1st Edition

Renewable Energy Support Schemes in the EU State Aid Law and the Free Movement of Goods

By Theodoros G. Iliopoulos Copyright 2025
214 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

214 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

214 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

The book analyses how State aid law and the law of the free movement of goods apply to renewable energy support schemes, how they have impacted on the design and implementation of national support schemes, and how they have been instrumentalised to affect national renewable energy support policies. Legal theory and practice have not given a methodical answer to the following questions: when do... Read more

Foreword by Bernard Vanheusden

1. An Introduction of the Impact of EU Primary Law on Renewable Energy Support Schemes

2. Renewable Energy Support Schemes as State Aid

3. The Compatibility with the Internal Market of Renewable Energy Support Schemes that Constitute State Aid

4. Renewable Energy Support Schemes and the Law of the Free Movement of Goods

5. Conclusion: The Compliance of Renewable Energy Support Schemes with EU Primary Law

Biography

Theodoros G. Iliopoulos is a lawyer with a specialisation in energy law and economics and the regulation of energy transition. He is a visiting professor at Hasselt University and a researcher of Research Foundation-Flanders (FWO) and he has worked as an adjunct professor and a visiting professor on EU law, energy law and environmental law at the Free University of Brussels (VUB) and the University of Athens. He has also participated in research projects of Columbia University and the European Commission. He has studied law at the University of Athens (LLB, LLM), Utrecht University (LLM), Hasselt University (PhD), and the University of Maastricht (PhD).