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In a world that is shifting away from fossil fuels in response to the threat of climate change, the UK’s low carbon policies have seen renewable electricity capacity increase. As renewables provided one third of the UK’s electricity generation in 2018 it has meant that the UK has already comfortably exceeded its domestic 2020-21 target of 30%. The future is clearly one of unremitting growth in electricity generation from wind and solar farms.
Renewable Energy from Wind and Solar Power: Law and Regulation is concerned with the law and regulation of electricity generation in the case of the two most popular sources of energy derived from renewable resources. It covers up-to-date national policy and guidance relevant to electricity generation collected from renewable resources. There is also coverage of the powers of local planning authorities and of the Secretary of State, along with devolved powers in Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, dealing with onshore and offshore projects. The book also examines the impact of National Significant Infrastructure Projects under the 2009 Act.
This book also covers consents under sections 36 (onshore and offshore wind generation) and 37 (overhead lines) of the Electricity Act 1989 and the grant of FEBA licences from the Marine and Fisheries Agency in the case of offshore consents. The availability of financial assistance for the generation and export of renewable energy to the grid is also dealt with and the second half of the book deals with the basic technology involved in wind and solar power. The energy planning regime is explained by many useful case studies involving challenges to wind and solar energy proposals.
Renewable Energy from Wind and Solar Power: Law and Regulation will be an invaluable reference for lawyers, planning professionals and operators in the relevant sectors. It will also be of interest to others in showing how rapidly the industry is developing and of the regulatory processes involved in securing consents for the commercial development of energy from wind and solar power.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
William Webster was called to the Bar in 1975 and is a tenant at 3 Paper Buildings, practising in land and planning law and related fields. He is a member of the Chancery Bar Association and the Property Bar Association and is also the joint author of Restrictions on the Use of Land and Planning Law: A Practitioner’s Guide, both published by Wildy, Simmonds & Hill. For the past five years he has featured in Legal 500 in the fields of construction, environment and planning law. The author is also ranked in the Chambers and Partners UK Bar guide in the field of Planning.
READERSHIP
Lawyers, planning professionals and operators in the private and public sector.
