Description
Book SynopsisThis book will show that when some countries begin using oil and gas as an instrument of exerting pressure and to realize political goals, energy security becomes synonymous with national security as well as economic security. It is within this context that the Nordic countries serve as role models and an exemplification of modern, innovative and ecofriendly solutions. This book highlights that the Nordic countries represent a very broad spectrum of competencies and techniques in the field of making use of various energy sources, which basically exhausts all the possible and currently available possibilities.
Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 1. Energy Security: Contemporary Challenges
1.1 Security and Security Policy
1.2 Subject and Scope of the State's Energy Security
1.3 Energy and Climate Security
1.4. Energy Security and Environmental Security
1.5. Evolution of International Cooperation on Environmental and Climate Protection
CHAPTER 2. Global Energy Market Dilemmas
2.1. Opportunities and Challenges of the First Decade of the 21st Century
2.2. Increase in Energy Demand
2.3. Energy Production and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
2.4. New Trends in the Global Energy System
CHAPTER 3. Energy Balance in the Second Decade of the 21st Century
3.1. The Global Energy Balance
3.2. Top Energy Producers, Exporters and Importers
3.3. Current Energy Consumption.
CHAPTER 4. Energy Policy of the European Union in the 21st Century
4.1. European Energy Market: Economic and Political Conditions in the First Decade
4.2. The European Union and Energy Supply Problems
4.3. Contemporary Challenges in the EU Strategy and Energy Balance
4.4. The EU's Activity in Counteracting Climate Change: The Special Role of RES and EU ETS regulation
4.5. The EU’s Climate Policy
CHAPTER 5. Norden States in the Context of Energy Security: Fundamental Issues
5.1 Nordic States in the International Arena
5.2 Norden and the Energy Problems in the Baltic Sea Region
CHAPTER 6. The Kingdom of Denmark: Leader in Energy Efficiency
6.1 Energy Potential: Hydrocarbon Resources
6.2. Energy Balance of Denmark
6.3. Activities to Ensure Denmark’s Energy Security
6.4. A Testing Ground for Novelties: Climate and Energy Policy
CHAPTER 7. Republic of Finland: Dynamic Modernization of the Energy Sector
7. 1. Energy Balance of Finland
7.2 Activities Aimed at Ensuring Finland’s Energy Security
7.3 Energy and Climate: Practical Actions
CHAPTER 8. The Republic of Iceland: Ambitious Energy Plans
8.1. Energy Balance of Iceland
8.2. Renewable Energy Resources
8.3 Forms and Methods of Using the Energy Potential
8.4. Dynamics in the Development of Energy Security
CHAPTER 9. The Kingdom of Sweden: Transition to an Ecologically Sound Society
9.1 Dynamics of Changes in Energy Policy
9.2 Electricity as the Basis for the Energy Balance
9.3 The Importance of Renewable Energy for Climate Protection
9.4. Sweden: Energy Security
CHAPTER 10. The Kingdom of Norway: Standing in Energy
10.1 Norway as a Producer of Oil and Gas
10.2. Electricity as the Basis for Energy Balance
10.3 Environmental and Climate Protection Measures
10.4. Norway: Basic Premises for Energy Security
CHAPTER 11. The Nordic Countries in the Face of Current Challenges of Energy Security
11.1 Environmental Protection, Climate Change and Energy Culture
11.2 Cooperation in Energy Policy: Effective Remedy for the Contemporary Challenges of Energy Security
CONCLUSION
