Innovation in Energy Law and Technology

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.

• 1: Introduction: How Technological and Legal Innovation Are Transforming Energy Law Part I: Context for Legal Innovations in Energy 2: Barry Barton and Jennifer Campion: Climate Change Legislation: Law for Sound Climate and Energy Transition Policy-Making 3: Alastair R. Lucas and Chidinma B. Thompson: Transition to a Low-Carbon Energy Economy: The Legal Agenda 4: Anita Rønne: Smart Cities and Smart Regulation: Accelerating Innovative Renewable Technologies in Energy Systems to Mitigate Climate Change 5: Catherine Banet: 'Techno-nationalism' in the Context of Energy Transition: Regulating Technology Innovation in Offshore Wind Technologies Part II: Impact of Leading Edge Technologies 6: Catherine Redgwell and Efthymios Papastavridis: International Regulatory Challenges of New Developments in Offshore Nuclear Energy Technologies: Transportable Nuclear Power Plants 7: Daniel F. Stenger, Amy C. Roma, Sachin Desai: Innovation in Nuclear Power: How We Got Here and How to Move Forward 8: Ruven Fleming and Joshua Fershee: The 'Hydrogen Economy' in the United States and the European Union: Regulating Innovation to Combat Climate Change 9: Matthijs van Leeuwen and Martha Roggenkamp: Regulating Electricity Storage in the European Union: How to Balance Technical and Legal Innovation 10: José Juan González Márquez and Margarita González Brambila: Regulation of Electricity Storage, Intelligent Grids and Clean Energies in an Open Market in Mexico Part III: Traditional Energy Production and Supply Sector 11: Milton Fernando Montoya: The Coal Dilemma: Innovations in Thermal Production in Colombia as a Means to Address the Challenges of Energy Security and Climate Change 12: Anatole Boule and Sergey Seliverstov: A Torturous Path to Efficiency and Innovation in Heat Supply: Lessons from the Russian Experience with District Heating 13: Don C Smith: Unconventional Gas Development 2.0: Reducing the 'Environmental Footprint' Through New Technologies 14: Hugo Meyer van den Berg and Hanri Mostert: Challenges to Regulating Hydraulic Fracturing in South Africa: Technological Innovation and Law Making for Climate Change at the Crossroads 15: Martha Roggenkamp, Jacob Sandholt and Daisy G. Tempelman: Innovation in the EU Gas Sector: Injection of Biomethane into the Natural Gas System PART IV: Energy Transition through Technological and Legal Innovation 16: Nigel Bankes: Transitioning to a Lower Carbon Future: Phasing out Coal and Promoting Renewables in Alberta's Electricity Sector 17: Inigo del Guayo Castiella: Support for Renewable Energies and the Creation of a Truly Competitive Electricity Market: The Case of The European Union 18: Wang Mingyuan and Gao Lailong: Technological Innovation and the Reform of the Chinese Electric Power System 19: Yanko Marcius de Alencar Xavier and Anderson Souza da Silva Lanzillo: Financing Renewable Energy in Brazil: Challenges of Climate Change and Innovation 20: Damilola S. Olawuyi: Advancing Innovations in Renewable Energy Technologies as Alternatives to Fossil Fuel Use in the Middle East: Trends, Limitations and Ways Forward 21: LeRoy Paddock and Karyan San Martano: Energy Supply Planning in a Distributed Energy Resources World 22: Lee Godden and Anne Kallies: Smart Infrastructure: Innovative Energy Technology, Climate Mitigation, and Consumer Protection in Australia and Germany 23: Donald Zillman, Martha Roggenkamp, LeRoy Paddock, and Lee Godden: Conclusion