Renewable energy law in the EU
Subtitle: legal perspectives on bottom-up approaches
By: edited by Marjan Peeters and Thomas Schomerus
Contributors: Edward Elgar Publishing
Series: New horizons in environmental and energy law
Publisher: Edward Elgar Pub. Ltd.
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Cheltenham
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9781783473199
Subjects: Renewable energy sources; Law and legislation
Description: This timely book examines the role played by regional authorities in the EU in the transition towards renewable energy. Regional governments generally have important decision-making powers concerning energy transition, but they may encounter resistance to the establishment of renewable energy activities in their communities. Drawing on both academia and practice, the expert contributors explore some of the key legal questions that have emerged along the energy transition path. Specific attention is paid to support mechanisms, administrative procedures for authorizing renewable energy projects, including the relevance of procedural rights as set out in the Aarhus Convention, and opportunities for allowing citizens, particularly citizens living near renewable energy projects, participate financially in renewable energy production. Based on experiences in several Member States (Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden and the Netherlands) improvements to the content and application of the law are discussed. The book shows the complexities of renewable energy law, which will most likely become a controversial field of law in the near future. Providing a much-needed contribution to the literature, this is the first book to map legal questions around renewable energy from the perspective of local governments. It will have great appeal to scholars across both law and social sciences, as well as to practitioners in governments, NGOs and law firms.
Notes: Includes index.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from title screen (viewed December 2, 2014).
Table of contents: title: pt. I. Introduction; title: pt. II. Support mechanisms for renewable energy; title: pt. III. Planning and permitting renewable energy; title: pt. IV. Local (financial) engagement; title: pt. V. Conclusion and prospect.