Renewable Energy In Russia: Problems And Prospects Of Legal Regulation

Abstract

Active development of global economy and high population growth, accompanied by the increase in its needs, contribute to a significant increase in energy consumption. According to various experts, by 2030 the volume of energy requirements will increase by another 40% in comparison with the current situation. The relevance of the research is reasoned by the low level of development of renewable energy in the Russian Federation and the need to develop effective legal regulation of relations in this area. This is especially acute against the backdrop of the active use of renewable energy in the world. In this regard, this article is devoted to the identification of legal regulators that could contribute to the active development of renewable energy in Russia. The leading approach to the study of this problem is the analysis of regulatory acts in the field of renewable energy in Russia and in the world in order to identify shortcomings and gain best practices in the legal regulation of the use of renewable energy sources. The conducted analysis allows substantiating a number of proposals for the improvement of the current legislation of the Russian Federation: it is necessary to adopt a law on renewable energy, to fix at the legislative level the terms and definitions related to renewable energy, it is necessary to adopt positively proven mechanisms of financial and legal regulation in the EU countries of renewable energy sources (feed-in-tariff, feed-in-premium and green certificates) in the Russian legislation..