Against the backdrop of energy markets that have radically changed in recent decades, this book offers an in-depth study of energy regulation in international trade law. The author seeks to clarify what we define as 'energy' in the context of the applicable international trade rules, and gives...

Energy in the context of international trade law : concepts and changing markets -- The role of energy in international trade law history -- The current WTO legal framework relevant for energy -- Beyond the WTO : the energy charter treaty and preferential trade agreements -- Decentralising...

This article demonstrates that the large feed-in tariffs currently guaranteed for solar electricity in Germany constitute a subsidization regime that, if extended to 2020, threatens to reach a level comparable to that of German hard coal production, a notoriously outstanding example of misguided...