TY - BOOK AU - Crossley,Penelope TI - Renewable energy law: an international assessment SN - 9781107185760 U1 - 346.04679 PY - 2019/// CY - Cambridge PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Renewable energy sources KW - Law and legislation KW - Economic aspects KW - Government policy KW - Energy industries N1 - I. What is renewable energy? A case of conceptual consensus -- The renewable energy sources used for electricity generation -- II. Why do countries intervene in the renewable energy sector? A case of normative divergence -- The economic justification for regulating renewable energy -- Why do countries legislate to accelerate the deployment of renewable energy? -- III. What role do regulatory support mechanisms play in national renewable energy laws? A case of substantive divergence -- How do countries regulate to support renewable energy? -- The future development of regulatory support mechanisms - unification, harmonisation, convergence, divergence or regulatory competition? ER -