Environmental Law

Jan 28, 2025 | link.springer.com | Environmental Law

AbstractState aid for renewable energy is a crucial element in the transition to a carbon-neutral energy system. However, various State aid schemes in different Member States can also lead to undesirable market distortions and hinder cross-border trade. This is particularly so when one Member State provides production aid, and another Member State has a demand side aid scheme or can result from some Member State providing both State aid and GOs for the same commodity.

Aug 22, 2024 | golegal.co.za | Environmental Law

AdvertiseNewsletter Sign-upContact Topics Energy & Environmental Law | Government, Politics & Policy I think that many South Africans will agree with me when I express my profound surprise that Eskom has managed to keep the lights on for almost a month since election day. What everyone seemed to believe was a costly election ploy — suspending of load-shedding — has seemed to last quite a bit longer than expected. But we’re not out of the woods just yet.

May 23, 2024 | pelr.blogs.pace.edu | Jisoo Kim |Constitutional Law |Environmental Law

The following article, written by student reporters, is part of a series of reflections from the Climate Constitutionalism Conference, hosted by Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University and Widener University Delaware Law School, and co-chaired by Distinguished Professor Katy Kuh (Haub Law) and Distinguished Professor James R. May (Delaware Law), on March 29, 2024.

May 10, 2024 | golegal.co.za | Kagiso Mahlangu |Environmental Law

Topics Energy & Environmental Law | Technology Law South Africa is in the midst of a data centre boom. Thanks largely to improved connectivity, the number of local data centres has mushroomed over the past decade. In addition to regional players, big names such as AWS, Huawei, Google, and Microsoft have all invested heavily in local centres. Technologies are fuelled by data centre growth – including cloud and artificial intelligence, and this becomes increasingly intertwined with our daily lives.

Feb 26, 2024 | golegal.co.za | Environmental Law

AdvertiseNewsletter Sign-upContact Topics Energy & Environmental Law | Government, Politics & Policy Privatisation is not only the only real solution to SA’s electricity crisis, it is so obviously necessary and powerful that it is happening whether the government likes it or not. Former Eskom CEO André de Ruyter estimated before he resigned that the private sector had already put 66,000MW of renewable energy projects in development. This is 25% more than Eskom’s entire electricity capacity.