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Legal Implications of Renewable Energy Technologies: A Comparative Legal Analysis

By Jamshid Kazimi

Law and World · Vol. 11, No. 36, pp. 40-59 · 2025

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Abstract

The paper will discuss legal aspects of renewable energy technologies by comparing India, the United States, and Germany. It integrates both case law analysis and a framework of Policy evaluation to identify three determinative factors in the outcome of renewable energy: regulatory certainty, institutional capacity, and market integration. The results indicate that investors are confident in predictable and enforceable regulations, as seen in Germany, through stable feed-in tariffs, in contrast to the uncertainty of the U.S. tax incentives and the poor enforcement of Renewable Purchase Obligations in India. Institutional strength is highly connected to project acceleration, and delays in the U.S and Indian cases as compared to a relatively consistent regulatory framework in Germany. Reduction of cost comes with competition mechanisms like auctions, but their efficiency depends on an open and enforceable legal framework. The paper concludes that cost-effective, socially legitimate, and investor-friendly renewable energy transitions cannot be attained without the presence of adaptive and coherent legal frameworks that are based on the principles of enforceability, institutional robustness, and policy coherence.

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Publication type
Journal article
Author
  • Jamshid Kazimi - Ph.D. in Law, University Institute of Legal Studies, Chandigarh University, Punjab, India
Journal
Law and World
Publication
December 30, 2025
Volume
11
Issue
36
Pages
40-59
Language
English
DOI
10.36475/11.4.3
ISSN
2346-7916
Institutions
Chandigarh University
Access
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CC BY-SA 4.0
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Areas of law

Commercial and Business Law

Keywords

Renewable energy law comparative legal analysis institutional capacity investor confidence policy innovation

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Kazimi, J. (2025). Legal Implications of Renewable Energy Technologies: A Comparative Legal Analysis. Law and World, 11(36), 40-59. https://doi.org/10.36475/11.4.3
Kazimi, Jamshid. "Legal Implications of Renewable Energy Technologies: A Comparative Legal Analysis." Law and World 11, no. 36 (2025): 40-59. https://doi.org/10.36475/11.4.3.
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