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Andrzej Ceglarz; Andreas Beneking; Saskia Ellenbeck; Antonella Battaglini. Understanding the role of trust in power line development projects: Evidence from two case studies in Norway. Energy Policy 2017, 110, 570 -580.
AMA StyleAndrzej Ceglarz, Andreas Beneking, Saskia Ellenbeck, Antonella Battaglini. Understanding the role of trust in power line development projects: Evidence from two case studies in Norway. Energy Policy. 2017; 110 ():570-580.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAndrzej Ceglarz; Andreas Beneking; Saskia Ellenbeck; Antonella Battaglini. 2017. "Understanding the role of trust in power line development projects: Evidence from two case studies in Norway." Energy Policy 110, no. : 570-580.
The European Union and its Member States are seeking to decarbonize their energy systems, including the electricity sector and, at the same time, pursue market integration. However, renewable energy (RE) deployment and the liberalization of the energy-only market have raised concerns at the national level about the security of electricity supplies in the future. Some actors consider the lack of sufficient investments in generation capacities a threat to supply security. As a consequence, it was proposed that capacity markets solve these problems. The underlying assumption is that the market design is the only determining factor for investments in security of supply options. In this article, we question this narrow view and identify further determinants of the investment decisions of electricity market participants. Based on the insights of institutional sociology and economics, we understand the market to be a social institution that structures the behavioural expectations of market participants. Derived from the theoretical conceptualization and based on qualitative literature review and own work, we find four determinants for investment behaviour beyond the formal market design: Material opportunities, strategic actor behavior and identity, focusing events and discursive expectations about the future. With this perspective, we discuss the introduction of a European Energy Union as a possible tool that might have a great impact on the more informal determinants such as expectations about the future and the construction of a European energy narrative.
Saskia Ellenbeck; Andreas Beneking; Andrzej Ceglarz; Peter Schmidt; Antonella Battaglini. Security of Supply in European Electricity Markets—Determinants of Investment Decisions and the European Energy Union. Energies 2015, 8, 5198 -5216.
AMA StyleSaskia Ellenbeck, Andreas Beneking, Andrzej Ceglarz, Peter Schmidt, Antonella Battaglini. Security of Supply in European Electricity Markets—Determinants of Investment Decisions and the European Energy Union. Energies. 2015; 8 (6):5198-5216.
Chicago/Turabian StyleSaskia Ellenbeck; Andreas Beneking; Andrzej Ceglarz; Peter Schmidt; Antonella Battaglini. 2015. "Security of Supply in European Electricity Markets—Determinants of Investment Decisions and the European Energy Union." Energies 8, no. 6: 5198-5216.