Catherine Banet

Academic Interests
Energy law – environmental law – EU/EEA law – state aids – internal energy market.
Undergoing research: energy market design, EU state aids law and the energy sector, energy infrastructures regulation, corporate renewable Power Purchase Agreements; guarantees of origin; crowdfunding of energy projects; exploitation of seabed resources; offshore energy production, incl. offshore wind and hydrogen; carbon capture and storage (CCS); regulation of technology innovation in the energy sector.; network codes.
Teaching experience and student supervision
Energy law – environmental law – EU and EEA law – competition law (in particular state aids) – renewable energy – climate change.
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.
Associate Professor, Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Law, Energy and Resources Law Department (2014-).
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-)
Vice-Dean for International Relations, Faculty of Law (2017-)
Chair of the Board, Norwegian Energy Law Association (2021-)
Research Group in Natural Resources Law, Faculty of Law
Nordic Environmental Law Network (NELN)
European Law Network, Faculty of Law
CERRE - Centre on Regulation in Europe (CERRE) - Academic Research Fellow (2019-)
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.
Publications
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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 CO<inf>2</inf> emissions in Europe. Energy & Environmental Science. ISSN 1754-5692. 15(3), p. 1034–1077. doi: 10.1039/D1EE02118D. Show summary
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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; Wawryk, Alexandra & Pereira, Eduardo (2020). Regional Seas Conventions and Decommissioning. The Regulation of Decommissioning, Abandonment and Reuse Initiatives in the Oil and Gas Industry: From Obligation to Opportunities.. Wolters Kluwer. ISSN 9789403506937. p. 47–74. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
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Banet, Catherine (2020). Norway, The Regulation of Decommissioning, Abandonment and Reuse Initiatives in the Oil and Gas Industry: From Obligation to Opportunities.. Wolters Kluwer. ISSN 9789403506937. p. 541–557. Show summary
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Banet, Catherine (2020). Regulating the Reuse and Repurposing of Oil and Gas Installations in the Context of Decommissioning: Creating Incentives and Enabling Energy System Integration. The Regulation of Decommissioning, Abandonment and Reuse Initiatives in the Oil and Gas Industry: From Obligation to Opportunities.. Wolters Kluwer. ISSN 9789403506937. p. 205–227. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
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Banet, Catherine (2020). Electricity Network Tariffs Regulation and Distributive Energy Justice: Balancing the Need for New Investments and a Fair Energy Transition. In Del Guayo, Íñigo; Godden, Lee; Zillman, Donald D; Montoya, Milton Fernando & González, José Juan (Ed.), Energy Justice and Energy Law. Oxford University Press. ISSN 9780198860754. p. 83–102. doi: 10.1093/oso/9780198860754.003.0006. Full text in Research Archive
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Banet, Catherine (2020). Legal Status and Legal Effects of the Commission’s State Aid Guidelines: The Case of the Guidelines on State Aid for Environmental Protection and Energy (EEAG) (2014-2020). European State Aid Law Quarterly. ISSN 1619-5272. 19(2), p. 172–184. doi: 10.21552/estal/2020/2/9. Show summary
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Banet, Catherine (2020). The Law of the Seabed. In Banet, Catherine (Eds.), The Law of the Seabed: Access, Uses, and Protection of Seabed Resources.. Brill|Nijhoff. ISSN 978-90-04-39156-7. p. 1–18. doi: https%3A/doi.org/10.1163/9789004391567_002. Show summary
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Smith, Don; Banet, Catherine & Martinez Romera, Beatriz (2019). Teaching the law of energy transition in the era of internationalisation and digitalisation of legal university education: the Transatlantic University Collaboration in Climate Change and Energy Law (TUCCCEL) programme. Journal of Energy and Natural Resources Law. ISSN 0264-6811. 37(4), p. 443–464. doi: 10.1080/02646811.2019.1663048. Show summary
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Bjørnebye, Henrik & Banet, Catherine (2019). Licensing regime: Norway. In Pereira, Eduardo Guedes & Bjørnebye, Henrik (Ed.), Regulating offshore petroleum Resources. The British and Norwegian model. Edward Elgar Publishing. ISSN 9781785368905. p. 96–126. doi: 10.4337/9781785368912.00010.
