INTRODUCTION
The consensus is increasingly clear: to stave off catastrophic climate change requires a massive and rapid transition from fossil fuels to clean energy. This consensus is now reflected in the laws and policies of numerous countries, states and other sub-jurisdictions, many of which have established ambitious ‘100 per cent clean energy’ targets. Hitting these targets will require huge additions of renewable energy – mostly solar and wind – and supporting infrastructure, including transmission lines, storage and some set of emerging dispatchable clean power sources like next-generation nuclear, geothermal, green hydrogen or fossil fuels with carbon capture and storage. Yet almost nowhere is ‘steel in the ground’ matching legally or scientifically established goals for the pace and scale of the energy transition. Commentators trace the sluggish pace of transition to numerous causes, including incumbent efforts at delay, sclerotic governance constructs and community opposition to hosting collectively desirable but locally disfavoured infrastructure …
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Shelley Welton, The Public-Private Blur in Clean Energy Siting, King’s Law Journal. Published online: 21 July 2024.
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