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CHANGING LANDSCAPE OF EU ENERGY SECURITY - MULTIDIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS
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EU energy security discourse took a new path during recent years and more then accessibility to foreign fossil resources, new issues related to electricity markets and environmental security aroused. However, in our article we argue that these two issues are far from being independent as, despite all the progress, fossil fuels were responsible for some half of electricity generation in EU in 2013. With respect to multiple attempts to conceptualize framework for examining energy security that recommend ultidimensional approach which would address not only availability but also accessibility and affordability in our article we analyzed the individual dimensions of energy security with respect to above mentioned shift of interest aiming to evaluate whether the push for green indigenous energy actually deliver positive results in terms of EU energy security. We conclude that so far the EU achieved mixed results as greening the power sector alleviated the import dependence of power sector on the one side but increased the economical costs for individual stakeholders without delivering significant environmental benefits.
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