Legal issues related to renewlable energies (DROI751_SOLEM )

• Semester 7

• Mandatory 
• Duration: Within one semester  
• Student workload : Lecture (CM): 7 hours  / Tutorials (TD): 12 hours / 12 hours of self-study 
• Module examination : 1 oral exam (60%) , 1 individual research paper (30%), Class participation (10%) 
• Teaching and learning method: Lecture, seminar, discussion 
• Responsible person for the module : Aubin Nzaou-Kongo 

Introduction 

Part 1. General issues of the promotion of renewable energies 

• Chapter 1: Instruments for the promotion of renewable energy 
• Chapter 2: Incentives for renewable energy: subsidies, loans and profit prospects 

Part 2. Specific issues related to renewable energies 

• Chapter 1: Issues of hot renewable sources  
• Chapter 2: Issues of cold renewable sources 

Part 3. Renewable energy and cross-sectional issues 

• Chapter 1: Renewable energy and non-state actors: the issue of governance (lecture) 
• Chapter 2: Renewable energy and social justice: the issue of the energy burden (lecture) 

Conclusion 

Upon completion of the module students will :

• be able to identify general, specific, and cross-cutting issues that renewable energy law intends to frame and regulate 
• understand and be able to analyse specific mechanisms and schemes used to promote the use of renewable energies 
• be able to study different renewable energy law and policy schemes and assess their effectivity 
• have learnt how critical is the financial issue to promoting the use of renewable energy that laws and policies are regularly crafted, tested and changed to implement, adapt, adjust the energy transition effort 

Text books: 

• Lincoln L. Davies, Alexandra B. Klass, Hari M. Osofsky, Joseph P. Tomain & Elizabeth J. Wilson (2022), Energy Law and Policy (3rd Edition, West Academic Editions). 
• Troy A. Rule (2021), Renewable Energy: Law, Policy and Practice (2nd Edition, West Academic Editions). 
• Joel B. Eisen, Emily Hammond, Jim Rossi, David B. Spence & Hannah J. Wiseman (2020), Energy, Economics, and the Environment (5th Edition, West Academic Editions). 
• Alexandra B. Klass & Hannah J. Wiseman (2020), Energy Law (2nd Edition, West Academic Editions). 
• Joseph P. Tomain (2017), Energy Law in a Nutshell (3rd Edition, West Academic Editions). 
• Lakshman D. Guruswamy (2016), Global Energy Justice: Law and Policy (1st Edition, West Academic Editions). 

Correspondence between major intended learning outcomes and assessment.