- Rok / Year
- 2025
- Číslo / Volume
- Volume 17, No 1
- Strany / Pages
- 05 - 25
- DOI:
- 10.31577/PPFAR.2025.17.001
- Autori / Authors
- M. Repíková
- Jazyk / Language
- EN
- Publikované / Published
- Vydavateľ / Publisher
- Prognostický ústav CSPV SAV
- Dokument / Document
- Popis / Abstract
- The paper examines the evolution of Slovakia’s energy security between 2005 and 2023. In parallel, it applies the same composite index to four neighbouring EU countries (Czechia, Austria, Hungary and Poland) in order to situate Slovakia’s trajectory within broader Central European context. The main objective of the article is to establish a consistent national baseline of Slovakia’s energy security and to assess how far a fossil fuel-based composite index remains suitable as a starting point for analysing energy security in a decarbonising energy system and for its use as a baseline in subsequent forward-looking scenario analysis. The composite energy security index uses Eurostat indicators, Z-score normalisation and equal weighting across four energy security dimensions: availability, affordability, economic and energy efficiency and environmental stewardship. The results show a common regional trajectory: gradual improvement from the mid-2000s to the mid-2010s, a temporary weakening in 2017–2019, a shared peak in 2020 and a marked deterioration during 2020–2022 with partial recovery in 2023. Slovakia broadly followed this pattern, driven by strong gains in efficiency and environmental performance. In the post-2020 period, all countries experienced a sharp decline in affordability in the context of energy crisis and Russian war in Ukraine. Availability dimension weakened, while environmental stewardship and economic and energy efficiency improved on pandemic-related reductions in economic activity and travel. These findings are consistent at the level of overall trajectories but should be interpreted with caution in light of documented methodological breaks in car emission data, gas price statistics and renewables in transport, and the simplifying assumptions of Z-score standardisation, equal weighting and additive aggregation. The study assesses the adequacy of current measurement in capturing complex character of energy security. However, energy security indicators building on traditional four-dimensional energy security frameworks capture only part of the current energy security picture. Dimensions such as governance, cyber resilience, dependence on critical materials and social justice are underrepresented in metrics measuring energy security. Addressing these limitations may require expanding operationalisation of energy security towards more complex multidimensional indices that can be linked to long-term decarbonisation scenarios.
- Kľúčové slová / Keywords:
- Energy Security, Energy Security Index, Economic and Energy Efficiency, Affordability, Availability, Environmental Stewardship, Decarbonisation, Energy Security Dimensions.
- Ako citovať / How to Cite:
- ISO 690:
M. Repíková. 2025. ENERGY SECURITY TRANSFORMATION IN SLOVAKIA (2005–2023)/ PP – FAR, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 05-25. DOI: https://doi.org/10.31577/PPFAR.2025.17.001
APA:
M. Repíková. (2025). ENERGY SECURITY TRANSFORMATION IN SLOVAKIA (2005–2023)/ PP – FAR, 17 (1), 05-25. DOI: https://doi.org/10.31577/PPFAR.2025.17.001