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Leiren, Merethe Dotterud; Szulecki, Kacper; Rayner, Tim & Banet, Catherine (2019). Energy security concerns versus market harmony: The Europeanisation of capacity mechanisms. Politics and Governance. ISSN 2183-2463. 7(1), p. 92–104. doi: 10.17645/pag.v7i1.1791. Full text in Research Archive
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Banet, Catherine (2018). Prosumer Legislation in Norway: A First Step for Empowering Small Energy Consumers. In Roggenkamp, Martha & Banet, Catherine (Ed.), European energy law report Volume XII. Intersentia. ISSN 978-1-78068-672-1. p. 169–189. doi: 10.1017/9781780688091.010. Full text in Research Archive
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Banet, Catherine (2018). Techno-nationalism in the context of energy transition. Regulating Technology innovation transfer in offshore Wind technologies. In Zillman, Donald N.; Roggenkamp, Martha; Paddock, Leroy & Godden, Lee (Ed.), Innovation in energy Law and Technology. Dynamic solutions for energy transitions. Oxford University Press. ISSN 978-0-19-882208-0. p. 74–99. doi: 10.1093/oso/9780198822080.003.0005.
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Banet, Catherine (2017). The Paris agreement to the UNFCCC: underlying Dynamics and expexted consequences for the energy sector. In Roggenkamp, Martha & Banet, Catherine (Ed.), European energy Law report XI. Intersentia. ISSN 978-1-78068-469-7. p. 71–91.
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Banet, Catherine (2017). Legal framework to develop offshore Wind Power in Norway. In Gao, Anton Ming-Zhi & Fan, Chien-Te (Ed.), The Development of a comprehensive legal framework for the promotion of offshore Wind Power. The lessons from Europe and Pasific Asia. Wolters Kluwer. ISSN 978-90-411-8397-2. p. 103–142.
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Banet, Catherine (2017). Legal framework to develop offshore Wind Power in France. In Gao, Anton Ming-Zhi & Fan, Chien-Te (Ed.), The Development of a comprehensive legal framework for the promotion of offshore Wind Power. The lessons from Europe and Pasific Asia. Wolters Kluwer. ISSN 978-90-411-8397-2. p. 59–86.
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Banet, Catherine (2017). Effectiveness in Climate Regulation: Simultaneous Application of a Carbon Tax and an Emissions Trading Scheme to the Offshore Petroleum Sector in Norway. Carbon and Climate Law Review. ISSN 1864-9904. 11(1), p. 25–38. doi: 10.21552/cclr/2017/1/5.
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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; Hall, Keith; Wawryk, Alxandra; Pereira, Eduardo Guedes & Trischmann, Heike (2020). The Regulation of Decommissioning, Abandonment and Reuse Initiatives in the Oil and Gas Industry: From Obligation to Opportunities. Wolters Kluwer. ISBN 9789403506937. 696 p. Show summary
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Banet, Catherine (2020). The Law of the Seabed: Access, Uses, and Protection of Seabed Resources. Brill|Nijhoff. ISBN 978-90-04-39156-7. 90(90). 640 p. Show summary
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Banet, Catherine & Roggenkamp, Martha (2020). European Energy Law Report XIII. Intersentia. ISBN 978-1-78068-950-0. 469 p. Show summary
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Roggenkamp, Martha & Banet, Catherine (2018). European energy law report Volume XII. Intersentia. ISBN 978-1-78068-672-1. 291 p.
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Roggenkamp, Martha & Banet, Catherine (2017). European energy Law report XI. Intersentia. ISBN 978-1-78068-469-7. 345 p.
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Banet, Catherine (2022). Energy Planning Requirements and Offshore Wind in Norway.
