From Competition to Competitiveness in European Energy & Industrial Policy
CLIMA lunch seminar with Marianna Hu, European University Institute.
Abstract
The EU's push for climate neutrality and a rapid energy transition is reshaping our industrial policy. This responds to both internal pressures, but more so to external threats and a sense of European economic and technological decline. This seminar discusses whether and how competition (and competition law) is being refocused as competitiveness by EU policy and regulatory initiatives, using the energy sector as its spearhead.
About the speaker
Ignacio Herrera Anchustegui is Professor of Law and Director of COAST – Research Center for Climate, Energy and Sustainability Law at the University of Bergen. He specialises in offshore energy, market regulation and new energy technologies. His PhD thesis, "Buyer Power in EU Competition Law," received the 2017 Concurrences Award for best thesis in Competition Law & Economics. He is the author of over 60 publications, including one monograph and four edited books.