Innovation in Energy Law and Technology: Dynamic Solutions for Energy Transitions

by Donald Zillman, Lee Godden, LeRoy Paddock, Martha Roggenkamp

Overview

There are few existential challenges more serious in the twenty first century than energy transition. As current trends in energy production prove unsustainable for the environment, energy security, and economic development, innovation becomes imperative. Yet, with technological challenges, come legal challenges. Zillman, Godden, Paddock, and Roggenkamp assemble a team of experts in their field to debate how the law may have to adapt to changes in the area. What regulatory approach should be used? How do we deal with longer-term investment horizons and so called 'stranded assets' such as coal-fired power stations? And can a form of energy justice be achieved which encompasses human rights, sustainable development goals, and the eradication of energy poverty?

With a concept as unwieldy as energy innovation, it is high time for a text tackling changes which are dynamic and diverse across different communities, and which provides a thorough examination of the legal ramifications of the most recent technological changes. This book which be of vital importance to lawyers, policy-makers, economists, and the general reader.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198822080
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	05/22/2018
Pages:	472
Product dimensions:	9.80(w) x 6.90(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

Donald Zillman, Godfrey Professor of Law and Interim President, University of Maine at Fort Kent, Lee Godden, Professor of Law, The University of Melbourne, LeRoy Paddock, Associate dean for environmental law studies and Professorial Lecturer in Law, George Washington University Law School, Martha Roggenkamp, Professor of Energy Law, University of Groningen

Donald Zillman has been a tenured faculty member at Arizona State University from 1974-79, the University of Utah from 1979-90, and the University of Maine School of Law from 1991 to the present, where he holds the Edward Godfrey Professorship at the Maine law school.

Lee Godden is Director of the Centre for Resources, Energy and Environmental Law at the University of Melbourne, Australia.

LeRoy Paddock is a Professorial Lecturer in Law, and Associate Dean for Environmental Law Studies at the George Washington University Law School.

Martha Roggenkamp is Professor of Energy Law at the University of Groningen, and Director of the Groningen Centre of Energy Law.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction: How Technological and Legal Innovation Are Transforming Energy Law, Donald Zillman, Martha Roggenkamp, LeRoy Paddock, and Lee GoddenPart I: Context for Legal Innovations in Energy2. Climate Change Legislation: Law for Sound Climate and Energy Transition Policy-Making, Barry Barton and Jennifer Campion3. Transition to a Low Carbon Energy Economy: The Legal Agenda, Alastair R. Lucas and Chidinma B. Thompson4. Smart Cities and Smart Regulation: Accelerating Innovative Renewable Technologies in Energy Systems to Mitigate Climate Change, Anita Ronne5. 'Techno-nationalism' in the Context of Energy Transition: Regulating Innovation in Marine Renewable Energy Technologies, Catherine BanetPart II: Impact of Leading Edge Technologies6. International Regulatory Challenges of New Developments in Offshore Nuclear Energy Technologies: Transportable Nuclear Power Plants, Catherine Redgwell and Efthymios Papastavridis7. Innovation in Nuclear Power: How We Got Here and How to Move Forward, Daniel F. Stenger, Amy C. Roma, Sachin Desai8. The 'Hydrogen Economy' in the United States and the European Union: Regulating Innovation to Combat Climate Change, Ruven Fleming and Joshua P. Fershee9. Regulating Electricity Storage in the European Union: How to Balance Technical and Legal Innovation, Matthijs van Leeuwen and Martha Roggenkamp10. Regulation of Electricity Storage, Intelligent Grids and Clean Energies in an Open Market in Mexico, Jose Juan Gonzalez Marquez and Margarita Gonzalez BrambilaPart III: Traditional Energy Production and Supply Sector11. The Coal Dilemma: Innovations in Thermal Production in Colombia as a Means to Address the Challenges of Energy Security and Climate Change, Milton Fernando Montoya12. A Torturous Path to Efficiency and Innovation in Heat Supply: Lessons from the Russian Experience with District Heating, Anatole Boule and Sergey Seliverstov13. Unconventional Gas Development 2.0: Reducing the 'Environmental Footprint' Through New Technologies, Don C Smith14. Challenges to Regulating Hydraulic Fracturing in South Africa: Technological Innovation and Law-making for Climate Change at the Crossroads, Hugo Meyer van den Berg and Hanri Mostert15. Innovation in the EU Gas Sector: Injection of Biomethane into the Natural Gas System, Martha Roggenkamp, Jacob Sandholt and Daisy G. TempelmanPART IV: Energy Transition Through Technological and Legal Innovation16. Transitioning to a Lower Carbon Future: Phasing out Coal and Promoting Renewables in Alberta's Electricity Sector, Nigel Bankes17. Support for Renewable Energies and the Creation of a Truly Competitive Electricity Market: The Case of the European Union, Inigo del Guayo18. Technological Innovation and the Reform of the Chinese Electric Power System, Wang Mingyuan and Gao Lailong19. Financing Renewable Energy in Brazil: Challenges of Climate Change and Innovation, Yanko Marcius de Alencar Xavier and Anderson Souza da Silva Lanzillo20. Advancing Innovations in Renewable Energy Technologies as Alternatives to Fossil Fuel Use in the Middle East: Trends, Limitations and Ways Forward, Damilola S. Olawuyi21. Energy Supply Planning in a Distributed Energy Resources World, LeRoy Paddock and Karyan San Martano22. Smart Infrastructure: Innovative Energy Technology, Climate Mitigation and Consumer Protection in Australia and Germany, Lee Godden and Anne Kallies23. Conclusion, Donald Zillman, Martha Roggenkamp, LeRoy Paddock, and Lee Godden