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Banet, Catherine (2022). Sp og Frp vil ha makspris på strøm - også for næringslivet. [Newspaper]. Nationen.
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Banet, Catherine (2021). Moving forward with Gas Decarbonisation. [Internet]. https://youtu.be/VBekv2BtySE. Show summary
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Bruhn, Rikke & Banet, Catherine (2021). Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS): Challenges and Opportunities, from a UiO perspective.
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Banet, Catherine (2021). Local content requirements in the energy sector: rationale, legality and lessons from Norway.
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Banet, Catherine (2021). Hydrogen turning Europe into climate neutral economy, energy leaders highlight. [Business/trade/industry journal]. Engineering News. Show summary
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Banet, Catherine (2021). Forberedt kommentar til rapporten "EUs grønne giv – implikasjoner for norsk europapolitikk".
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Banet, Catherine (2021). The Regulatory Landscape of Hydrogen in the Gas Grids.
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Banet, Catherine (2021). Regulering av karbonfangst, transport og lagring i norsk rett.
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Banet, Catherine (2021). Regulating the reuse and repurposing of oil and gas installations. #SINTEFblog. Show summary
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Banet, Catherine (2020). EUs grønne giv: status og fremtidsutsikter. Kulde og varmepumper. ISSN 1890-8918. p. 43–44. Show summary
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Banet, Catherine (2020). Behovet for energiplanlegging og samordning offshore. EUs strategi for fornybar energi til havs.
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Banet, Catherine (2020). The role of independent energy regulators in times of disruption: lessons learned from Covid-19.
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Lind Berg, Tora & Banet, Catherine (2020). Klimasøksmålet: Dommen kan få enorme konsekvenser for Norges klimapolitikk. [Internet]. https://filternyheter.no/klimasoksmalet-dommen-kan-fa-enorme.
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Banet, Catherine (2020). The EU legal framework for sustainable finance: assessing the impacts of the EU Taxonomy Regulation on energy projects within the EU and in third countries.
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Banet, Catherine (2020). Havvind, hydrogen, CCS: Norge trenger en helhetlig energiplan for Nordsjøen. Energi og Klima : Norsk klimastiftelses nettmagasin. Show summary
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Banet, Catherine (2020). Klimakrisen og det grønne skiftet: Hvilke muligheter finnes i havet? [Internet]. Universitetsplassen LIVE. Show summary
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Banet, Catherine (2020). Regulating the re-use and re-purposing of oil and gas installations for CCS in the context of decommissioning.
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Banet, Catherine & Nickelsen, Trine (2020). De skal sikre miljøet og rettighetene: Havbunnen på topp hos juristene. . [Business/trade/industry journal]. Apollon.
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Banet, Catherine (2020). Regulating re-use and repurposing of installations for CCS and energy system integration.
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Banet, Catherine (2020). On the road to climate neutrality. [Internet]. Montel News Weekly Podcast.. Show summary
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Banet, Catherine (2020). Sector coupling: EU law and energy policy strategy.
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Banet, Catherine (2019). «Kraftsalgskontrakter», Corporate Renewable Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) sett i lys av EU-retten.
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Banet, Catherine (2019). Energy and Climate Plans: the affirmation of a new legal instrument for completing the energy transition.
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Anell, Ingrid Margareta; Banet, Catherine; Weber, Viktor; Vold, Sofie Fogstad; Riseng, Cathrine & Seglem, Heidi [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2019). The role of law in CCS deployment – Regulatory incentives to enable carbon capture and storage (CCS) in Norway.
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Banet, Catherine (2019). The role of hydrogen and carbon capture and storage within EU sector-coupling policy. Identifying legal principles for gas market re-design.
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Banet, Catherine (2019). "Public support to carbon capture and storage (CCS) under EU state aid rules.".
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Banet, Catherine (2019). "Decarbonising the European energy industry. Opportunities in the business area of carbon capture and storage (CCS).".
