Leading experts addresses the effectiveness of policy delivery in energy and the environment

International experts from a range of disciplines, including the sciences, law, politics, economics and engineering, examine how best to achieve energy policy objectives. From evaluating policy delivery on wind farms in Texas in the US to developing nuclear power in the Middle East, this book presents fresh thinking on key concepts and ideas on energy law and policy delivery in a concise and readable format.

1. Introduction Part 1: Energy Policy Delivery in General 2. Six Maxims for Informed Energy Analysis and Policy, Benjamin K. Sovacool 3. Ending subsidies for fossil fuel exploration in a world of unburnable carbon, Shelagh Whitley 4. Were North Sea oil and gas ‘field allowances’ subsidies – and does it matter?, David Powell 5. Renewable Energy Disputes, Peter D. Cameron 6. Using a Legacy Frame to Deliver Energy and Environment Policies, Kaitlin T. Raimi 7. The Emergence of EU Energy Law, Silke Goldberg 8. How to improve regulation?, Thomas P. Triebs 9. Delivering Energy Networks Security: Economics, Regulation and Policy, Tooraj Jamasb 10. The Role of Marketing in Delivering Energy Law and Policy, Paul Haynes Part 2: Energy Policy Delivery in the US 11. A Brief History of United States Energy Policy, Daniel H. Cole 12. Applying Innovation Policy to the U.S. Energy/Climate Challenge, William B. Bonvillian 13. National Scientific Laboratories as an Energy Policy Vehicle: The United States’ Experience, William F. Fox 14.Delivering Energy Policy in the U.S.: The Role of Taxes, Roberta F. Mann 15. Delivering The Wind: Deconstructing Renewable Energy Success in Texas, Monty Humble, 16. Solar Rights in the United States, Sara C. Bronin 17. The U.S. - China Climate Agreement: A New Direction, Edward Flippen 18. Going Green: The United States Department of Defense and Energy Security, Alexios Antypas 19. US Conjunctive Water Management and Sustainable Energy Development, Jason B. Aamodt Part 3: Energy Policy Delivery in the EU 20. Delivering new polity: Paving the way for the European Energy Union, Elina Brutschin 21. Antitrust Enforcement in the EU Energy Sector, Kim Talus 22. Delivering Energy Policy in the EU: Some Thoughts on the Role of Consumers, Emanuela Michetti 23. The Growing Impact of Free Movement Provisions in the EU Energy Market, Sirja-Leena Penttinen 24. Energy, externalities and the need to revisit Deutsche Bahn: a proposal to reverse the European stance on EU State aid law and international aviation, Geert van Calster 25. RES: Towards a new European policy,Theodore C. Panagos 26. Energiewende in Germany - the dawn of a new energy era, Lutz Mez 27. What is a sustainable policy? A case for the Energiewende, Gerardo Zarazua de Rubens 28. The Finnish energy policy: fulfilling the EU energy & climate targets with nuclear and renewables, Sanna M. Syri and Zakeri Behnam 29. The EU-Russia relationship and the EU Energy Union: from Dependence and Vulnerability towards Competition and a Free Flow, Marek Martyniszyn Part 4: Electricity 30. Role of Uncertainty in Energy Investments and Regulation, Luis M. Abadie and Joseph V. Spadaro 31. Energy Security in an Unpredictable World: Making the Case Against State Aid Limitations in Electricity Generation, Paul Murphy 32. Delivering a low-carbon electricity system in a liberalised market, Roger Kemp 33. A Proposal for Reforming an Electricity Market for a Low-Carbon Economy, Raphael J. Heffron 34. The role of the demand-side in electricity, Malcolm Keay and David Robinson 35. Replacing Fossil Fuel Generation with Renewable Electricity: is Market Integration or Market Circumvention the Way Forward?, Olivia Woolley 36. Susceptibility of electricity generation to climate variability and change in Europe: a review of literature, Muriel C. Bonjean Stanton, Suraje Dessai Jouni Paavola 37. The External Dimension of the Cross-Border Electricity Transmission Planning in the EU, Karolis Gudas 38. Integrating Vehicles and the Electricity Grid to Store and Use Renewable Energy, David Hodas 39. A Stitch in Time: Could Ireland’s Forthcoming White Paper Breathe New Life into Its Brave but Faltering Renewable Electricity Policy?, Eva Barrett 40. Recent developments in the Hungarian electricity regulatory framework, Robert Szuchy Part 5: Nuclear Energy 41. Delivering the Revival of Nuclear Power, Keith Baker 42. Energy Policy: