Energy Networks and the Law: Innovative Solutions in Changing Markets

Networks like cables and pipelines are essential for a functioning energy market. This book provides a clear and insightful overview of the legal challenges this poses in the modern world. The construction and use of these networks depends on developments in technology, policies, and legal regulation. Recently, the energy sector has been faced with considerable challenges and changes. Energy liberalisation and deregulation, and the fact that traditional energy supplies like fossil fuels and large hydro plants are increasingly located far from the area of demand has drastically changed the energy landscape. The need for new sources of energy supply can therefore be found all over the world. This book investigates the challenges that face governments engaged in this renewal, particularly since in many cases these networks are, by necessity, international. The construction of new networks always involves the application of planning and environmental laws, and the complications these pose only increase as networks pass through the territory of several different countries. This book analyzes the evolution of this area from several angles, both geographical and legal. The authors combine knowledge and expertise from a variety of sources and backgrounds to present an invaluable overview of the regulatory developments and perspectives that shape the legal frameworks in which governments develop these networks, and the way in which account must be taken of new sources of energy by law-makers. Contributors to this volume - Nigel Bankes - Professor of Law and Chair of Natural Resources Law, University of Calgary, Canada Barry Barton - Professor of Law, School of Law, University of Waikato, New Zealand Mohamed Bekheshi - Legal Counsel, Environmental and Social Safeguards, World Bank Lee Godden - Professor of Law, School of Law, University of Melbourne Australia Jose Juan Gonzalez Marques - Professor of Law, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, Mexico Ivan V. Gudkov - MGIMO-University Moscow & Gazprom Ulf Hammer - Professor of Law, Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Law, University of Oslo, Norway Anne Kallies - PhD Candidate in the Centre for Resources, Energy and Environmental Law, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne Gunther Kuhne - Emeritus Professor in Law, Institute for German and International Mining and Energy Law , Technical University of Clausthal, Germany Alastair Lucas - Professor of Law and Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Calgary, Canada Aileen McHarg - Senior Lecturer in Law, School of Law, University of Glasgow Wang Mingyuan - Associate Professor and Executive Director Center for Environmental, Natural Resources & Energy Law, School of Law, Tsinghua University, China Yinka Omorgbe - Professor in Law, University of Ibadan and Corporation Secretary and Legal Adviser Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Abuja, Nigeria Lee Paddock - Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Environmental Law Studies at the George Washington University Law School, USA Catherine Redgwell - Professor of International Law, Faculty of Laws, University College London, UK Anita Ronne - Associate Professor in Energy Law, Research Department II, Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Peter Schaumberg - Beveridge & Diamond, Washington DC, US Sergey Seliverstov - MGIMO-University Moscouw & Sokolov, Maslov and Partners Tjarda van de Vijver - Dutch Competition Authority, The Hague, the Netherlands Olivia Woolley - Post doc researcher, Groningen Centre of Energy Law, University of Groningen, the Netherlands Yanko Marcius de Alencar Xavier - Professor of Law, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil Charlotte Youngblood - Mastes in Law (LLM) candidate, The George Washington University School of Law, Washington DC, USA Don Zillman, President, University of Maine at Presque Isle and Godfrey Professor of Law, University of Maine Law School, USA