Catherine Banet

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Academic Interests

Energy law - environmental law - EU law - EEA law natural resources law - state aids - internal energy market

Undergoing research: energy market design, energy infrastructures regulation, Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs); financing of energy projects; EU state aids law and the energy sector; exploitation of mineral seabed resources; offshore energy production, incl. offshore wind and hydrogen; carbon capture and storage (CCS); network codes and guidelines.

Teaching experience and student supervision

Energy law – environmental law – EU and EEA law – competition law (in particular state aids) – renewable energy – climate change.

Course responsibility: environmental law (JUS2211), Energy Law (JUS1412/5412).

Co-Director of the professional part-time LL.M programme in Energy Law: North Sea Energy Law Programme (NSELP) (nselp.eu).

Higher education and employment history

Ph.D. (UiO, Oslo) 2012, LL.M in International and European Energy and Environmental Law (KUL, Leuven) 2007, MA in International Politics (Ceris, Paris/Brüssel) 2003, MA in European Affairs (UCL, Louvain-la-Neuve) 2002, LL.B (Lille) 2002, I.E.P. (Aix-en-Provence) 2001.

Professor (2021), Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Law, Energy and Resources Law Department. Head of Department (2021-). 

Associate Professor, Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Law, Energy and Resources Law Department (2014-2021). 

Senior Research Fellow, Fridtjof Nansen Institute, Oslo. Projects: Implementing Network Codes (INC) and Regulating Power in Norway Decentralization or Centralization (POWREG)  (2020-2024).

Scientific Advisor, Frisch Center, Oslo Center for Research on Environmentally friendly Energy (CREE) (FME) (2017-2019).

Associate Lawyer, Advokatfirmaet Simonsen Vogt Wiig AS, Oil and Energy Department, 2011-2014.

Ph.D research fellow, Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Law, Petroleum and Energy Law Department, 2006-2011.

Associate Lawyer, law firm Huglo-Lepage & Partners, Brussels, 2004-2006.

Blue Book stagiaire, European Commission, Directorate General Environment, Brussels, 2003-2004.

Intern, U.S. Embassy in Belgium, Department of Commerce, Energy and Environment Sections, 2003.

Membership and appointments

Head of the Department for Energy and Resources Law, University of Oslo (2021-)

Chair of the Board, Norwegian Energy Law Association (2021-)

Vice-Dean for International Relations, Faculty of Law (2017-2021)

Research Group in Natural Resources Law, Faculty of Law (co-lead)

Member of the Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC), Norwegian Research Center for Wind Energy (NorthWind)

CERRE - Centre on Regulation in Europe (CERRE) - Academic Research Fellow (2019-)

Expert committee on energy and environmental law of the Norwegian Center for Continuing Legal Education, member

Member of the Academic Advisory Group of the Section on Energy, Environmental and Infrastructure Law (SEERIL), International Bar Association (IBA)

Ph.D-thesis

Tradable green certificates schemes under EU law: the influence of EU law on national support schemes for renewable electricity generation(UniPub, 2012) (available in open access in DUO). Nominated to the King’s Gold Medal.

Tags: Energy Law, Petroleum Law, Natural resources, EU Law, EEA law, environmental law, Nordic, European Law, State aids, Law of the Sea, climate change, renewable energy, CCS, crowdfunding

