As energy innovation becomes imperative for the environment and energy security, the law must be fleet-footed to evolve in an unwieldy area of policy. This much-needed text assembles experts to analyse the most recent developments, and to postulate how human rights, sustainable development, and the eradication of energy poverty could be achieved.

There are few existential challenges more serious in the twenty first century than energy transition. As current trends in energy production prove unsustainable for the environment, energy security, and economic development, innovation becomes imperative. Yet, with technological challenges, come legal challenges. Zillman, Godden, Paddock, and Roggenkamp assemble a team of experts in their field to debate how the law may have to adapt to changes in the area. What regulatory approach should be used? How do we deal with longer-term investment horizons and so called 'stranded assets' such as coal-fired power stations? And can a form of energy justice be achieved which encompasses human rights, sustainable development goals, and the eradication of energy poverty? With a concept as unwieldy as energy innovation, it is high time for a text tackling changes which are dynamic and diverse across different communities, and which provides a thorough examination of the legal ramifications of the most recent technological changes. This book which be of vital importance to lawyers, policy-makers, economists, and the general reader.

1: Introduction: How Technological and Legal Innovation Are Transforming Energy Law Part I: Context for Legal Innovations in Energy 2: Climate Change Legislation: Law for Sound Climate and Energy Transition Policy-Making 3: Transition to a Low-Carbon Energy Economy: The Legal Agenda 4: Smart Cities and Smart Regulation: Accelerating Innovative Renewable Technologies in Energy Systems to Mitigate Climate Change 5: 'Techno-nationalism' in the Context of Energy Transition: Regulating Technology Innovation in Offshore Wind Technologies Part II: Impact of Leading Edge Technologies 6: International Regulatory Challenges of New Developments in Offshore Nuclear Energy Technologies: Transportable Nuclear Power Plants 7: Innovation in Nuclear Power: How We Got Here and How to Move Forward 8: The 'Hydrogen Economy' in the United States and the European Union: Regulating Innovation to Combat Climate Change 9: Regulating Electricity Storage in the European Union: How to Balance Technical and Legal Innovation 10: Regulation of Electricity Storage, Intelligent Grids and Clean Energies in an Open Market in Mexico Part III: Traditional Energy Production and Supply Sector 11: The Coal Dilemma: Innovations in Thermal Production in Colombia as a Means to Address the Challenges of Energy Security and Climate Change 12: A Torturous Path to Efficiency and Innovation in Heat Supply: Lessons from the Russian Experience with District Heating 13: Unconventional Gas Development 2.0: Reducing the 'Environmental Footprint' Through New Technologies 14: Challenges to Regulating Hydraulic Fracturing in South Africa: Technological Innovation and Law Making for Climate Change at the Crossroads 15: Innovation in the EU Gas Sector: Injection of Biomethane into the Natural Gas System, Martha Roggenkamp PART IV: Energy Transition through Technological and Legal Innovation 16: Transitioning to a Lower Carbon Future: Phasing out Coal and Promoting Renewables in Alberta's Electricity Sector 17: Support for Renewable Energies and the Creation of a Truly Competitive Electricity Market: The Case of The European Union 18: Technological Innovation and the Reform of the Chinese Electric Power System 19: Financing Renewable Energy in Brazil: Challenges of Climate Change and Innovation 20: Advancing Innovations in Renewable Energy Technologies as Alternatives to Fossil Fuel Use in the Middle East: Trends, Limitations and Ways Forward 21: Energy Supply Planning in a Distributed Energy Resources World 22: Smart Infrastructure: Innovative Energy Technology, Climate Mitigation, and Consumer Protection in Australia and Germany 23: Conclusion Index