Biennial Conference of the Section on Energy, Environment, Natural Resources and Infrastructure Law (SEERIL)
18 May - 20 May 2026
Session information
Presentation of the Academy Advisory Group book "Sustainable distributed energy resources: law and policy"
Tuesday 19 May (1700 - 1800)
Description
This session presents the latest book publication of the Academic Advisory Group of the SEERIL. The book explores tools and techniques for addressing legal, sustainability and contractual risks in design, financing, generation, transmission, distribution and consumption of distributed energy resources (DERs).
DERs including solar panels, community microgrids and residential battery storage are reshaping the energy landscape. DER technologies challenge the traditional centralised power model, offering greater potential for decarbonisation, decentralisation, digitisation and democratisation of electricity systems in line with the ongoing global energy transition.
With presentations from the expert contributors to the book, this session reflects on innovative legal drafting, contract negotiation and policymaking approaches needed to address the wide range of sustainability questions posed by DER design and implementation.
The AAG book 'Sustainable Distributed Energy Resources' is available to purchase via Oxford University Press by clicking HERE.
A 35% discount is available to IBA Members using promotional code AUFLY35.
Session / Workshop Chair(s)
| Professor Damilola S Olawuyi SAN | Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar; Academic Advisory Group Chair, Energy, Environment, Natural Resources and Infrastructure Law Section (SEERIL) |
Speakers
| Barry Barton | The University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand |
| Louis De Fontenelle | Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, Tarnos, France |
| Iñigo Del Guayo | University of Almeria, Almeria, Spain |
| Professor Kaisa Huhta | University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland |
| Milton Fernando Montoya Pardo | Universidad Externado de Colombia, Bogota, Colombia |
| Professor Hanri Mostert | University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa |
| Hao Zhang | The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR |