Recent Publications

Books

Kristoffer Svendsen et al. (eds.), Legal and Economic Perspectives on Contractual Limitation of Delictual Liability: The case of knock for knock clauses. A critical look at contractual limitation, principles and practice (forthcoming, Routledge 2022).

Kristoffer Svendsen, Delict (Tort) Compensation for Offshore Oil Pollution Damage in the Artic (forthcoming, Brill 2022).

Sirja-Leena Penttinen, Free Movement and the Energy Sector in the European Union: The Role of the European Court of Justice (Routledge 2020).

Tade Oyewunmi, Penelope Crossley, Frederik Gilles Sourgens & Kim Talus, Decarbonisation and the Energy Industry: Law, Policy and Regulation in Low-Carbon Energy Markets (Hart Publishing 2020).

Tade Oyewunmi, Regulating Gas Supply to Power Markets: Transnational Approaches to Competitiveness and Security of Supply (Kluwer Law International 2018).

E. Pereira & K. Talus, Upstream Law and Regulation: A Global Guide (Globe Law and Business 2017).

S-L. Penttinen & I. Mersinia, Energy Transitions: Regulatory and Policy Trends (Intersentia 2017).

Academic articles

S.-L. Penttinen, 'Energy Efficiency' in O. Woolley (ed.), Encyclopedia of European Union Law, Energy Law Volume (Oxford University Press, forthcoming 2021).

S.-L. Penttinen, 'Energy performance of buildings' in O. Woolley (ed.), Encyclopedia of European Union Law, Energy Law Volume (Oxford University Press, forthcoming 2021).

S.-L. Penttinen, 'Ecodesign' in O. Woolley (ed.), Encyclopedia of European Union Law, Energy Law Volume (Oxford University Press, forthcoming 2021).

S-L. Penttinen, 'Batteries and the low-carbon energy transition: circularity and secondary supply approach highlighted in the EU's policy discourse' 30 (5) European Energy and Environmental Law Review (2021, forthcoming).

S.-L. Penttinen, 'Texas Energy Crisis in 2021, Emerging climate risks, extreme wheather, and the key takeaways to increase resilience' 19 (4) Oil, Gas and Energy Law (2021), pp. 1-18.

K. Talus, 'Direct Challenges against EU Acts and Standing Requirements for Private Persons - Order fof the General Court on 20 May 2020 in Case T-526/19 Nord Stream 2 v Parliament and Council' pre-publication in Oil, Gas and Energy Law (April 2021).

K. Talus, 'Taxonomy Regulation, Principle of Technological Neutrality and Delegated Acts: Does the Draft Screening Regulation Comply with EU Law Requirements' 4 Oil, Gas and Energy Law (2021).

K. Talus: 'The interpretation of the principle of energy solidarity - A critical comment on the Opinion of the Advocate General in OPAL', 89 Energy Insight (Oxford Institute of Energy Studies, April 2021).

Rebecca Lordan-Perret, Robert D. Sloan and Robert Rosner, 'Decommissioning the U.S. Nuclear Fleet: Financial Assurance, Corporate Structures, and Bankruptcy' 154 Energy Policy (2021).

Kim Talus, 'Price review arbitration in the Asian LNG markets - 'The times they are a-changin'', Journal of World Energy Law and Business (2021) 1.

R. Heffron, N. Connor, P. Crossley, J. Tomain, Kim Talus, and V. López-Ibor Mayor, 'Commercial Risk in the Energy Sector from 2020 to 2030: Post COVID-19 and for the Energy Transition' Journal of Energy and Natural Resources Law (2021).

Leigh Hancher, Kim Talus and Moritz Wüstenberg, 'Retrospective application of legal rules in the European Union: recetn practice in the energy sector', Journal of Energy and Natural Resources Law 39 (2021) 1, 65-81.

Kristoffer Svedsen, 'The Nikkel Diesel Oil Spill: Liability and Compensation' 8 International Energy Law Review (2020), pp. 140-149.

Kim Talus, 'Taxonomy Regulation, Principle of Technological Neutrality and Delegated Acts - Does the Draft Screening Regulation Comply with EU Law Requirements?' Oil, Gas and Energy Law (OGEL) (2020).