The role of nuclear power, S.D. Thomas 43. Financing New Nuclear Power Stations, Simon Taylor 44. UK nuclear new-build plans in the light of international experience, Tony Roulstone 45. Delivering UK nuclear power in the context of European energy policy: the challenges ahead, Philip Johnstone 46. Nuclear liability – current issues and work in progress for the future, Cheryl Parkhouse 47. The Present Status of Nuclear Third-Party Liability and Nuclear Insurance, Stephen F. Ashley, William J. Nuttall and Raphael J. Heffron 48. Small Modular Reactors: the Future or the Swansong of the Nuclear Industry?, Giorgio Locatelli and Tristano Sainati Part 6: Renewable Energy 49. Coherent promotion of renewables under a carbon emissions cap, Philippe Thalmann 50. Renewable Energy Policies Change Carbon Emissions Even Under Emissions Trading, Johannes Jarke and Grischa Perino 51. The Renewable Trajectory: Avoiding the Temptation of Cheap Oil, Michael LaBelle 52. Impact of Renewable Portfolio Standards on In-state Renewable Deployment in the US, Gireesh Shrimali 53. Renewable Support Policies in Europe: Evaluation of the Push-Pull Framework for Wind and PV in the EU, Ruben Laleman 54. A View from the Global Wind Industry, Jim Platts 55. The new concept of competitive bidding on photovoltaic in the German Renewable Energy Act 2014, Joachim Sanden, 56. Legal certainty for green energy projects: sure, but at what price? How Belgium needed to review its green energy support system and how variable parameters often provide more legal certainty than fixed parameters, Wouter Vandorpe 57. The Future of Hydroelectric Power in the United States: Thinking Small, Dan Tarlock 58. Hydropower: From past to future uncertainties, Ludovic Gaudard and Franco Romerio 59. Renewable energy production in marine areas and coastal zone – the Norwegian model, Juris Sigrid Eskeland Schütz 60. The geopolitics of clean energy: re-engaging with Russia through renewable energy cooperation, Anatole Boute Part 7: Fossil Fuels 61. Talking About Shale in Any Language, Alison Peck 62. The Shale Revolution, Fracking and Regulatory Activity in the US: a Policy Divided, James W. Skelton, Jr. 63. Fractured Systems: A Multiple Policy Proposal for Promoting Safe Shale Gas Delivery in the United States, Caroline Cecot 64. Preparing Pennsylvania for a Post-Shale Future, Ross H. Pifer 65. The Decline of Coal and the Economic Toll on the Appalachian Region, Patrick R. Baker 66. The EU Network Codes and Prospects of Cross-Border Natural Gas Pipeline Projects, Gokce Mete 67. Building the Energy Union: the problem of cross-border gas pipeline interconnections in Baltic, Central, and South-Eastern Europe, Jack D. Sharples 68. Eminent Domain Authority for Upstream Gas Infrastructure: An Alternative Approach, Tara Righetti 69. Petroleum Licensing on the UKCS 50 Years On: Problems, Solutions and More Problems?, John Paterson 70. Greenland Offshore Petroleum Regulation Towards 'The Blue Arctic', Irina Kim Part 8: Energy Justice 71. Energy Justice: The Yin and Yang Approach, Roman Sidortsov 72. Sustainable development and energy justice: two agendas combined, Kirsten E H Jenkins 73. Assessing the Justice Implications of Energy Infrastructural Development in the Arctic, Darren McCauley, Robert Rehner and Maria Pavlenko Part 9: Energy Poverty & Health 74. Energy Poverty & Affordable Sustainable Energy Technologies (ASETs), Lakshman Guruswamy 75. Challenging energy poverty policies: insights from South-Eastern Europe, Saska Petrova 76. Policy Changes for Future Proofing Housing Stock, Charlotte A. Adams 77. Challenges for health services in identifying which groups are most vulnerable to health impacts of cold homes, Anna Cronin de Chavez 78. Energy, Life, Metabolism and the Food Chain, James J.A. Heffron Part 10: Energy Efficiency & Demand 79. Energy efficiency and energy demand, Steve Sorrell 80. Energy demand reduction policy, Katy Roelich John Barrett 81. Demand Response in Wholesale Markets, Joel B. Eisen 82. Perceived effectiveness of different methods of delivering information on energy efficiency, Lucie Stevenson and Danny Campbell 83. Developing behavioural interventions: Three lessons learned for delivering energy policy, Wändi Bruine de Bruin and Tamar Krishnamurti 84. Policy mixes in stimulating energy transitions: the case of UK energy efficiency policy, Florian Kern 85. The Journey of Smart Metering in