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There are not a significant number of theories in energy law but a central one concerns its evolution. A framework is important as it will in essence provide energy law with a ‘spirit’ or a raison d’être. This theory concerns the Evolution of Energy Law and the centre-point of this theoretical perspective is that to-date there have been Five Stages in the Evolution of Energy Law. In understanding what have been the key stages (or drivers) in the development of energy law it will give the energy law scholar an understanding of the motivation(s) behind the formulation of energy law.
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This chapter develops the authors’ thoughts more comprehensively and as they apply to energy law theory specifically from earlier works of the authors, and thanks and acknowledgements are expressed to the publishers of these works: see—(1) Heffron (2015a); (2) Heffron (2015b); and (3) Heffron and Talus (2016), pp. 1–10.
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A country that intends to build nuclear energy plants for the first time and that does not have nuclear weapons (European Parliament 2002).
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This includes investment in all energy types (DECC 2011).
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However, it is realised that subsidies are defined differently according to different disciplines and institutions.
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Heffron, R.J. (2021). The Evolution of Energy Law. In: Energy Law: An Introduction. SpringerBriefs in Law. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-77521-6_4
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