On 14 and 15 May 2024, the Department of Energy and Resources Law organized, in cooperation with the Research Group in Natural Resources Law of the University of Oslo, the 1st edition of the annual ELAWNET conference dedicated to Energy Law in the light of the green transition towards net zero emissions.
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The Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Law of the University of Oslo, is pleased to welcome Sondre Dyrland as new Associate Professor with the Department of Energy and Resources Law.
In this multi-authored paper, Professor Catherine Banet, together with several energy economists, discuss electricity market design in Europe in light of the 2021-2023 energy crisis.
In this this article, Associate Professor Katrine Broch Hauge explains the content of the Fosen-judgment and the convention on biological diversity, and other key characteristics of the development of the management of the Norwegian outfields.
In this article, the author Doctoral Research Fellow Julius Rumpf explores the needs for and legal boundaries to the delegation of rule-making, particularly in light of the European Court of Justice's (ECJ's) non-delegation doctrine, or Meroni doctrine.
Catherine Banet was chairing last week's conference on CCUS-CDR law on behalf of the University of Oslo.
New publication by Julius Rumpf and Catherine Banet: “Energy Law” in Miroslava Scholten(ed), Research Handbook on the Enforcement of EU Law. Edward Elgar, 2023, pp. 365-380.
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The Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Law of the University of Oslo, is pleased to welcome Silke Goldberg as new Associate Professor II, attached to the Department of Energy and Resources Law.
This book focuses on how law and regulation in different legal orders have responded to recent threats and can be reformed to make energy and natural resources systems more resilient in the face of disruptive natural crises and disasters. Edited by C. Banet, H. Mostert, L. Paddock, M. Montoya and I. del Guayo.
This volume includes chapters on "Developments in the EU and EU Energy Law", "EU Case Law", "New Developments in Cross-border Energy Governance", "Energy Communities" and "Clean Hydrogen: Regulatory Frameworks".
The Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Law (NIFS) is partner to the DEVICE project that looks at developing value chains for CO2 storage and blue hydrogen in Europe
This unique publication provides insightful guidance to key topics within the various phases of petroleum activities.
The editors are experienced oil & gas lawyers, and a short introduction is provided in the book’s presentation of all the authors. In addition to the editors and co-authors Yngve Bustnesli, Hans Petter Nordby, Olav Boye Sivertsen and Tore Ulleberg, a number of other subject matter experts in this field have contributed. Among the contributors are the Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Law Professors Erling Selvig and Ivar Alvik
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Alice O’Brien and Catherine Banet, 'De-Risking the Hydrogen-CCS Value Chain Through Law', European Energy and Environmental Law Review Volume 30, Issue 2 (2021) pp. 24 – 41
Catherine Banet, ‘Local Content and Sustainable Development in Norway’ in D. Olawuyi (ed.) Local Content and Sustainable Development in Global Energy Markets (Cambridge University Press, 2021), Chapter 13.
The legal and regulatory framework is one of the central conditions for enabling a sustainable energy transition.
The book provides a comprehensive description and critique of the key issues that must be addressed by nations, and of the current international, regional, and national law and policy in this field. With thousands of offshore oil and gas platforms in place across the globe, the decommissioning of these ageing installations is becoming of increasing concern to regulators, industry and other stakeholders in the marine environment.
The Case of the Guidelines on State Aid for Environmental Protection and Energy (EEAG) (2014-2020), European State Aid Law Quarterly, Volume 19 (2020), Issue 2, Pages 172 – 184
The Law of the Seabed reviews the most pressing legal questions raised by the use and protection of natural resources on and underneath the world’s seabeds.
This volume includes chapters on "Newcomers in the Electricity Market: Aggregators and Storage", "Hydropower Concessions in the EU: A Need for Liberalisation or Privatisation?", "Investments and des-Investments in the Energy Sector", "Offshore Decommissioning in the North Sea", "CCS as a Climate Tool: North Sea Practice" and "From EU Climate Goals to National Climate Laws".
Space law is a new focus area at the Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Law. A group of researchers looks up to the Moon and the stars and contributes to new regulations on outer space and its enormous resources.