Kristoffer Svendsen, 'International Oil Spill Disputes', Oil, Gas and Energy Law (OGEL) (2020).im Talus, Scott Looper and Luke Burns, 'Long-term take-or-pay agreements in natural gas: Past, present and future', Oil, Gas and Energy Law (OGEL) 3 (2020).

Kim Talus and Eric Smith, ‘Hydrogen in the United States – Developmental Perspective’, Oil, Gas and Energy Law (OGEL), 2 (2021).

Dirk Buschle & Kim Talus, One for all and all for one? The General Court ruling in the OPAL case, Utilities L. Rev. (2019).

Sirja-Leena Penttinen & Leonie Reins, System Boundaries of Nearly Zero-Energy Buildings in the European Union - Rethinking the Legal Framework for Active Consumer Participation, 37 Journal of Energy and Natural Resources Law (2019).

Kim Talus, International Energy Law, Difficulties in Supplier - Consumer Relations and Nord Stream as an Example, Zeitchrift fur europaisches Umwelt-und Planungsrecht (EurUP) (2019).

Kim Talus & V. Pogoretskyy, The WTO panel report in EU - Energy package and its implications for the EU's gas market and energy security, World Trade Review 1-19 (2019).

Kim Talus & M. Wustenberg, WTO Panel Report in the EU – Third Energy Package and Commission proposal to amend the 2009 Gas Market Directive, 37 Journal of Energy and Natural Resources Law 3, 327-39 (2019).

Kim Talus, EU Gas Market Amendment - Despite of Compromise, Problems Remain, 17(2) Oil, Gas and Energy Law (OGEL) (2019).

Kim Talus, The role of international investment law in protecting renewable energy investments from sudden legislative changes, University of Asia Pacific (UA&P) J.L., 3, 1-11 (2017 - 2018).

Tade Oyewunmi; Raphael J. Heffron; & Penelope Crossley, Oil, Gas & Energy Law Intelligence (OGEL) Special Issue on "Energy Law and Regulation in Low-carbon and Transitional Energy Markets", Oil, Gas & Energy Law Intelligence (OGEL) 1 (2019).

Tade Oyewunmi & Rahmatallah Poudineh, Natural gas in Nigeria and Tanzania: Can it turn on lights?, 115 in Oxford Energy Forum - Electrifying Africa, 14-20 (Sep. 2018).

Sirja-Leena Penttinen, The gradual hardening of soft law: The renewable energy support schemes and the renewable energy directive under revision, 22(2) Utilities L. Rev. (2018).

Kim Talus, Discriminatory nature of the proposed changes to the gas market directive – extension to external pipelines or only one of them?, 22(2) Utilities L. Rev. (2018).

Kim Talus; M. Wustenberg & R. D. Ripple, A False Dichotomy Between LNG and Natural Gas? A Comment on Recent Practises at the World Trade Organisation, Oil, Gas and Energy Law (OGEL) (2018).

Kim Talus, Contribution of law and lawyers to LNG market developments: model diversion clause for LNG sale and purchase contracts, 16(4) Oil, Gas and Energy Law (OGEL) (2018).

Kim Talus & R.J. Heffron, What is "International Energy Law" or "Energy Law"?, 3 Oil, Gas and Energy Law (OGEL) (2018).

Sirja-Leena Penttinen, Sustainability in the energy sector: policy directions and implementing measures, 3 Oil, Gas and Energy Law (OGEL) (2018).

Kim Talus & E. Pereira, Introduction to Upstream Petroleum Law and Regulation, 3 Oil, Gas and Energy Law (OGEL) (2018).

Kim Talus, Model Diversion Clause for LNG Sale and Purchase Contracts, Global LNG Hub, Issue 201 (2018).

Kim Talus, EU Energy Law and the Nord Stream 2 Pipeline Project: from Applicability to Legislative Action, Int'l Energy L. Rev. (2018).

Kim Talus & M. Wustenberg, WTO law perspective on EU-Russia energy trade: worlds apart or minor differences?, 11(4) Journal of World Energy Law & Business. 360-371 (2018).

