ReRisk - Regions at Risk of Energy Poverty
Theme
Effects of rising energy prices on regional competitiveness.
Thematic scope
Europe enters a new energy landscape: Energy prices have been rising and the dependency on fossil fuels is increasing. Thus, energy supply and demand will in the future have to turn more towards renewable energy sources and focus more on efficient use of energy. EU Ministers responsible for territorial development have given priority to this issue by expressing their intention in the Territorial Agenda (2007) to explore and develop opportunities of new forms of renewable energy supply. Considering this, this project focuses on opportunities to support competitive and clean energy supplies for regions in Europe and to generate and strengthen sustainable energy sources. It delivers future-oriented territorial evidence on the impact of rising energy prices on the competitiveness of European regions as well as on cohesion in Europe in a long-term perspective.
Please read more about the main research areas and main results envisaged on the next page.
Please read more about the main research areas and main results envisaged on the next page.
Lead Partner
INNOBASQUE, Spain.
Detailed information on the contracted project team can be found under Transnational Project Groups.
Detailed information on the contracted project team can be found under Transnational Project Groups.
Sounding Board
Lauri Frank, Finland
Romain Pasquier, France
Budget: € 699 250,00
Project’s lifetime: July 2008 – July 2010
Romain Pasquier, France
Budget: € 699 250,00
Project’s lifetime: July 2008 – July 2010
Delivery of Reports
Inception Report: 26 September 2008
Interim Report: 31 March 2009
Updated Interim Report: 31 October 2009
Draft Final Report: 31 March 2010
Final Report: 31 July 2010
Interim Report: 31 March 2009
Updated Interim Report: 31 October 2009
Draft Final Report: 31 March 2010
Final Report: 31 July 2010
Publishing
Reports will be published once they are approved by the ESPON Monitoring Committee
More information
Please contact the Project Expert at the ESPON Coordination Unit:
Ann-Gritt PANNENBORG (NEUSE), e-mail: ann-gritt.pannenborg@espon.eu
Ann-Gritt PANNENBORG (NEUSE), e-mail: ann-gritt.pannenborg@espon.eu
Main research areas
- Linking available data on energy production and consumption in the European regions with their territorial characteristics, socioeconomic as well as environmental indicators in order to obtain a clear picture on how increasing energy prices might affect different types of regions
- Examination of the vulnerability for energy poverty for different types of regions.
- Scenarios for different types of European regions on the impact of rising energy prices on regional competitiveness and cohesion and case studies on selected regions.
- Definition of policy recommendations for regions to be empowered to cope with rising energy prices as well as guidelines that policy maker on European, national and regional levels can apply in view of the risk of energy poverty.
Main results envisaged
- Substantial data input to the ESPON Database.
- Indicators offering additional information on the regional impact of increasing energy prices on transport, private households, and industry, and new complex indicators, revealing the regions’ socio-economic situation and the impact of increasing energy prices on their competitiveness.
- Typologies of European regions reflecting the impact of increasing energy prices on the demand side as well as on the supply side.
- European maps revealing the degree of vulnerability of different types of European regions to increasing energy prices, energy consumption patterns on regional levels for transport and industry as well as development opportunities for regions in Europe to save energy and to generate renewable energies.
