Olivia Woolley, Renewable Energy Law

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DOI10.3366/gels.2023.0103
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Pages238-242
Date01 August 2023
Published date01 August 2023

Renewable energy plays a significant role in the fight against climate change. Renewable energy, energy derived from natural sources that replenish at a higher rate than they are consumed, has a much lower impact on the environment. Most governments worldwide have already increased the use of renewables while, simultaneously, reducing reliance on carbon emitting sources, such as coal, oil, and natural gas in order to accelerate their transition to the net zero energy economy. The importance of legal frameworks and policies as the key drivers for this transformation is undeniable. Yet, the literature in this area is rather scarce, most likely due to constant developments of renewable energy law and related aspects.

Therefore, Olivia Woolley’s textbook Renewable Energy Law is very timely. It fills a much- needed gap in the literature aiming to provide a clear understanding of the law's role in promoting the global growth of renewable energy production and consumption. It rightly argues that laws are needed at all levels (i.e. international, regional, national and sub-national or local). The book sets out three main aims: i) to provide rationale why legal interventions are often needed to enable the growth of renewable energy; ii) to explain how law is used or could be used to promote renewable energy, including overcoming any barriers; and finally, iii) to embrace a critical approach to laws adopted to address occurring problems faced by the renewable energy sector, while also ensuring that legal responses for achieving the intended aims can be assessed. The author quite rightly points out the complexity of the aspects pertaining to renewable energy which are scattered across different legal sub-disciplines (i.e. energy law, environmental law, climate law, public international law, the law of the sea, and trade law) and non-legal sub-disciplines, such as economics, politics, sociology, engineering, and natural sciences. Therefore, it is understandable that by embracing broad interdisciplinary research, the author explains renewable energy law’s role in chosen settings. While the book employs examples predominantly from the UK and the EU, it also draws on experiences from other jurisdictions.

This textbook is built on Olivia Woolley’s 10 years’ experience of developing and teaching research-led courses on renewable energy law at Durham University and previously at the University of Aberdeen. The book presents complex issues in an understandable manner, where each chapter is followed by classroom questions, a problem type scenario as well...

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