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ADVANCING REGULATION IN EUROPE AND WORLDWIDE

The Florence School of Regulation (FSR) is a centre of excellence for independent discussion and knowledge exchange with the purpose of improving the quality of European regulation and policy. We deliver academic research, training and policy events in the areas of Energy & Climate, Communications & Media, Transport and Water.

Energy & Climate
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Clean Molecules for the Energy Transition

Clean Molecules: Hydrogen, Biogas, Biomethane, Synthetic Gas Within the EU Green Deal vision and a framework, renewables and low-carbon gases will have a prominent role to play. The so-called “renewable…

#biogas
#Biomethane
#Clean Molecules
#energy transition
#hydrogen
#Synthetic Gas
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Evolution of Electricity markets in Europe

EU Electricity Network Codes & the Clean Energy Package Enter the world of electricity markets in Europe ‘Evolution of electricity markets in Europe’ is an 8-week online course in collaboration…

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Peer-to-peer electricity trading, Disintermediation and Platform liability

Legal Challenges for consumer and prosumer protection The decentralisation of renewable energy production combined with the digitalisation of the electricity sector has created the ideal environment for the rise of…

#collaborative economy
#digitalisation
#electricity networks
#P2P electricity platforms
Communications & Media
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Sectoral Challenges in the Digital Economy

Learn about competition and regulatory responses that have been and are being adopted by competition and regulatory authorities across a different set of jurisdictions.

#cloud computing
#digital economy
#online advertising
#sharing economy
#social media
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29th Conference on Postal and Delivery Economics Gdańsk, Poland, 1-4 September 2021

The Florence School of Regulation - Communications and Media, and the Rudgers Business School invite submissions from researchers and practitioners, including academic and research economists, and staff and managers in…

#postal conference
#postal delivery economics
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Innovation and Intellectual Property in the digital age

The notion of intellectual property is at the core of technological innovation, economic growth and industrial policies. This research project focuses on the challenges that digital technologies and culture pose…

#standard essential patents
Transport
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FSR-Transport publishes Manifesto for a Post-Covid-19 Recovery Towards Smarter and More Sustainable Transport

Manifesto for a Post-COVID-19 Recovery Towards Smarter and More Sustainable Transport  In Fall 2019 we published our Manifesto for the next five years of EU regulation of transport as an…

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7th Florence Intermodal Forum: Towards a Common European Framework for Sustainable Urban Mobility Indicators

With over 70% of EU citizens currently living in urban areas, achieving sustainability of cities has become one of the defining challenges of our times. While urban areas can enable…

Water
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Water Regulation: Paving the Road for 2020

FSR Water Workshop

#water regulation

FSR Knowledge

Gas
Guarantees of origin, support schemes and network regulation: what's in the future of hydrogen regulation
Guarantees of origin, support schemes and network regulation: what's in the future of hydrogen regulation

What should it be in the Commission’s legislative proposal(s) on Hydrogen? The Agreement on the European Climate Law establishes the…

#decarbonisation
#hydrogen
#hydrogen regulation
#network regulation
Communications & Media
SEP Expert Group Report: A Look Into the IoT Future of SEP Licensing
SEP Expert Group Report: A Look Into the IoT Future of SEP Licensing

FSR – Comms & Media researchers, Niccolò Galli and Igor Nikolic, have published an article in Competition Policy International exploring…

#internet of things
#SEP expert group
#sep licensing
#standard essential patents
Energy Union Law
Stranded gas assets: the dilemma of the energy transition costs
Stranded gas assets: the dilemma of the energy transition costs

Stranded gas assets Stranded assets are physical assets recorded on a corporate balance sheet whose investment value cannot be recouped…

#gas infrastructure
#Stranded gas assets
Energy & Climate
FSR Andris Piebalgs to address G20 at UNEP workshop
FSR Andris Piebalgs to address G20 at UNEP workshop

Today Tuesday, May 4, Andris Piebalgs, FSR part-time Professor, will address the G20 representatives at United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)…

#fossil fuels
#G20
#IMEO
#International Methane Emissions Observatory
#methane
#UNEP
#United Nations Environment Programme
Electricity
Energy communities: Legal challenges for consumers and investors protection
Energy communities: Legal challenges for consumers and investors protection

The expression energy community and its numerous variations refer to collective action in the field of energy, mostly associated with…

#energy communities
#Internal Electricity Market Directive
#Renewable Energy Directive
Renewables
Commercialising ocean energy technologies  
Commercialising ocean energy technologies  

How can we bring ocean energy technologies closer to commercialisation? In this article, Elena Ocenic, Associate Programme Officer – Innovation…

#blue economy
#floating solar photovoltaic
#IRENA
#ocean energy
#offshore wind
Gas
Methane has to get measured before it gets managed
Methane has to get measured before it gets managed

The famous quote attributed to Peter Drucker, “[only] what gets measured, gets managed” may hold true not only for modern…

#methane
#methane emissions
#MRV
Electricity
Peer-to-peer electricity trading, Disintermediation and Platform liability
Peer-to-peer electricity trading, Disintermediation and Platform liability

Legal Challenges for consumer and prosumer protection The decentralisation of renewable energy production combined with the digitalisation of the electricity…

#collaborative economy
#digitalisation
#electricity networks
#P2P electricity platforms
Gas
What will be the key elements of the next EU methane legislation?
What will be the key elements of the next EU methane legislation?

The public consultations on methane legislation close in two weeks – what will be in it? Until 1 May 2021,…

#methane emissions
#methane legislation
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