The Transnational Law of Renewable Energy

Undertaken in Dubai in 2023, the ’First Global Stocktake’ under the Paris Agreement called for a tripling of installed global renewable energy capacity. Achieving this goal will require significant financial, technical, and legal effort, and a key task in meeting it will be to ’derisk’ global renewable energy projects by making the rules governing these projects more transparent, predictable, and uniform. The Transnational Law of Renewable Energy aids this task by providing a unified and comprehensive analysis of the transnational law that currently governs renewable energy projects, and providing a transnational legal approach.

Drawing on regulatory frameworks and practice in public international law, comparative law, and transnational case law, the book establishes the first transnational lex regenerative, or transnational law of renewable energy. The volume covers a range of regulatory topics relating to transnational renewable energy projects, including the regulation of their entry into the market and financial support mechanisms. It also covers commercial topics from construction to joint operation to financing, as well as further addressing the role of renewable energy in advancing global sustainable development.

Comprehensive and original, The Transnational Law of Renewable Energy provides key takeaways from its study in callout boxes that clearly summarize the conclusions of each section. It will appeal to practitioners and government officials, as well as students and academics doing research regarding global renewable energy projects.

Frédéric G. Sourgens, Director, Tulane Energy Law Center, Tulane Law School, Edward Baldwin, Founder and Partner, Alliance Law Partners, Catherine Banet

Frédéric G. Sourgens is the James McCulloch Chair in Energy Law at Tulane University Law School and Director of the Tulane Center for Energy Law. He previously served as the Senator Robert J. Dole Distinguished Professor of Law at Washburn University School of Law. He serves or served on the Executive Council of the American Society of International Law (2021-2024), the Board of Directors of the American Branch of the International Law Association, and the Executive Committee of the Institute for Energy Law. He is Editor in Chief of the Investment Claims service published by Oxford University Press.

Teddy Baldwin is a practicing international lawyer with extensive experience in international energy transactions and disputes. He has represented clients in energy matters in North America, South America, Europe, and Asia. His clients include both governments and energy and mining companies. He is a member of the Board of the International Law Students’ Association.

Catherine Banet is Professor and Head of Department of the Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Law, Energy and Resources Law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Oslo and Vice-Dean for International Relations. She is the Chair of the Board of the Norwegian Energy Law Association and a member of the Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC), Norwegian Research Center for Wind Energy (NorthWind), an academic research fellow of the Centre on Regulation in Europe (CERRE) and a Member of the Academic Advisory Group of the Section on Energy, Environmental and Infrastructure Law (SEERIL) of the International Bar Association (IBA).