Publications

  • Pollitt, Michael; von der Fehr, Nils-Henrik M.; Willems, Bert; Banet, Catherine; Le Coq, Chloé & Chyong, Chi Kong (2024). Recommendations for a future-proof electricity market design in Europe in light of the 2021-23 energy crisis. Energy Policy. ISSN 0301-4215. 188. doi: 10.1016/j.enpol.2024.114051.
  • Banet, Catherine; Büll, Alberto; Lew, Darryl & Sourgens, Frédéric G. (2023). Electricity Market Design - Global Regulatory Approaches to Facing the Challenges of the Energy Transition, 69th Natural resources and energy law institute. The foundation for natural resources and energy law. ISSN 978-1-943497-57-7.
  • Rumpf, Julius & Banet, Catherine (2023). Energy Law. In Scholten, Miroslav (Eds.), Research Handbook on the Enforcement of EU Law. Edward Elgar Publishing. ISSN 9781802208023. p. 365–380. doi: 10.4337/9781802208030.00033.
  • Banet, Catherine (2023). Domestic Laws Governing Ocean Carbon Dioxide Removal - Norway. In Webb, Romany; Silverman-Roati, Korey & Gerrard, Michael (Ed.), Ocean Carbon Dioxide Removal for Climate Mitigation - The Legal Framework. Edward Elgar Publishing. ISSN 978 1 80220 884 9. p. 227–254.
  • Banet, Catherine Marie Nicole; Mostert, Hanri; Paddock, Leroy; Montoya, Milton Fernando & del guyao, Iñigo (2022). Conclusion - Managing Disruption and Reinventing the Future. Resilience as Requirement for Legal Frameworks. In Banet, Catherine; Mostert, Henri; Paddock, Leroy; Montoya, Milton Fernando & Guayo, Iñigo del (Ed.), Resilience in energy, infrastructure, and natural resources law. Examining legal pathways for sustainability in times of disruption.. Oxford University Press. ISSN 978-0-19-286457-4. p. 359–368. doi: https:/doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192864574.003.0022.
  • Banet, Catherine Marie Nicole; Mostert, Hanri; Paddock, Leroy; Montoya, Milton Fernando & del guyao, Iñigo (2022). Introduction. In Banet, Catherine; Mostert, Henri; Paddock, Leroy; Montoya, Milton Fernando & Guayo, Iñigo del (Ed.), Resilience in energy, infrastructure, and natural resources law. Examining legal pathways for sustainability in times of disruption.. Oxford University Press. ISSN 978-0-19-286457-4. p. 3–12. doi: https:/doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192864574.003.0001.
  • Banet, Catherine (2022). Planning for Resilience: Resilience as a Criterion in Energy, Climate, Natural Resources, and Spatial Planning Law. In Banet, Catherine; Mostert, Henri; Paddock, Leroy; Montoya, Milton Fernando & Guayo, Iñigo del (Ed.), Resilience in energy, infrastructure, and natural resources law. Examining legal pathways for sustainability in times of disruption.. Oxford University Press. ISSN 978-0-19-286457-4. p. 45–66. doi: https:/doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192864574.003.0004.