Great Britain: A Re-visit, Tao Zhang 86. Rethinking household energy consumption strategies: the importance of demand and expectations, Louise Reid 87. Financial Incentives for Energy Efficient Appliances, Souvik Datta Part 11: Energy Security 88. Energy Security and Energy Policy Incoherence, Hugh Dyer 89. Designing International Trade in Energy Governance for EU Energy Security, Rafael Leal-Arcas 90. NATO and European Energy Security, Behrooz Abdolvand and Konstantin Winter 91. Genealogy of the current gas security situation in the EU-Ukraine-Russia energy triangle and the role of international law, Maksym Beznosiuk Part 12: Country-Specific and International Energy Policy Delivery 92. German Energy Law Dr. Katharina Vera Boesche, Free University of Berlin (FUB), Germany 93.Delivering Energy Law and Policy in Malta, Simone Borg 94. Delivering Energy Efficiency Policies in Romania, Sebastian Radocea 95. Energy Law in the Czech Republic: ‘Unbundling’ CEZ, Michael J Allen 96. Delivering Energy Policy Reform in Ukraine: Legal Issues in the Light of European Integration, Yuliya Vashchenko 97. A systemic approach to renewable electricity technology deployment: The ‘missing link’ in optimising policy delivery in the UK?, Geoffrey Wood 98. Delivering Energy Policy: Is there need for key changes in the next UK Parliamentary Period, Chris Eaglen 99. Energy and the State in the Middle East, Jim Krane 100. Delivering Energy Policy in Argentina, Tomás Lanardonne 101. The Arctic: Source of energy? Source of conflict? Source of policy innovation, Joseph F. C. DiMento Part 13: Cities, Community Energy & Public Engagement 102. Delivering Energy (Often) Requires Public Consent, Heather E. Hodges, Colin Kuehl, Eric R. A. N. Smith and Aaron C. Sparks 103. Public engagement and low carbon energy transitions: rationales and challenges, Paul Upham 104. Delivering Energy Policy in Ireland: Protest, Dissent and the Rule of Law, Áine Ryall 105. National energy policy, locally delivered: the role of cities, Catherine S. E. Bale 106. Community Energy in the UK, Sandra Bell 107. Distributed Energy Resources: Back to the Future and More, James E. Hickey Jr. 108. Promoting Cost-Effective Distributed Generation: Lessons from the United States, Karim L. Anaya Part 14: Climate Change and the Environment 109. Energy and Climate Policy: Synergies, Conflicts, and Co-Benefits, Hannes R. Stephan 110. The Multi-Level System of Global Governance: Opportunities for more Ambitious Climate Strategies, Martin Jänicke 111. The What, How and Where of Climate Law, Navraj Singh Ghaleigh 112. Environmental Law and Climate Change, John McEldowney 113. Energy and environment studies: the role of legal scholarship, Gavin Little 114. Overview of the EU climate policy based on the 2030 framework, Noriko Fujiwara 115. Climate Policy Instrumentation in Spain, Mikel González-Eguino, Anil Markandya and Luis Rey 116. Planning consent and the law of nuisance, Francis McManus 117. Multi-State Endangered Species Act Listings: The Impact to Energy & New Conservation Approaches in the United States, Temple L. Stoellinger 118. Delivering Energy to the Drylands: Obligations under the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) to Provide Energy, Water and More, Roy Andrew Partain Part 15: New Technologies and Energy Initiatives 119. Delivering new energy technologies: the military as consumer and innovator, Samuel R. Schubert 120. Delivering Energy Policy for Planet Ocean by Investing in Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Infrastructure, Anastasia Telesetsky 121. The necessity of government support for the successful deployment carbon capture and storage, Matthew Rooney 122. 'Too little and too late? An evaluation of the regulation of Carbon Capture and Storage as an integral element of a future low carbon energy system', Stuart Bell 123. Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Readiness Assessment: A Premature Regulatory Requirement?, Owen McIntyre 124. Value of Energy Storage: The Required Market and Policy Supports, Zakeri Behnam and Sanna M. Syri 125. Energy Storage Systems: A Risky Investment to Provide the Required Flexibility for Future Smart Grids, Diletta Colette Invernizzi and Giorgio Locatelli 126. An energy partnership between the European Union and Brazil for the promotion of second generation biofuels, Stavros Afionis and Lindsay C. Stringer 127. Conclusion Index