L'étonnante construction juridique de l'énergie éolienne au Québec
As part of the JSDLP’s annual speaker series, Professor , École nationale d'administration publique, will give a lecture entitled “L'étonnante construction juridique de l'énergie éolienne au Québec.”
Abstract
The Gaspé Peninsula's strong winds are not enough to explain why large wind parks are now part of the Hydro-Quebec network. The inclusion of wind energy in Quebec’s energy portfolio required the creation of a complex—and somewhat surprising—legal framework, which was shaped by local and international forces. At the international level, the liberalization of North America’s electricity market and the fight against climate change were strong influences. On the local level, the main driving force was the regional economic development of the Gaspé Peninsula. This talk traces and analyzes the long pathway of the reconfiguration of Quebec’s energy policy, which, to promote wind energy, enabled the reintroduction of private electricity production into consumer markets.
About the series
The Ă山ǿĽé Journal of Sustainable Development Law & Policy (JSDLP) and its annual speaker series provides a forum in which leading scholars exchange ideas on the intersection between law, development, the environment, economics, and society.
