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European Commission opened formal state aid investigation into the German exemption of large electricity consumers from network charges

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • European Union, Germany
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  • April 22 2013

On 6 March 2013, the European Commission ('the Commission') decided to investigate in-depth the German exemption of large electricity consumers from

Fracking new legal framework proposed

  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
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  • Germany
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  • April 3 2013

The German Federal Ministry for the Environment and the Federal Ministry of Economics have jointly proposed a draft legal framework for the potential

German hydraulic fracking regulation

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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  • Germany
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  • March 4 2013

Germany's proposed changes to mining projects and water regulations to address hydraulic fracturing are drawing opposition from environmentalists

German government plans short-term measures to stabilize costs of the Renewable Energy Sources Act also affecting existing RES installations

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • Germany
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  • March 1 2013

On February 14, 2013, German Federal Minister for the Environment Peter Altmeier and German Federal Minister of Economics and Technology Philipp

Power plant efficiently reduces CO2 emissions by more than 90

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • Germany
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  • February 26 2013

An innovative new technology can reduce power plant CO2 emissions by more than 90, the TU Darmstadt's Institute for Energy Systems and Technology

German government compromise could lead to a reduction in consumer costs for renewable energy

  • Reed Smith LLP
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  • Germany
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  • February 19 2013

On 13 February 2013, the two coalition parties in the German government reached a compromise on new measures which should lead to a reduction of

Government adopts amendments to speed up expansion of offshore wind power

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • Germany
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  • January 30 2013

Following the Fukushima nuclear disaster in March 2011, the German government under Chancellor Angela Merkel made the fundamental policy decision to

Emissions performance standards a good thing?

  • Thirty Nine Essex Street
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  • Germany, United Kingdom
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  • January 2 2013

The world is a long way from weaning itself off fossil fuels. In Europe, one result of Germany's renunciation of nuclear energy is a dramatic rise in the

Liability rules for connection of offshore wind installations reformed

  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
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  • Germany
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  • December 19 2012

Draft legislation regulating liability for delays and disruption in connecting offshore wind farms to the onshore electricity grid is expected to

More alternative PPA structures seem to develop - are we seeing a paradigm change?

  • Kromann Reumert
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  • European Union, Germany
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  • November 9 2012

Just a few years ago, almost all European renewable energy power purchase agreements (PPA) were based on fixed prices and an off-take obligation by the grid operator