  • Banet, Catherine (2022). Energy Planning Legal Requirements and Offshore Wind in Norway. In Fleming, Ruven; de Graaf, Kars; Hancher, Leigh & Woerdman, Edwin (Ed.), A Force of Energy - Essays in Energy Law in Honour of Professor Martha Roggenkamp. University of Groningen Press. ISSN 9789403429533. p. 191–203.
  • van der Spek, Mijndert; Banet, Catherine; Bauer, Christian; Gabrielli, Paolo; Goldthorpe, Ward & Mazzotti, Marco [Show all 13 contributors for this article] (2022). Perspective on the hydrogen economy as a pathway to reach net-zero CO2 emissions in Europe. Energy & Environmental Science. ISSN 1754-5692. 15(3), p. 1034–1077. doi: 10.1039/D1EE02118D. Full text in Research Archive
  • Banet, Catherine & O'Brien, Alice (2021). De-risking the hydrogen-ccs value chain through law. European Energy and Environmental Law Review. ISSN 1879-3886. 30(2), p. 24–41.
  • Banet, Catherine (2021). The treatment of intellectual property rights in open innovation models: new business models for the energy transition. In Rognstad, Ole-Andreas & Ørstavik, Inger Berg (Ed.), Intellectual Property and Sustainable Markets. Edward Elgar Publishing. ISSN 978 1 78990 134 4. p. 206–232.
  • Munkejord, Svend Tollak; Mazzotti, Marco; van der Spek, Mijndert; Banet, Catherine; Shah, Nilay & Sunny, Nixon [Show all 13 contributors for this article] (2021). Elegancy - enabling a low-carbon economy via hydrogen and CCS. In Røkke, Nils Anders & Knuutila, Hanna K (Ed.), TCCS–11. CO2 Capture, Transport and Storage. Trondheim 22nd–23rd June 2021. Short Papers from the 11th International Trondheim CCS Conference. SINTEF akademisk forlag. ISSN 978-82-536-1714-5. p. 135–142. Full text in Research Archive
  • Banet, Catherine & Brunt, Astrid Skjønborg (2021). Regulating high voltage power lines : electromagnetic fields and safety. In Roggenkamp, Martha; Graaf, Kars J. de & Fleming, Ruven (Ed.), Energy law, climate change and the environment. Edward Elgar Publishing. ISSN 978-1-78811-967-2. p. 621–632.
  • Banet, Catherine (2021). Regulering av karbonfangst, transport og lagring i norsk rett. In Bugge, Hans Christian (Eds.), Klimarett - internasjonal, europeisk og norsk klimarett mot 2030. Universitetsforlaget. ISSN 9788215043425. p. 520–556. Full text in Research Archive
  • Banet, Catherine (2021). Local Content and Sustainable Development in Norway. In Olawuyi, Damilola (Eds.), Local Content and Sustainable Development in Global Energy Markets.. Cambridge University Press. ISSN 978-1-108-49537-0. p. 245–263. Full text in Research Archive
  • Boasson, Elin Lerum; Banet, Catherine & Wettestad, Jørgen (2021). France: from renewables laggard to technology-specific devotee. In Boasson, Elin Lerum; Leiren, Merethe Dotterud & Wettestad, Jørgen (Ed.), Comparative Renewables Policy: Political, Organizational and European Fields. Routledge. ISSN 9780367187668. p. 149–170.

