly on the Czech Republic.
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Influence of the EU energy policy on energy sector in the Czech Republic
Tischlerová, Anna ; Bič, Josef (advisor) ; Vondrušková, Barbora (referee)
This thesis deals with the EU energy policy and its impact on the energy sector of the Czech Republic. The main objective is to analyze the implemantation and impact of the EU climate-energy package on the czech energy sector. The first part is devoted to describing the current state of the energy sector in the country.The second part is the theory of externalities due to the fact that carbon dioxid emissions are externalities, which the EU is trying tu reduce through its climate-energy measures. The third part delas with EU energy policy and the fourth one with its applications and implications in the Czech Republic.
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