Energy Risk & Strategy

Energy Risk & Strategy in Society

Professor Heffron’s research has covered the issue of risk in the energy sector and more broadly in society. His work has been funded by UK and EU research agencies and ministries on risk in CCS and nuclear energy. The issue of risk is important in the legal context where it revolves around the question of liability. A key discussion on risk is also the question of legal risk more specifically and in today’s world these have extended into ‘justice risks’. You can read more about that in a seminal paper Professor Heffron co-authored with scholars and practitioners.

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Check out the publications below:

  1. Heffron, R. J. 2023. Repurposing for the just transition: energy companies need to future-proof their structure and strategy. Journal of World Energy Law and Business, 16 (3), 302-307.
  2. Sokolowski, M. M. and Heffron, R. J. 2022. Defining and conceptualising energy policy failure: The when, where, why, and how. Energy Policy, 161, 112745
  3. Heffron, R. J. et al. 2021. The emergence of the ‘social licence to operate’ in the extractive industries? Resources Policy, 74, 101272
  4. Heffron, R.J. 2021. Energy multinationals challenged by the growth of human rights. Nature Energy, 6, 849.
  5. R. Heffron, S. Halbrugge, M. Körner, N.A. Obeng-Darko, T. Sumarno, J. Wagner, M. Weibelzahl. 2021. Justice in Solar Energy Development. Solar Energy, 218, 68-75.
  6. R. Heffron, R Connor, P Crossley, V López-Ibor Mayor, K Talus & J Tomain. 2021. The identification and impact of justice risks to commercial risks in the energy sector: post COVID-19 and for the energy transition. Journal of Energy & Natural Resources Law, 39 (4), 439-468.
  7. Heffron, R., Körner, M., Schopf, M., Wagner, J., and Weibelzahl, M. 2021. The role of flexibility in the light of the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond: Contributing to a sustainable and resilient energy future in Europe. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 140 (110743)
  8. Heffron, R. J. 2020. The Role of Justice in Developing Critical Minerals. The Extractives Industry and Society, 7 (3), 855-863.
  9. Heffron, R. J., Downes, L., Bysveen, M., Brakstad, E. V., Tom Mikunda, T., Neele, F., Eickhoff, C., Hanstock, D. and Schumann, D.  2018. Ownership, risk and the law for a CO2  transport network for carbon capture and storage in the European Union. Journal of Energy & Natural Resources Law, 36 (4), 433-462.
  10. Connor, R., Heffron, R. J., Khan, A.A. and Perkins, E. 2018. Legal Strategies for the Mitigation of Risk for Energy Infrastructure Projects. Journal of Energy & Natural Resources Law, 37 (1), 47-66.
  11. Nuttall, W. J., Ashley, S. and Heffron, R. J. 2017. Compensating for severe nuclear accidents: expert elucidation. Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 112, 131-142.
  12. Heffron, R., Ashley, S. and Nuttall, W. J. 2016. The Global Nuclear Liability Regime Post Fukushima Daiichi. Progress in Nuclear Energy 90 (July 2016), 1-10.
  13. Heffron RJ, McCauley D and Sovacool BK. 2015. Resolving Society’s Energy Trilemma through the Energy Justice Metric’, Energy Policy, 87, 168-176.
  14. Heffron, R. J. 2012. Romanian Nuclear New Build: Progress Amidst Turbulence. Progress in Nuclear Energy, 56, 43-60.