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  • Banet, Catherine; Mostert, Henri; Paddock, Leroy; Montoya, Milton Fernando & Guayo, Iñigo del (2022). Resilience in energy, infrastructure, and natural resources law. Examining legal pathways for sustainability in times of disruption. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-286457-4. 379 p.

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  • Banet, Catherine (2024). The upcoming EU legislative framework for hydrogen and gases markets.
  • Banet, Catherine & Gimeno, Carmen (2024). Remuneration of Distribution System Operators: which framework for anticipatory investments. [Internet]. Universitetet i Oslo.
  • Banet, Catherine (2024). Legal framework for electricity market design offshore.
  • Marsh, Nicola Ann; Lothe, Ane & Banet, Catherine (2023). CO2 Storage Forum: Terminology around storage risk.
  • Banet, Catherine (2023). Energy Transition, Resilience and International Solidarity.
  • Banet, Catherine & Mauger, Romain (2023). Recent changes to the energy storage regime in EU law. [Internet]. Universitetet i Oslo.
  • Banet, Catherine (2023). Regulation and Standards for a Resilient European Energy System.
  • Banet, Catherine (2023). The role of the Net Zero Industry Act in boosting CCS activities in Europe.
  • Banet, Catherine (2023). Touching Hydrogen Future: Norway, 2035. In Rakhou, Erik & Puentes, Rosa (Ed.), Touching Hydrogen Future: Tour Around the Globe: Jules Verne Style’ stories on the role of Hydrogen in 2030s and 2040s. Independently published. p. 256–262.
  • Banet, Catherine (2023). "Touching Hydrogen Future" Book Presentation: Norway.
  • Banet, Catherine; Lochet, Antoine & Guðjónsdóttir, Anna Björg (2023). Regulation of geothermal energy and EU/EEA law: overview and perspectives. [Internet]. Universitetet i Oslo.
  • Banet, Catherine & Jerichau, Kia Marie (2023). The role and regulation of flexibility in balancing a 100% green electricity system. [Internet]. Universitetet i Oslo.
  • Banet, Catherine (2023). Knuser håp om egen strømpris for utenlandskabler. [Newspaper]. Nationen.
  • Banet, Catherine (2023). EUs elmarkedsreform kan splitte nord og sør. [Internet]. Montel.
  • Banet, Catherine (2023). Regulating low carbon and renewable sources in a changing energy system: legal perspectives.
  • Banet, Catherine (2023). EU proposal for carbon removal certification: a first appraisal.
  • Banet, Catherine (2023). Ensuring good resource management when developing CO2 storage activities: an appraisal of available regulatory tools.
  • Banet, Catherine (2023). EUs 4. energimarkedspakke og implikasjoner for Norge. [Internet]. Samfunnsbedriftene.
  • Banet, Catherine (2023). Vurderingsgrunnlag for valg av CCS som et alternativ til elektrifisering: hva kan vi lære fra Melkøya-saken? .
  • Banet, Catherine (2023). Inflation Reduction Act og subsidiekappløpet mellom USA og EU.
  • Banet, Catherine (2023). Does the EU network codes regulatory regime provide sufficient flexibility to accommodate a changing electricity market?
  • Banet, Catherine Marie Nicole (2023). Do the EU network codes and guidelines provide sufficient flexibility to accomodate a changing electricity market?
  • Banet, Catherine Marie Nicole (2023). EU agenda for electricity market design reform: A law and economics perspective on the Commission’s public consultation of January 2023.
  • Banet, Catherine (2023). Legal framework for electricity market design with offshore wind.
  • Banet, Catherine (2023). Knuser håp om egen strømpris for utenlandskabler: – Ikke veldig lovlig. [Internet]. Nationen.
  • Szulecki, Kacper; Banet, Catherine; Berg, Olav & Porcher, Fabien (2022). Europe’s green transition – Opportunities and barriers for EU-Norway cooperation.
  • Banet, Catherine (2022). Tredjepartsadgang til infrastruktur for transport og lagring av CO2.
  • Banet, Catherine (2022). Reform agenda for EU electricity market design regulation: targeting long-term reforms in net zero energy systems.
  • Banet, Catherine (2022). Speeding up permitting procedures for accelerating renewable energy deployment in the EU: a new minefield?
  • Banet, Catherine (2022). Tredjepartsadgang til infrastruktur for transport og lagring av CO2.
  • Lindberg, Marie Byskov & Banet, Catherine (2022). Enforcing, applying, and revising the TCMs during transition and crisis.
  • Banet, Catherine (2022). Norwegian legal framework for ocean-based carbon dioxide removal technologies.
  • Banet, Catherine (2022). Regulering av hydrogen: gjennomføring av EU lovgivningen i norsk rett, regulatorisk tilnærming og markedstilgang i overgangsperioden.
  • Banet, Catherine (2022). Designing a Legal Regime for Third Party Access to CO2 Transport Infrastructures and Storage Sites: Norway as a Case Study.
  • Banet, Catherine (2022). Resiliens og planleggingsrett.
  • Banet, Catherine (2022). Steelmakers frustrated with slow start of EU green hydrogen production. [Internet]. EURACTIV.
