The European Dilemma—Energy Security or Green Transition

Diana Joița, Mirela Panait (), Carmen Dobrota, Alin Diniță, Adrian Neacșa and Laura Elly Naghi
Additional contact information
Diana Joița: School of Advanced Studies of the Romanian Academy (SCOSAAR), 050711 Bucharest, Romania
Mirela Panait: Department of Cybernetics, Economic Informatics, Finance and Accounting, Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti, 100680 Ploiesti, Romania
Alin Diniță: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti, 100680 Ploiesti, Romania
Adrian Neacșa: School of Advanced Studies of the Romanian Academy (SCOSAAR), 050711 Bucharest, Romania
Laura Elly Naghi: Department of Finance, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, 010374 Bucharest, Romania
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Laura Elly Novac

Energies, 2023, vol. 16, issue 9, 1-16

Abstract: The energy transition is a subject of significant interest in the countries of the European Union, and the involvement of public authorities is remarkable. Unlike previous energy transitions, this process is politically driven, the efforts of public authorities being secondary to the actions of companies whose guidelines are based on stability at the European level through strategies and directives. This paper aims to provide an overview of the current evolution of energy security status in the European Union and in Romania, with reference to global efforts to achieve climate neutrality through the energy transition. The historical method was used in the elaboration of the material, in order to outline the current energy security policies in terms of sustainability, both environmental and social. The logical method was used in order to emphasize the cause–effect relationship between economic processes in the energy sector. The use of bibliometric analysis demonstrated the importance of the topic of energy transition in scientific literature, but it also demonstrated the increasing interest of researchers in subjects related to energy security and energy poverty in the context of this new transition. By using the graphical method, statistic data and their evolution were highlighted in detail for the present study. The results of the articles are embodied in an approach that aims to focus on economic and social factors that determine the capacity of states to support the EU’s independence from a single supplier in the current context of conflict. The authors conclude by anticipating massive challenges in achieving the environmental objectives of the European Green Deal, as well as by highlighting the issue of energy poverty as a social factor influencing global strategic decisions.

Keywords: energy security; energy transition; sustainable development; just transition; energy dependence; energy poverty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (8)

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/16/9/3849/pdf (application/pdf)
https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/16/9/3849/ (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:gam:jeners:v:16:y:2023:i:9:p:3849-:d:1137058

Access Statistics for this article

Energies is currently edited by Ms. Agatha Cao

More articles in Energies from MDPI
Bibliographic data for series maintained by MDPI Indexing Manager ().