Regulation and Development of Offshore Wind Energy Projects in the US and Europe
Hosted by the Academic Outreach Committee
January 8, 2026
Webinar begins at 12:00 pm Central
Duration: 1 hour
IEL: +1.972.244.3422
E-Mail: iel@cailaw.org
Overview
This webinar discusses emerging regulatory and policy issues impacting the development of offshore wind energy resources in the US and Europe. Some of the key issues that impact the viability of offshore wind development and its integration with electricity markets are permitting and supply chain challenges, changes to policy measures.
This webinar is free for everyone.
Webinar begins at 12:00 pm Central
Duration: 1 hour
Speakers
Dr. Tade Oyewunmi
Associate Professor of Energy & International Law
School of Management, University of Vaasa
Vaasa, Finland
Dr. Tade Oyewunmi is an Associate Professor of Energy & International Law at the School of Management, University of Vaasa, Finland. Previously, he taught and led research projects in the areas of energy and natural resources law as a visiting senior research fellow and professor in the US and internationally. Dr. Oyewunmi is the author of two books, over nine book chapters, and fifty articles, including: Regulating Offshore Wind Energy Development and Interconnections with Electricity Markets, 37 Natural Resources & Environment (Winter 2023) and The Regulatory State and the Emerging Offshore Wind Energy Market in the US, Arizona Journal of Environmental Law & Policy (Fall 2022). He is an Associate Member of the Institute for Energy Law at the Center for American and International Law, the Association of International Energy Negotiators, and the Foundation for Natural Resources and Energy Law.
Dr. Oyewunmi obtained his Doctor of Laws (LL.D) in International Energy Law and Policy at the Center for Climate Change, Energy and Environmental Law, University of Eastern Finland; his LL.M in Oil and Gas Law at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK; and his Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria.
MCLE Credit
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