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Banet, Catherine (2019). "I dag starter andre runde av klimasøksmålet: – Vil bli flere slike saker i Norge.". [Internet]. nrk.no.
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Banet, Catherine (2019). Public support to carbon capture and storage (CCS) under EU state aid rules.
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Banet, Catherine (2019). Sector-coupling in the North Sea: decarbonising and creating new value by coupling the energy systems. Seizing a window of opportunity.
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Banet, Catherine (2019). "Electricity network tariffs regulation: between the need for new investments and a fair energy transition." .
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Banet, Catherine (2019). "Energilovgivning i EU og betydningen for norske kraftselskap.".
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Banet, Catherine & Goldberg, Silke (2019). Evolution of national support schemes for renewable energy sources. .
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Banet, Catherine & O'Brien, Alice (2019). Enabling the H2-CCS value chain by law: business models, risk mitigation, incentives and legal frameworks.
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Banet, Catherine (2019). Rør- og sjøtransport av CO2. Juridiske hindringer for å gjennomføre fullskala CO2-håndtering.
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Banet, Catherine (2018). Joint workshop on CCS risk and liability sharing .
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Banet, Catherine & Wettestad, Jørgen (2018). Frankrike som EUs nye klimaleder? Energi og Klima : Norsk klimastiftelses nettmagasin. Show summary
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Banet, Catherine (2018). Status Frankrikes energiomstilling og klimapolitikk.
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Banet, Catherine (2018). Kraftkontrakter: Corporate Renewable PPAs sett i lys av EU-retten.
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Banet, Catherine (2018). Crowdfunding regulation in Europe and Norway.
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Leiren, Merethe Dotterud; Szulecki, Kacper; Banet, Catherine & Rayner, Tim (2018). Black-out concerns against markets: Capacity mechanisms in European electricity markets.
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Leiren, Merethe Dotterud; Szulecki, Kacper; Banet, Catherine; Boasson, Elin Lerum; Wettestad, Jørgen & Bjermeland, Monica (2018). Panel: Utviklingen av støttesystemer for fornybar energi i seks europeiske land.
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Banet, Catherine (2018). Utenlandsk deltagelse i nasjonale kapasitetsmekanismer: en juridisk analyse.
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Banet, Catherine (2018). EUs godkjenning av nasjonale kapasitetsmekanismer.
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Banet, Catherine (2018). Crowdfunding of low carbon measures in agriculture.
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Banet, Catherine (2018). State of play of support schemes for renewable electricity generation in France: a legal review. .
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Banet, Catherine (2018). Climate litigation: how could comparative law be instructive to the Norwegian judiciary.
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Banet, Catherine (2018). Bio-CCS: regulating carbon negativity.
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Banet, Catherine & Bygrave, Lee Andrew (2018). Blockchain i energibransjen: Et juridisk perspektiv.
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Banet, Catherine (2018). The French regime for hydropower concessions under EU scrutiny: Opening-up to competition … or not.
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Banet, Catherine (2017). Juridiske aspekter ved folkefinansiering.
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Banet, Catherine (2017). Hvilke føringer legger folkeretten på utvinning av mineralressurser på havbunnen innenfor nasjonal jurisdiksjon.
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Banet, Catherine (2017). Re-use and Re-purposing of Installations as a Licensing Requirement.
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Banet, Catherine (2017). Hva er greia med klimasøksmål?
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Banet, Catherine (2017). Carbon negativity as legal requirement.
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Banet, Catherine (2017). EUs medlemsstater enige om å gi Kommisjonen innsyn i mellomstatlige energiavtaler. Energi og Klima : Norsk klimastiftelses nettmagasin.
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Banet, Catherine (2017). Macron vs. Le Pen: Hva skjer med klima- og energipolitikken? Energi og Klima : Norsk klimastiftelses nettmagasin.
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Banet, Catherine (2016). Coexistence between offshore petroleum activities and other commercial or environmental interests: area use regulation.
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Banet, Catherine (2016). Developing energy infrastructures in Norway.
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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). Show summary
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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