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Summer Break
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New Full Open Access Publication: Clean or Renewable – Hydrogen and...
My latest research has been published in the Journal of Energy and Natural Resources Law and is titled `Clean or renewable – hydrogen and power-to-gas in EU energy law´. The article is gold open access...
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Coal Phase-Out in Germany: Legal Discussion about Compensation
Germany is in the midst of fundamentally restructuring its energy sector. The country wants to close the last nuclear power plant by 2022 and simultaneously phase-out coal by 2038 at latest. Both...
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Greening the `European Green Deal´ - Ambitious or Out of Touch?
Until 2030 the EU shall emit 55 % less Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHG), compared to 1990 levels. This is the aim of a new communication reflecting Ursula von der Leyen`s State of the Union-Speech but...
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German Renewable Energy Act (EEG Novelle 2021) - Considerable Changes Proposed
It has been the central backbone of Germany`s energy turnaround, the Renewable Energy Act (Erneuerbare Energien Gesetz). Enacted in 2001, it survived several amendments and revisions, changing from a...
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European Climate Law voted in by European Parliament
Yesterday and today the European Parliament approved of the central backbone legislation of the European Green Deal, the so called European Climate Law. The initiative came from the European Commission...
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The Energy Transition in the Built Environment – Towards Positive Energy...
By Ceciel Nieuwenhout, Post-Doctoral Researcher, Groningen Centre of Energy Law and Sustainability; Lead Author of WP 1 T1.2 Report to the H2020 POCITYF-projectA substantial part of energy in the EU...
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Modernizing the Energy Charter Treaty - EU wants to stop investment...
For almost two year now the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) is under revision and negotiations shall finish in 2021. The EU now ratched up its position on the reform of the ECT during recent negotiation...
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Biden`s Energy and Climate Plans - A Legal Appraisal
President-elect Joe Biden pursued three main energy and climate missions during his campaign. First, he promised to re-join the Paris Agreement on `the first day in office´, second, he wants to embark...
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German Atomic Energy Act Amendment Illegal - Case Comment BVerfG 1 BvR 1550/19
The German Federal Constitutional Court decided yesterday that the way in which compensation under the Atomic Energy Amendment Act of 10 July 2018 has been organized infringes the German constitution....
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Green Transport: Private E-Car Infrastructure Subsidy in Germany
900 Euros subsidy for private wallboxes to charge e-vehicles and a legal obligation to have e-charging points in all new buildings. Germany wants to push ahead with new infrastructure measures for...
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The First French Climate Litigation Ruling - Commune de Grande Synthe
By Dr Romain Mauger, Groningen Centre of Energy Law and Sustainability (GCELS)On 19 November 2020, the Conseil d’Etat (the French supreme administrative court) issued a historic ruling in the Commune...
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RCEP - The World`s Largest Free Trade Agreement and Energy
In November 2020 the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP) has been concluded. The world`s larget free trade agreement covers an area accounting for 30% of the world population...
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Shell Held Liable for Oil Spills In Nigeria - Case Comment...
On 29 January 2021 Nigerian farmers succeeded with their claims against Royal Dutch Shell in two cases concerning oil spills in the Niger Delta from Shell`s pipelines in the villages Oruma and Goi. The...
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New Publication: Green and Just? An Update on the `European Green Deal´ Open...
A new article has been published open access in the Journal for European Environmental & Planning Law (Ruven Fleming and Romain Mauger `Green and Just? An update on the `European Green Deal´...
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Dutch Elections: Energy and Climate Considerations
By Ceciel Nieuwenhout, Postdoctoral researcher at GCELS and City Council member for GroenLinksOn 17 March 2021 the people of the Netherlands will elect a new House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer),...
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Podcast: Sustainable Energy Democracy and the Law
What is the role of law in sustainable energy democracy? How can law help to shape the concept of energy democracy and how can it be translated into concrete legal action? A new podcast by Govtran...
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New Publication: Encyclopedia Energy Law, Climate Change and the Environment
Our Encyclopedia on Energy Law, Climate Change and the Environment has now been published and may be ordered at Edward Elgar. Co-edited with Martha Roggenkamp and Kars de Graaf, I am honoured to have...
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New Publication: Sustainable Energy Democracy and the Law
Together with colleagues Kaisa Huhta and Leonie Reins, i had the honour of editing the first book project of the International Association of Energy Law. Our book tries to clarify what energy democracy...
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Summer Break
The energy and climate law blog is on summer break. Enjoy the sun and recharge batteries! The blog returns with new analyses on energy and climate law in Autumn. Many thanks for your support and have a...
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Independence of German National Regulatory Authority (NRA) called into...
The Court of Justice of the European Union found on 2 September 2021 in case C-718/18 that Germany failed to properly transpose various provisions of the main EU Energy Directives of the Third Energy...
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Adieu `Mutti´: Germany`s next government? - An Energy and Climate Analysis
On 26 September 2021 general elections in Germany concluded with a tricky result. Negotations to form a coalition government are complicated. But the aims of which parties overlap the most when it...
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The EU`s Toolbox for Action and Support - Tackling Rising Energy Prices?
On 13 October 2021 the European Commission realesed a Communication to the European Parliament, in which it proposes measures to tackle the currently soaring energy prices in Europe. The toolbox...
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Nord Stream 2 Decision by German Energy Regulator Postponed
The German National Regulatory Authority for Energy (Bundesnetzagentur) has today suspended its long awaited decision on the procedure to certify Nord Stream 2 AG as an independent transmission...
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New EU Gas Package Proposal - A Legal Analysis
Today the European Commission presented its proposals for a new gas package, called the `Hydrogen and Decarbonized Gas Markets´-package. The package consists of a revised Gas Directive (COM(2021) 803...
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