UK
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
On 22 February 2024, the UK announced it is withdrawing from the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) on the basis that it is incompatible with the energy transition, being the 11th state to do so.
J A Kemp LLP
At the end of February, in Culham, Oxford, the decommissioning of the Joint European Torus (JET) research facility began.
Herbert Smith Freehills
With trillions of dollars required to meet net-zero goals, states, industry leaders and investors are placing strategic bets on the emerging technologies touted as game-changers...
Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP
With the current Red Sea crisis at hand, we explore what legal options are available to those within the energy sector facing significant delays due to the diversion of shipments.
Herbert Smith Freehills
On 22 February 2024, the UK Government announced that the UK will withdraw from the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT).
AlixPartners
Builders' merchants and DIY retailers across Europe face ongoing market turbulence, as unstable demand, inflation and overstocks create a challenging outlook for the sector.
Marks & Clerk
As we observed in our 2023 wrap up of sustainability-related news, 2023 was a hugely significant year in our race to net zero. In it's latest report, the International Energy Agency notes...
Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP
By 2030 the UK government's new Battery Strategy seeks to position the UK as a world leader in sustainable design, manufacture, and use, underpinned by a thriving battery ecosystem.
Marks & Clerk
The second round of funding from the UK Government's Net Zero Hydrogen Fund has awarded seven projects from across the UK a combined £21 million of government support.
Marks & Clerk
Throughout our Hydrogen Week posts so far, we have highlighted hydrogen activity across the country, including in key clusters such as the North East and Humberside.
Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP
Cyber security threats can cripple those businesses we rely on for our everyday necessities, with recent figures showing that 90% of the world's largest energy companies suffered breaches in 2023.
Quadrant Chambers
On 22 February 2024 the UK Government announced its intention to withdraw from the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT)
Norton Rose Fulbright Hong Kong
The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero has published its response (the Response) to its consultation addressing carbon leakage risk to support decarbonization (the Consultation).
Norton Rose Fulbright Hong Kong
Following the agreement at COP28 to "transition away from fossil fuel energy systems," and to accelerate investment in low- and zero-carbon emission technologies1...
Marks & Clerk
Just in time for UK Hydrogen Week, Equinor have been granted planning permission for H2H Saltend, a 600 MW blue hydrogen plant and carbon capture and storage...
Marks & Clerk
With UK Hydrogen Week getting started on Monday, M&C Reacts will have a particular focus on hydrogen innovation over the next couple of weeks.
European Union
Norton Rose Fulbright
On February 6, 2024 the Council of the EU and the European Parliament agreed a provisional version of the Net-Zero Industry Act (NZIA), which is now expected...
Norton Rose Fulbright
In the push to a net-zero economy, many jurisdictions are introducing rules requiring goods produced in that jurisdiction to be produced in a way which emits less carbon.
Worldwide
Eversheds Sutherland
Welcome to the latest edition of our quarterly global supply chain horizons providing you with a update on the key developments from around the world.
Mayer Brown
US Department of the Treasury Sanctions Almost 300 Individuals and Entities: On February 23, the US Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control...