Kim Talus & Bent-Ole Mortensen, Gas pipeline proposal take power from EU states, Financial Times, Jun. 10, 2018.

Kim Talus; Raphael J Heffron; Anita Rønne; Joseph P Tomain; & Adrian Bradbrook, A Treaties for Energy Law, 11(1) Journal of World Energy Law & Business. 34-48 (2018).

Sirja-Leena Penttinen, The Next Chapter in the Saga of Renewable Energy Support Schemes: Still "a Certain Degree of Mystery after Essent Belgium II.", 1 (42) Eur. L. Rev. 106-119 (2018). Also published in European Current Law.

Kim Talus, Decades of EU energy policy: Towards politically driven markets, 10(5) Journal of World Energy Law & Business. 380-388 (2017).

Kim Talus, Application of EU energy and certain national laws of Baltic Sea countries to Nord Stream 2 pipeline project, 10(1) Journal of World Energy Law & Business. 30-42 (2017).

Kim Talus, Nord Stream 2 Pipeline and the Application of EU Energy Law, Oil, Gas and Energy Law (OGEL) (2017).

Kim Talus, European Commission Crusade Against a Pipeline: Act Three - Lex Nord Stream 2, Oil, Gas and Energy Law (OGEL) (2017).

Kim Talus, An Intergovernmental Agreement for Nord Stream 2: Rationale, Content and Impact, Oil, Gas and Energy Law (OGEL) (2017).

Sirja-Leena Penttinen, The First Examples of Designing the National Renewable Energy Support Schemes under the Revised EU State Aid Guidelines, 2(37) ​Eur. Comp. L. Rev. 77-83 ​(2016).

Kim Talus, Joint purchases of US LNG by European Consortiums – Potential Antitrust Issues, 9(6) Journal of World Energy Law & Business. 437-45 (2016).

Kim Talus & R J. Heffron, The development of energy law in the 21st century: a paradigm shift?, 9(3) Journal of World Energy Law & Business. 189-202 (2016).

Kim Talus & R J. Heffron, The Evolution of Energy Law and Energy Jurisprudence: Insights for Energy Analysts and Researchers, 19 Energy Research & Social Science. 1-10 (2016).

Kim Talus, Float Like a Butterfly, Sting Like a Bee: Judicial Challenges to Renewable Energy Support Schemes in the Europe, 6(3-4) Climate Law. 250-63 (2016).

Book chapters

S.-L. Penttinen, 'Regulatory and Policy Approaches to Promote Decarbonisation in the Energy Sector' in L. Reins and J. M.Verschuuren (eds.), Research Handbook on Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation (forthcoming, Edward Elgar 2021.)

Sirja-Leena Penttinen et al., 'Building electrification: policy implications and interactions', in P. Aalto (ed.), Electrification: Accelerated Transition to Climate Neutrality (Elsevier 2021), pp. 175-196.

J. Koskela, S.-L. Penttinen, K. Talus et al., 'The role of back-up solutions and energy storage for management of a system with a high amount of intermittent renewable power', P. Aalto (ed.), Electrification: Accelerated Transition to Climate Neutrality (Elsevier 2021), pp. 105-124.

T. Haukkala, H. Holttinen, J. Kiviluoma, A. Mori, S.-L. Penttinen, K. Talus at al., 'How to accelerate renewable energy production?' in P. Aalto (ed.), Electrification: Accelerated Transition to Climate Neutrality (Elsevier 2021), pp. 79-103.

P. Aalto, K. Talus et al., 'How to accelerate electrification? The leverage of policies' in P. Aalto (ed.), Electrification: Accelerated Transition to Climate Neutrality (Elsevier 2021).

Kristoffer Svendsen, 'Liability and Compensation for Activities in the Area' in C. Banet (ed.), The Law of the Seabed (Brill 2020).

Sirja-Leena Penttinen, Energy Market Liberalisation: From Monopolistic to Traded Markets in the European Union, in T. Hunter et al: Research Handbook on Energy Law (Routledge 2020), pp. 77-89.

