Renewable Energy Law - An International Assessment

Provides the first scholarly and comprehensive book on the national renewable energy laws of every country that has them (113 countries).

List of contents

1. Introduction; Part I. What is Renewable Energy? A Case of Conceptual Consensus: 2. The renewable energy sources used for electricity generation; Part II. Why Do Countries Intervene in the Renewable Energy Sector? A Case of Normative Divergence: 3. The economic justification for regulating renewable energy; 4. Why do countries legislate to accelerate the deployment of renewable energy?; Part III. What Role Do Regulatory Support Mechanisms Play in National Renewable Energy Laws? A Case of Substantive Divergence: 5. How do countries regulate to support renewable energy?; 6. The future development of regulatory support mechanisms - unification, harmonisation, convergence, divergence or regulatory competition?; 7. Conclusions and recommendations.

About the author

Penelope J. Crossley is a Director of the Australian Institute for Energy and a member of the Technical Working Group of the Energy Security Board. Prior to entering academia, Crossley practised as a Solicitor in London and Beijing specialising in Global Energy and Infrastructure Law.

Summary

This is the first full-length comparative study of the national renewable energy laws of every country in the world. Crossley provides a global understanding of how and why different countries support the accelerated deployment of renewable energy and asks whether these laws are converging globally or subject to regulatory competition.

Product details

• Authors: Penelope Crossley
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2022
• EAN: 9781316636800
• ISBN: 978-1-316-63680-0
• No. of pages: 301
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Public law, administrative procedural law, constitutional procedural law; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Environmental Economics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, LAW / International, LAW / Public, LAW / Environmental, LAW / Comparative, Environmental Economics, Comparative Politics, comparative law, International Environmental Law, Public international law: environment