Title: Tendencies of energy industry development in the EU accession candidate countries of Central and Eastern Europe

Authors: Wilhelm Riesner

Addresses: Specialised College of Higher Education for Technology, Economics, and Social Sciences, Th.-Korner-Allee 16, 02763 Zittau, Germany

Abstract: On the basis of findings from the ||Zittau seminar on the energy-industry situation in the countries of Eastern Europe|| held annually since 1991 for 11 Central and Eastern European transformation countries, comparative examinations of their economic and energy-industry developments since 1990 are carried out. Besides developments in energy consumption in the countries as a whole, and in individual consumption sectors, comparisons of the development of energy prices are also made. The studies reveal that the state of development during the transition from a centrally planned economy to a market economy is still often very varied.

Keywords: energy-industry transformation process; energy price development in transformation countries; energy consumption development in transformation countries; energy efficiency development.

DOI: 10.1504/IJGEI.2001.000918

International Journal of Global Energy Issues, 2001 Vol.16 No.1/2/3, pp.201-212

Published online: 18 Aug 2003 *

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