Sirja-Leena Penttinen & Leonie Reins, Adopting the Current Market Rules to New Market Realities: Renewable Energy Grid Integration in the EU, in T. Oyewunmi, P. Crossley, F. Sourgens & K. Talus, Decarbonisation and the Energy Industry: Law, Policy and Regulation in Low-Carbon Energy Markets (Hart Publishing 2020), pp. 263-282.

Kim Talus & C. Hasz, Gas flaring in Texas, in Tade Oyewunmi, Penelope Crossley, Frederik Gilles Sourgens and Kim Talus, Decarbonisation and the Energy Industry: Law, Policy and Regulation in Low-Carbon Energy Markets (forthcoming Hart Publishing 2020).

Kim Talus, Regulation of Natural Gas Pipeline Contruction and Operation in the United States, in Hunter (et al), Handbook of Energy Law (forthcoming 2020).

Kim Talus & P. Aalto, Energy Transitions and the Law, in Hunter (et al), Handbook of Energy Law (Routledge 2020).

Kim Talus, Chapters on: National Constitutions, Petroleum Law, International Law, in E. Pereira (ed.), The Encyclopedia of Oil and Gas Law, Volume One: Upstream, 2nd ed. (Globe Law and Business 2019).

Kim Talus, Energy Policies in the Context of Sustainable Development, in Encyclopedia of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals: Affordable and Clean Energy, Walter Leal Filho (et al) (eds) (Springer 2019, with P. Aalto, I. Ruostesaari and J. Muth).

Tade Oyewunmi, The Evolving International Gas Market and Energy Security in Nigeria, in Sola Adesola and Feargal Brennan (eds.), Energy in African Developing Economies: Policy, Management and Sustainability (Palgrave Macmillan 2018).

Kim Talus, Regulating emerging technologies: how bad regulation can prevent commercializing useful innovations in waste-to-energy conversion, in H. Post (ed) From Waste to Energy (Eleven International Publishing 2018, with T. Turunen).

Kim Talus, Competences in EU energy policy, in J. Wouters ja R. Leal-Arcas (eds) Research Handbook on EU Energy Law and Policy (Edward Elgar 2017, with P. Aalto).

Kim Talus, Article 42(1) of the industrial emissions Directive – The unfortunate consequence of Lahti Energy Oy Judgment, in S-L. Penttinen & I. Mersinia, Energy Transitions: Regulatory and Policy Trends (Intersentia 2017).

Sirja-Leena Penttinen, The Growing Impact of Free Movement Provisions in the EU Energy Market, in R. J. Heffron & G. Little (eds), Delivering Energy Law and Policy in the EU and the US 116-121 (Edinburgh University Press 2016).

Sirja-Leena Penttinen, Introduction: Examining Different Aspects of the Energy Transition, in S-L. Penttinen & I. Mersinia (eds), ​Energy Transitions: Regulatory and Policy Trends 1-7 (Intersentia 2017).

Sirja-Leena Penttinen, The Treaty Freedoms in the Energy Sector - Overview and State of Play, in ​S-L. Penttinen & I. Mersinia (eds), ​Energy Transitions: Regulatory and Policy Trends 75-107 (Intersentia 2017).

Kim Talus, Antitrust Enforcement in the EU Energy Sector, in R. J. Heffron, G. F. M. Little (eds), Delivering Energy Law and Policy in the EU and the US - A Reader (Edinburgh University Press 2016).

Kim Talus, Oil and Gas, in E. Morgera & K. Kulovesi, Research Handbook in International Law and Natural Resources (Edvard Elgars 2016).

Kim Talus, Internationalisation of Host Government Contracts, in S. Schill & M. Audit, The Transnational Law of Public Contracts (Bruyllant 2016), with Steven Otillar and Scott Looper.

Other publications

S.-L. Penttinen, 'Book review: European Energy Law Report, Volume XIII by Martha M. Roggenkamp and C. Banet (eds.)', 19 (4) Oil, Gas, and Energy Law (2021).

S.-L. Penttinen, 'Book review: Energy Storage: Legal and Regulatory Challenges and Opportunities by Louise Dalton' 6 Oild, Gas and Energy Law: Special Issue on the Law and Policy of Energy Storage (2020).