THE EFFECTS OF THE GERMAN ENERGIEWENDE PROGRAM ON THE CENTRAL EUROPEAN COUNTRIES
THE EFFECTS OF THE GERMAN ENERGIEWENDE PROGRAM ON THE CENTRAL EUROPEAN COUNTRIES

Author(s): Maria Ruxandra Ursa
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Carol I National Defence University Publishing House
Keywords: Energiewende program; Central European countries; energy security; geopolitics; renewables;
Summary/Abstract: The aim of this article is to build a geographical analysis of political relations and possibilities related to Central European energy security, due to the German Energy Transition program. Competition for energy is constant: the availability of secure energy sources is essential for the proper functioning of the state economy. That is why energy consumption is expected to increase, because is driven by the economic growth of the emerging economies. This article analyses strategic areas of Central European countries, which are in the proximity of Germany.The energy supply, which are important for the geopolitics of Europe, are here. The study proposes some synthetic geographical and qualitative representations through the scenarios of the European energy geopolitics.

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