Energy Transition of the Electricity Sectors in the European Union and Japan: Regulatory Models and Legislative Solutions

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the energy policies in the European Union and Japan in terms of electricity markets and climate action, including energy efficiency, renewable energy sources, and the reduction of emissions. The book evaluates and compares the regulatory frameworks for achieving energy transitions by answering a number of questions focused on the essence and range of the regulatory models used by leading global economies which herald carbon neutrality by 2050. The book provides a useful framework that systematises Japanese and European energy policies and legislation including electricity-related policies, plans, and programmes. Discussing these issues in relation to the European and Japanese 2050 energy transition the author delves into the four pillars of the transition: market reform, reduction of emissions, promotion of renewables, and enhancing energy efficiency. Each chapter demonstrates the timing of the actions undertaken both in Europe and Japan; analyses the character of the conducted actions, evaluates the stakeholders of the realised agenda; and presents the technologies involved in the energy transition.

Maciej Sokolowski is a Doctor of Law (PhD, summa cum laude), currently Visiting Researcher at the University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Public Policy and Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law and Administration, the University of Warsaw. He is an expert in the field of energy law, economy, and energy sector. He is the author of Regulation in the European Electricity Sector (Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY: Routledge, 2016) and European Law on Combined Heat and Power (Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY: Routledge, 2020) and has published more than 70 papers and reports on renewable and conventional energy, administrative, energy, environmental, and nuclear law.