REMAP

The challenge

The EU’s energy union has embarked on a comprehensive reform aimed at facilitating more renewable energy into the European power grid. The Norwegian power system is an integral part of the European power system, both physically and institutionally. The EU’s energy policy, with associated laws and regulations, will therefore have consequences for the development of the Norwegian and Nordic power markets.

The goal

To analyse and explain the effects that more renewable energy can have on the Internal Energy Market (IEM), as well as how the Clean Energy for All package will necessitate new legislative texts and devices. Furthermore, the aim is to assess the extent to which this may have an impact on Norway’s ability to implement its market and trade-based energy policy strategy.

The project

REMAP – Reform of EU Internal Energy Market Policies: Implications for the Norwegian Energy Policy Strategy – aims to provide policymakers with a new approach to putting the EU’s energy policy reform in the context of national laws in several European countries, including the effect this will have on Norway. The findings will also give key decision-makers a broader basis for addressing various energy policy issues related to the development of the EU’s climate and energy policy.

Project team members

• Fridtjof Nansen Institute
• Thelma Consulting Group
• The Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE)
• Statnett
• Energy Norway
• Agder Energi
• The Norwegian Oil and Gas Association
• NorthConnect
• Malcolm Keay (Oxford Institute for Energy Studies)
• Claudia Kemfert (DIW Berlin)
• Leigh Hancher (Tilburg University / Florence School of Regulation)
• Lars Bergman (Stockholm School of Economics)

Funding

• The Research Council of Norway (ENERGIX)
• The Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE)
• Statnett
• Energy Norway
• Agder Energi
• The Norwegian Oil and Gas Association
• NorthConnect