Reliance on Russian Federation Energy Imports and Renewable Energy in the European Union
The paper investigates the importance of renewable energy in the energy mix of EU-27 countries, as well as their dependence on imports of gas, oil and petroleum products from the Russian Federation, considering the long-term energy security of the EU-27, as well as the objectives of the RePowerEU...
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| author | Anca Gabriela Ilie Marinela Luminița Emanuela Zlatea Cristina Negreanu Dan Dumitriu Alma Pentescu |
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| description | The paper investigates the importance of renewable energy in the energy mix of EU-27
countries, as well as their dependence on imports of gas, oil and petroleum products from the
Russian Federation, considering the long-term energy security of the EU-27, as well as the
objectives of the RePowerEU plan. The article divides EU countries into two groups using a
clustering algorithm, revealing that Central and Eastern European countries share similar
characteristics in terms of their reliance on Russian energy imports and energy mix, while
Western European countries show significant variation between group members. Cluster
analysis is complemented by an investigation using the Random forests methodology based
on machine-learning algorithms, which highlights the importance of variables for grouping
countries into clusters. Surprisingly, Eastern European countries have a higher proportion of
renewable energy sources in their energy mix than most Western European countries, which
could be attributed to their recent efforts to find alternatives to Russian energy imports. At
the same time, the lack of interconnected infrastructure between EU member states is a
significant contributor to the bloc's reliance on Russian Federation energy imports, as
evidenced by cases in Finland, Bulgaria, and Hungary. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-36546cc94dc749f99372e21939864cf32023-08-02T10:01:57ZengAcademy of Economic Studies of BucharestAmfiteatru Economic1582-91462247-91042023-08-012564780 79710.24818/EA/2023/64/780Reliance on Russian Federation Energy Imports and Renewable Energy in the European UnionAnca Gabriela Ilie0https://orcid.org/0009-0003-6295-0159Marinela Luminița Emanuela Zlatea1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7852-3248 Cristina Negreanu2https://orcid.org/0009-0005-2914-8521Dan Dumitriu 3https://orcid.org/0009-0003-7587-0545Alma Pentescu4https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7963-0790Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania “Lucian Blaga” University of Sibiu, Sibiu, RomaniaThe paper investigates the importance of renewable energy in the energy mix of EU-27 countries, as well as their dependence on imports of gas, oil and petroleum products from the Russian Federation, considering the long-term energy security of the EU-27, as well as the objectives of the RePowerEU plan. The article divides EU countries into two groups using a clustering algorithm, revealing that Central and Eastern European countries share similar characteristics in terms of their reliance on Russian energy imports and energy mix, while Western European countries show significant variation between group members. Cluster analysis is complemented by an investigation using the Random forests methodology based on machine-learning algorithms, which highlights the importance of variables for grouping countries into clusters. Surprisingly, Eastern European countries have a higher proportion of renewable energy sources in their energy mix than most Western European countries, which could be attributed to their recent efforts to find alternatives to Russian energy imports. At the same time, the lack of interconnected infrastructure between EU member states is a significant contributor to the bloc's reliance on Russian Federation energy imports, as evidenced by cases in Finland, Bulgaria, and Hungary.https://www.amfiteatrueconomic.ro/temp/Article_3234.pdfimport dependencyenergy mixrenewable energycluster analysiseuropean unionrepowereu. |
| spellingShingle | Anca Gabriela Ilie Marinela Luminița Emanuela Zlatea Cristina Negreanu Dan Dumitriu Alma Pentescu Reliance on Russian Federation Energy Imports and Renewable Energy in the European Union Amfiteatru Economic import dependency energy mix renewable energy cluster analysis european union repowereu. |
| title | Reliance on Russian Federation Energy Imports and Renewable Energy in the European Union |
| title_full | Reliance on Russian Federation Energy Imports and Renewable Energy in the European Union |
| title_fullStr | Reliance on Russian Federation Energy Imports and Renewable Energy in the European Union |
| title_full_unstemmed | Reliance on Russian Federation Energy Imports and Renewable Energy in the European Union |
| title_short | Reliance on Russian Federation Energy Imports and Renewable Energy in the European Union |
| title_sort | reliance on russian federation energy imports and renewable energy in the european union |
| topic | import dependency energy mix renewable energy cluster analysis european union repowereu. |
| url | https://www.amfiteatrueconomic.ro/temp/Article_3234.pdf |
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