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AUCEL welcomes Bastian Jansen from the Norwegian Energy Ministry
This week, AUCEL welcomed Bastian Jansen, a Senior Adviser at the Norwegian Ministry of Energy. On his visit to Scotland, Bastian stopped over in Aberdeen, where he met with AUCEL research staff to discuss the role of law and policy in the deployment of offshore wind in the UK and...
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Daopu Somoni presents at the at the University of Wyoming Subsurface Futures symposium
At the end of October, our PhD candidate, Daopu Somoni, participated in the ‘Subsurface Futures: Extractives, Critical Minerals, and Decarbonization’symposium, organised by the University of Wyoming, United States. Daopu presented his paper on ‘Just-Transitions in Fossil Fuel-Dependent Emerging Economies: Legal and Policy Frameworks to Enhance Subsurface Utilisation for CO2 Storage’ under...
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AUCEL hosts a book launch for Offshore Energy Law volume
On 19 September, the AUCEL convened academics and srudents for a book launch of Offshore Energy Law: Challenges and Opportunities for Renewables and Hydrocarbons out now with Hart Publishing With a full room in person and mrore participants across the globe joining online, the launch represented a true international collaboration this...
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Aberdeen energy law scholars showcase research at the 2025 Society of Legal Scholars' conference
Scholars from the Aberdeen University Centre for Energy Law (AUCEL) played a central role in the energy law session of the recently concluded Society of Legal Scholars (SLS) conference at the University of Leeds. This was the 116th annual conference of the SLS marking the long-standing tradition of annual academic...
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Prof Slater part of the ValMAS team securing £5.6 mln funding for marine structures research
There is a growing body of evidence on the effects on the marine environment of offshore oil, gas, and wind energy infrastructure, as well as shipwrecks, collectively known as marine artificial structures (MAS). Led by PML’s Professor Nicola Beaumont, the Value of Marine Artificial Structures (ValMAS) project aims to support...
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AUCEL co-hosts an event on community energy in the North East of Scotland
On 27 June, a diverse group of community members, renewable energy practitioners, academics, and policy-makers gathered at the University of Aberdeen for "Community Renewables in the North East of Scotland: Looking Back, Moving Forward", a timely event focused on advancing community-led energy initiatives in the region. The event explored how...
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AUCEL hosts an event examining the legal and practical implications of the Supreme Court's Finch dec
The assessment of Scope 3 downstream emissions from oil and gas production has been the subject of litigation in the United Kingdom for years with claimants calling for its inclusion into the environmental impact assessment, and the authorities with the industry maintaining these emissions are outside the scope of the...
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AUCEL members contribute to newly published Offshore Energy Law volume
AUCEL memebrs contributed to the new book on Offshore Energy Law coming out with Hart Publishing this month. Offshore environments have vast resources to provide energy solutions for humankind. While they have been explored and extracted for more than a century when it comes to hydrocarbons, there is rapidly growing...
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Advancing comparative wind energy research: Tayo Gbemi's visit to CLIMA, University of Copenhagen
In April 2025, our PhD student Tayo Gbemi joined the Centre for Climate Change Law and Governance (CLIMA) at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, as a visiting researcher. The visit formed an integral part of her ongoing research on renewable energy law and policy, focusing on regulatory frameworks for onshore...
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AUCEL hosts the workshop on marine law and policy for the Cross-Party Group on Fisheries and Coastal
Untangled: Understanding Scotland’s Marine Law and Policy To support a needs-based assessment of legal, policy, and related challenges in marine planning, the Aberdeen University Centre for Energy Law (AUCEL), in collaboration with the Fishmonger’s Company’s Fisheries Charitable Trust, hosted a workshop on marine law and policy on Thursday, 17 April 2025....