Stiftung Umweltenergierecht

The Stiftung Umweltenergierecht is a non-profit, non-university research institution founded in 2011 and based in Würzburg. It originated from the University of Würzburg and employs around 25 legal research staff, eight administrative personnel, and eleven student assistants. The foundation is highly specialized in the legal framework of the energy transition at the international, European, and national levels. Its research areas include the law of renewable energies and energy industry, energy efficiency and reduction law, energy facilities and infrastructure law, as well as European and international environmental energy law and comparative law. Funding is provided through contracts, grants, donations, and endowments, with the foundation accepting contracts only from public authorities or organizations serving the public interest to maintain political neutrality.

We see ourselves as an independent think tank for the legal framework of the energy transition. With well-founded expertise, we analyze how new legislation can contribute to achieving energy and climate policy goals and develop tailored models for politics, administration, and practice. Our goal is to further develop the legal framework so that technological innovations can be implemented and the expansion of renewable energies as well as necessary system changes can proceed rapidly.

The programs and research projects of the Environmental Energy Law Foundation are aimed at public authorities at the federal, state, and municipal levels, European and international institutions (e.g., European Commission), ministries, agencies and governments, scientific institutions and universities, nonprofit organizations, practitioners from the energy sector, administration and politics, as well as students and doctoral candidates in environmental and energy law and interested members of the professional public.