The environmental legal narrative of renewable energy sources: legal regulation in the Russian Federation and Canada
E.S. Koshcheeva, M.A. Smirnov
Section: Ecology and climate change
The article is analyses normative-legal regulation and public policy system of the renewable energy sources (RES) in the Russian Federation and Canada. The authors analyzed the normative-legal base of RES formation, generation and effect on the development of domestic and foreign policy of the states. An attempt is made to describe and compare environmental and legal approaches to the application and realization of RES and their impact on the development of the Russian Federation and Canada. The article analyzes “green” energy on the basis of state approaches and natural-
geographical conditions of the territory of the states at its formation. In the Russian Federation the main RES sectors are solar energy, wind energy, hydropower, energy obtained from biomass and waste processing, biogas, and landfill gas. In Canada, the main clean energy sectors are more province-specific and additionally include geothermal energy, green hydrogen and territorial tidal phenomena. The RES analysis will help to identify the specifics and opportunities for application and formation of new mechanisms of state policy and improvement of the regulatory framework in the Russian Federation. The main difference between the Canadian and Russian approach to legislative regulation is the two-tier regulation: the general directions of sustainable development and the four-year strategy are fixed at the federal level, while the main legislative regulation is carried out at the provincial level, depending on regional priorities in the development of certain RES types. The experience of Canada’s “distributed” regulatory framework can be used to improve Russian legislation, as it will help to take into account regional priorities in the development of certain RES types and implement short-term renewable energy projects.
Keywords: renewable energy sources, environmental safety, normative regulation, public policy (public administration)
Article published in number 3 for 2025 DOI: 10.25750/1995-4301-2025-3-195-201
ISSN 1995-4301
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