Energy security and the transatlantic dimension: A view from Germany

Journal of Transatlantic Studies

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 328-342

  Röhrkasten, Sybille ^a   Westphal, Kirsten ^a  

^a GERMAN INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL AND SECURITY AFFAIRS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Energiewende; energy security; German energy policy; international energy relations; transatlantic cooperation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870919365     PISSN: 14794012     EISSN: 17541018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14794012.2012.734669     Document Type: Article

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2. Nevertheless, the pivotal role of individual energy companies should not be understated it is the investment decisions of the private sector that ultimately determine the exact composition of national energy mixes.
3. See in more detail: John D. Duffield and Kirsten Westphal, 'Germany and EU Energy Policy: Conflicted Champion or Integration?', in Toward a Common European Union Energy Policy: Problems, Progress and Prospects, ed. Vicki L. Birchfield and John S. Duffield (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011), 169-86.
4. The goal of increasing energy efficiency by 20% was not binding originally, however, the energy efficiency directive of June 2012 makes this objective now obligatory.
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6. Duffield and Westphal, 'Germany and EU Energy Policy', 169-86.
7. For comprehensive information on the 2011 Energy Concept see http://www.bmu.de/english/transformation_of_the_energy_system/resolutions_and_measures/doc/48054.php (accessed June 27, 2012).
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9. Frank Umbach, 'The Intersection of Climate Protection Policies and Energy Security', Journal of Transatlantic Studies 10, no. 4 (2012): 374-87.
10. Michael Ruhle, 'NATO and Energy Security: From Philosophy to Implementation', Journal of Transatlantic Studies 10, no. 4 (2012): 388-95.
11. See Kirsten Westphal, 'Russian Gas, Ukrainian Pipelines, and European Supply Security: Lessons of the 2009 Controversies', SWP Research Paper 2009/RP 11 (Berlin: Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, 2009).
12. See Kirsten Westphal, 'Security of Gas Supply', SWP Comments 2012/C 17 (Berlin: Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, 2012).