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EU Energy Cooperation with Emerging Powers: Brazil, India, China, and South Africa

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Governance of scarce energy resources is one of the great global challenges for a multipolar world. The contribution addresses the EU’s energy governance with key emerging powers – Brazil, India, China, and South Africa. It has a specific focus on the bilateral energy dialogues within the strategic partnerships regarding energy cooperation. It asks how the EU and the emerging powers interact? Who are the important actors? Which roles do non-state actors play? How do they perceive themselves and others in the dialogue? How do they frame the energy dialogue? The empirical analysis is based on quantitative and qualitative data from an international, interdisciplinary project. The contribution demonstrates that the four energy dialogues considerably differ from each other in terms of interactions, actors’ performance, mutual perceptions, the framing of energy policy (sustainability, competitiveness, security of supply), and the overall prominence that the dialogues have acquired in the EU with the emerging powers’ cooperation.

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Acknowledgments

The research presented in this contribution is the outcome of a collaborative effort within the international interdisciplinary research project “Challenges of the EU’s External Energy Governance.” The project was funded by the Volkswagen Foundation led by TU Darmstadt. All data cited as EnergyGov 2014, Darmstadt.

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    Michèle Knodt

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    Roberto Schaeffer

  3. Natural Resources Defense Council, Delhi, India

    Madhura Joshi

  4. Centre for European Studies of Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Guangzhou, China

    Lai Suetyi

  5. SAIIA – South African Institute of International Affairs, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

    Agathe Maupin

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Annex 1: Network Actors

Annex 1: Network Actors

EU Actors for All Four Dialogues

DG Climate:

European Commission, Directorate-General for Climate Action

DG DevCo:

European Commission, Directorate-General for Development and Cooperation

DG Env:

European Commission, Directorate-General for Environment

DG Trade:

European Commission, Directorate-General for Trade

DG:

Energy European Commission, Directorate-General for Energy

DG:

Research European Commission, Directorate-General for Research and Innovation

EC President:

President of the European Commission

EEAS:

European External Action Service

EIB:

European Investment Bank

EP:

European Parliament

Brazil-EU Energy Dialogue

ABIOVE:

Brazilian Vegetable Oil Industry Association

ANEEL:

Brazilian Agency for Electric Energy

ANP:

Brazilian Agency for Oil, Gas, and Biofuels

APROBIO:

Brazilian Biodiesel Association

BNDES:

Brazilian National Development Bank

BRA Mission:

Mission of Brazil to the European Union

CGEE:

Centre for Strategic Studies

CNI:

National Confederation of Industries

Del BRA:

Delegation of the European Union to Brazil

EPE:

Energy Research Company

MDIC:

Ministry of Development, Industry, and Foreign Trade

MMA:

Ministry of Environment

MME:

Ministry of Mines and Energy

MRE:

Ministry of External Relations

Planalto:

Brazilian Presidency

UNICA:

Sugarcane Producers Union

UNICAMP:

University of Campinas

UNIFEI:

University of Itajuba

USP:

University of São Paulo

WWF:

World Wildlife Fund

India-EU Energy Dialogue

CII:

Confederation of Indian Industry

CIL:

Coal India Limited

CMPDIL:

Central Mine Planning and Design Institute Limited

DAE:

Department of Atomic Energy

Del IND:

Delegation of the European Union to India

EU Chamber:

European Union Chamber of Commerce in India

FICCI:

Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry

MC:

Ministry of Coal

MCI:

Ministry of Commerce and Industry

MEA:

Ministry of External Affairs

MEF:

Ministry of Environment and Forests

MNRE:

Ministry of New and Renewable Energy

MP:

Ministry of Power

MPNG:

Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas

NTPC:

National Thermal Power Corporation

ONGC:

Oil and Natural Gas Cooperation

RIL:

Reliance Industries Limited

China-EU Energy Dialogue

ACFIC:

All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce

CASS:

Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

CBC:

Central Bank China

CGNPG:

China Guangdong Nuclear Power Group

CN Miss EU:

Mission of China to the European Union

CNOOC:

China National Offshore Oil Corporation

CNPC:

China National Petroleum Corp

CSECL:

China Shenhua Energy Company Limited

CSPG:

China State Grid Corporation

CWEA:

Chinese Wind Energy Association

Del CN:

Delegation of the European Union to China

Dongfang:

Dongfang Electric

EC2:

EU-China Clean Energy Centre

ERI:

Energy Research Institute at NDRC

EUCCC:

European Union Chamber of Commerce in China

MFA:

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

MOF:

Ministry of Finance

MOFCOM:

Ministry of Commerce

MoHURD:

Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development

MOST:

Ministry of Science and Technology

NDRC:

National Development and Reform Commission

NEA:

National Energy Administration

NEC:

National Energy Commission

SERC:

State Electricity Regulatory Commission

SGCC:

State Grid Corporation China

Yangtze:

China Yangtze Power Co.

South Africa-EU Energy Dialogue

AEMFC:

African Exploration, Mining and Finance Corporation

CEFG:

Central Energy Fund Group

CRSES:

Centre for Renewable and Sustainable Energy Studies

CSIR:

Council for Scientific and Industrial Research

DBSA:

Development Bank of Southern Africa

DE:

Department of Energy

Del SA:

Delegation of the EU to South Africa

DIRCO:

Department of International Relations and Cooperation

DST:

Department of Science and Technology

DT:

Department of Transport

ERC:

Energy Research Centre, University of Cape Town

EUChamber:

EU-Africa Chamber of Commerce

NECSA:

Nuclear Energy Corporation of South Africa

NERSA:

National Energy Regulator of South Africa

NNR:

National Nuclear Regulator

PPCE:

Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Energy

President:

President of the Republic of South Africa

SA Miss:

EU Mission of South Africa to the European Union

SADC:

Southern African Development Community

SANEA:

South African National Energy Association

WWF:

World Wildlife Fund

Xstrata:

Coal Xstrata Coal

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Knodt, M., Schaeffer, R., Joshi, M., Suetyi, L., Maupin, A. (2022). EU Energy Cooperation with Emerging Powers: Brazil, India, China, and South Africa. In: Knodt, M., Kemmerzell, J. (eds) Handbook of Energy Governance in Europe. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-43250-8_53

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