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Call for Papers: OGEL Special Issue on "Impact of the Energy Transition on Water Resources"

21 April 2025

The OGEL Energy Law Journal (OGEL, ISSN 1875-418X, www.ogel.org) invites submissions for a Special issue focusing on "Impact of the Energy Transition on Water Resources". The editor for this issue is Professor Tina Soliman Hunter, the Co-Editor of OGEL, and Director, Transforming Energy Markets Research Centre (TEM) Macquarie University.

This OGEL Special Issue seeks research publications addressing the impact of the energy transition on water resources. We encourage submission of relevant papers, studies, and brief comments (minimum 5,000 words) on various aspects of this subject, including scientific studies and how these impact law and regulation. Comparative law approaches to the topic are also welcomed. Topics of interest include (but not limited to):

• Hydrogen and water use
• Impact of hydropower
• Disposal of renewable energy infrastructure and water table damage
• Impact of tidal energy
• Critical minerals mining and water
• Cooling in thermal processes
• Water and nuclear energy
• Crop cultivation for biofuels and bio energy
• Low carbon is not necessarily low water
• Clean energy and water scarcity
• Water stewardship and energy security
• Water-food-energy nexus and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
• Integrated management of water-food-energy

Proposals and Papers should be submitted at your earliest convenience to Professor Tina Soliman Hunter:

Please CC info@ogel.org when you submit material or have any questions.

Articles accepted for publication before this deadline will also go through OGEL's advance publication process, allowing your work to reach its target audience as soon as the paper completes the peer review and editing process.

The minimum word count of articles should be 5000 words (excluding footnotes, endnotes, appendices, tables, summary, etc.). Articles should include summaries (150-200 words). The preferred referencing style is the Oxford Standard for the Citation of Legal Authorities (OSCOLA). See OSCOLA Quick Reference Guide. The layout of the articles should conform to OGEL's submission guidelines available at: www.ogel.org/contribute.asp (more information available upon request).

Feel free to forward this call for papers to colleagues who may be interested in contributing to the special issue.

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