Electricity Decentralization in the European Union. Towards Zero Carbon and Energy Transition. Edition No. 2

Table of Contents

1. Smart grids in the European Union 2. Conceptualizing the energy transition in the European Union 3. Electricity decentralization and energy transition in Belgium 4. Electricity decentralization and energy transition in Greece 5. Electricity decentralization and energy transition in Spain 6. Electricity decentralization and energy transition in Italy 7. Electricity decentralization and energy transition in Bulgaria 8. Electricity decentralization and energy transition in Poland 9. Electricity decentralization and energy transition in France 10. Electricity decentralization and energy transition in Finland 11. Electricity decentralization and energy transition in Ireland 12. Electricity decentralization and energy transition in Estonia 13. Electricity decentralization and energy transition in Slovenia 14. Electricity decentralization and energy transition in Croatia 15. Electricity decentralization and energy transition in Austria 16. Electricity decentralization and energy transition in Luxembourg 17. Electricity decentralization and energy transition in Denmark 18. Electricity decentralization and energy transition in Sweden 19. Electricity decentralization and energy transition in Hungary 20. Electricity decentralization and energy transition in Cyprus 21. Electricity decentralization and energy transition in Lithuania 22. Electricity decentralization and energy transition in Romania 23. Electricity decentralization and energy transition in Malta 24. Electricity decentralization and energy transition in Slovakia 25. Electricity decentralization and energy transition in the Czech Republic 26. Electricity decentralization and energy transition in Latvia 27. Electricity decentralization and energy transition in Portugal 28. Electricity decentralization and energy transition in the United Kingdom 29. Innovative finance for sustainable energy

Authors

Rafael Leal-Arcas Professor of Law, Vice-Dean for Research Grants & Director of Graduate Studies and Research, College of Law & International Relations, Alfaisal University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; Formerly, Professor of European and International Economic Law, a Jean Monnet Chair holder (awarded by the European Commission), Program Director of the LLM in International Economic Law; Formerly, Director of Research, Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary University of London, UK. Rafael Leal-Arcas is Professor of Law, Vice-Dean for Research Grants & Director of Graduate Studies and Research, College of Law & International Relations, Alfaisal University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; He is the former Professor of European and International Economic Law, a Jean Monnet Chair holder (awarded by the European Commission), Program Director of the LLM in International Economic Law, and former Director of Research at the Centre for Commercial Law Studies of Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom. He is also a former visiting professor at New York University Abu Dhabi in the UAE, and the Inaugural Lee Kong Chian International Visiting Professor of Law at the Yong Pung How School of Law of Singapore Management University, Singapore. Prof. Leal-Arcas's research is funded by the EU Commission's Horizon 2020 program, most notably a grant of EUR14 million as part of a consortium of 21 institutions to work on renewable energy and smart grids. He is the author or editor of 20 books to date, mainly on international trade, energy and climate change, and has authored over 215 scholarly publications in international peer-reviewed journals, with his work cited over 1,955 times. Since 2020, he is Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Public Law and Policy, and was previously Editor-in-Chief of Renewable Energy Law and Policy Review. Prof. Leal-Arcas also regularly serves as a subject expert or advisor on energy, climate change, and trade to political institutions and international organizations, as well as in various appearances at conferences and in the media.