Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Pardee RAND Graduate School, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.S.)--Rochester Institute of Technology, 2005. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 95-100).

Thesis (Ph.D.)--RAND Graduate School, 2008. / Title from title screen (viewed on Oct. 24, 2008). "This document was submitted as a dissertation in September 2008 in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the doctoral degree in public policy analysis at the Pardee RAND Graduate School." --T.p. Includes bibliographical references: p. 168-178.

Present energy situation of the European Union is becoming to be more problematic. At the time when worldwide reserves of primary energy sources -- oil and natural gas -- continue to decrease, most of the EU member states are getting dependent on the imports of energy from foreign sources. One of the main impulses to discussion about new Energy policy of the EU in terms of security of energy supplies was a natural gas crisis between Russia and the Ukraine from January 2009. Russia represents one of the main energy partner of the EU -- it imports majority of oil and natural gas to the european countries. However, energy dependency rate of some of the central and eastern european states on imports of energy sources from Russia arouses concerns. The solution for the European Union proposes diversification of the suppliers aimed to increase energy independence on Russia. Also alternative energy sources or rebirth of nuclear energy can lead to the one-way dependence of the EU on imports of fossil fuels from Russia.

Legal Regulations on Renewable Energy Sources Abstract Submitted thesis presents issues of legal regulations on renewable energy sources emphasizing mainly legal regulations concerning electricity generation of alternative sources. This thesis offers a review of international documents and instruments of international law within a scope of the support of renewable energy sources. Regarding the Czech and Slovak Republic as members of European Union, this thesis also concerns an overview of the European legislation as a tool of integration of energetic markets of single member states and setting binding targets on quota of energy produced from renewable energy sources in the EU member states. Based on the set scientific methods, the thesis describes historical development and basic resources used by creation of legal regulations for renewable energy sources. Using comparative method it summarizes and compares legal regulations on the renewable sources of energy as used in Czech and Slovak legal system. The objective of the thesis is to provide a complex overview of the legal regulation on the renewable sources of energy as the part of environmental law and energy law in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Keywords: renewable energy sources, environment, energy policy, legal support