Cross-border renewable energy development is a rapidly growing share of the more than $200 billion per year renewable energy industry. Balancing the interests of investors seeking regulatory certainty with the interests of states in environmental protection is a significant source of potential conflict. In a joint publication by two committees in the ABA Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources, I review global developments, including several notable legal battles, and discuss the possibility of public cooperative mechanisms as a partial solution.

Read Cross Border Renewable Energy Projects: Sustainable Development and Investor Protection here.