  • Banet, Catherine (2022). Energy crisis in Europe: what is the EU doing? [Internet]. GreenFact.
  • Banet, Catherine (2022). EEA-EFTA perspective on European Environmental and Climate law.
  • Banet, Catherine (2022). The enforcement nature of the EU Governance System of the Energy Union and Climate Action.
  • Banet, Catherine (2022). CCS regulation: Taking stoke and looking ahead.
  • Banet, Catherine (2022). European regulation of hydrogen and carbon capture and storage.
  • Banet, Catherine (2022). Fitting seaports in EU energy infrastructure legislation for delivering a low-carbon energy system.
  • Banet, Catherine (2022). "From Repower EU to Save Gas for a Safe Winter: EU legal mechanisms to foster energy solidarity and resilience".
  • Banet, Catherine (2022). Regjeringen varsler eksport-restriksjoner: Slik kan det gjøres. [Internet]. Europower.
  • Banet, Catherine (2022). What Role will Hydrogen Play in the North Sea 2.0?
  • Banet, Catherine (2022). EU forbereder seg på at Russland kan stanse alle gassleveransene til Europa: Foreslår storkutt i gassbruk. [Newspaper]. Klassekampen.
  • Banet, Catherine (2022). The meaning of resilience for energy, infrastructure and natural resources law.
  • Banet, Catherine (2022). Lokale gevinster fra vindkraftverk.
  • Banet, Catherine (2022). Interview: Professor Catherine Banet on the European Commission REpowerEU Plan. [Internet]. Centre on Regulation in Europe.
  • Banet, Catherine (2022). Planning for Resilience: What can be legally done to mitigate disruptive environmental and other severe events and adjust to their impacts?
  • Banet, Catherine (2022). Europos Komisija pristatė, kaip rengiasi atsisakyti rusiškos energijos – planas yra, bet ar nepritrūks laiko? (The European Commission has set out how it is preparing to abandon Russian energy - a plan is in place, but won't it run out of time?). [Internet]. LRT TV naujienų tarnyba, LRT.lt.
  • Banet, Catherine (2022). Sp og Frp vil ha makspris på strøm - også for næringslivet. [Newspaper]. Nationen.
  • Banet, Catherine (2021). Moving forward with Gas Decarbonisation. [Internet]. https://youtu.be/VBekv2BtySE.
  • Banet, Catherine (2021). Local content requirements in the energy sector: rationale, legality and lessons from Norway.
  • Banet, Catherine (2021). Hydrogen turning Europe into climate neutral economy, energy leaders highlight. [Business/trade/industry journal]. Engineering News.
  • Banet, Catherine (2021). The Regulatory Landscape of Hydrogen in the Gas Grids.
  • Banet, Catherine (2021). Regulating the reuse and repurposing of oil and gas installations. #SINTEFblog.
  • Banet, Catherine (2020). EUs grønne giv: status og fremtidsutsikter. Kulde og varmepumper. ISSN 1890-8918. p. 43–44.
  • Banet, Catherine & Willems, Bert (2023). Scaling up Offshore Wind Energy in Europe. Centre on Regulation in Europe.
  • Banet, Catherine; Baldursson, Fridrik M. & Chyong, Chi Kong (2023). Building Resilience in Europe’s Energy System. Centre on Regulation in Europe (CERRE).
  • Banet, Catherine Marie Nicole (2023). Building Europe's Hydrogen and Renewable Gas Markets. Centre on Regulation in Europe (CERRE).
  • Banet, Catherine Marie Nicole (2022). Recommendations for a Future-Proof Electricity Market Design. Centre on Regulation in Europe.
  • Jevnaker, Torbjørg; Lindberg, Marie Byskov & Banet, Catherine (2022). Research Brief #4. Implementation and adjustment ahead: Enforcing, applying, and revising the TCMs during transition and crisis. Fridtjof Nansens Institutt.
  • Pollitt, Michael; von der Fehr, Nils-Henrik Mørch; Banet, Catherine & Willems, Bert (2022). The European Wholesale Electricity Market: From Crisis to Net Zero. Centre on Regulation in Europe (CERRE).
  • von der Fehr, Nils-Henrik M.; Banet, Catherine; Le Coq, Chloé; Pollitt, Michael & Willems, Bert (2022). Retail Energy Markets under Stress: Lessons Learnt for the Future of Market Design. Centre on Regulation in Europe (CERRE).
  • Banet, Catherine; Sørensen, Astrid; Bjørndal, Mette Helene; Fuhrman, Jay; Hessen, Dag Olav & Sebastian, Hole Markus [Show all 16 contributors for this article] (2022). Negative emissions and carbon dioxide removal (CDR) including ocean scenarios: Drivers, uncertainties, and deployment potential. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet.
  • Banet, Catherine (2021). Revision of the Renewable Energy Directive (REDII): How to improve tendering, planning and tracking rules to deliver the European Green Deal. Centre on Regulation in Europe (CERRE).
  • Otte, Pia; Mæhle, Natalia; Hansen, Sissel; Farstad, Maja; Bjerke Soldal, Olav & Stoknes, Per Espen [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2021). COOLCROWD – en veiledning for lokal folkefinansiering av klimatiltak i landbruket. RURALIS - Institutt for rural- og regionalforskning. ISSN 1503-2035. Full text in Research Archive

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