Talks (Koalitionsverhandlungen) between the centre-right CDU/CSU and centre-left SPD to form a new German government concluded in a coalition agreement reached on April 9, 2025.
In our previous coverage of the German...more
4/14/2025
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Climate Change ,
Coal Industry ,
Electricity ,
Energy Policy ,
Energy Sector ,
Energy Storage ,
EU ,
Germany ,
Hydrogen Power ,
Infrastructure ,
Liquid Natural Gas ,
Nuclear Power ,
Power Grid ,
Renewable Energy ,
Wind Power
On January 20, 2025, President Trump issued several Executive Orders and memoranda (the “EOs”) signaling a significant policy shift favoring robust and market-based energy production (mostly relying on fossil fuels), while...more
1/27/2025
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Clean Water Act ,
Defense Production Act ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Endangered Species Act (ESA) ,
Energy Sector ,
Environmental Policies ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Executive Orders ,
Fossil Fuel ,
Infrastructure ,
Investment Tax Credits ,
Liquid Natural Gas ,
Mineral Exploration ,
NEPA ,
Oil & Gas ,
Regulatory Reform
On January 3, 2025, the IRS and Treasury issued long-awaited final regulations (the “45V Final Regulations”) implementing the clean hydrogen production tax credit (the “45V Credit”) under Section 45V of the Internal Revenue...more
1/14/2025
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Clean Energy ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Energy Projects ,
Energy Sector ,
Final Rules ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Hydrogen Power ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
IRS ,
Production Tax Credit ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Renewable Energy ,
Tax Credits ,
U.S. Treasury
On 27 September 2024, the European Commission (“EC”) published draft rules defining “low-carbon hydrogen” and derivative “low-carbon fuels” in the EU (the “Draft Low-Carbon Hydrogen DA”). A public consultation is now open...more
In this Alert, we review the impact of the recent acceptance by the Japan Diet of the 2009 Amendment to the London Protocol. Acceptance of the Amendment provides a critical enabler for the export of CO2 from Japan for...more
8/7/2024
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Carbon Emissions ,
Conservation ,
Energy Storage ,
Exports ,
Fossil Fuel ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Hydrogen Power ,
International Maritime Organization (IMO) ,
Japan ,
Net Zero ,
Nuclear Power ,
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)
On May 30, 2024, the council of ministers of the German Federal Government adopted a draft bill (Bundesrats-Drucksache 266/24) allowing permanent storage of carbon dioxide (Gesetz zur Demonstration der dauerhaften Speicherung...more
COP28, the 28th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, came to an end in Dubai on December 13, 2023. The nearly 200 states reached what has been labelled a “historic” agreement...more
12/15/2023
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Energy Sector ,
Fossil Fuel ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
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Oil & Gas ,
Paris Agreement ,
Renewable Energy ,
Supply Chain ,
United Nations
The United States recently took another important step in implementing a comprehensive strategy to advance the production, processing, delivery, storage, and use of clean hydrogen. On June 5, 2023, the Biden-Harris...more
6/12/2023
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Carbon Emissions ,
Clean Energy ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Energy Projects ,
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Hydrogen Power ,
Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) ,
Popular ,
Renewable Energy ,
Tax Credits
Indonesia has set an ambitious target to reach net zero emissions by 2060. The deployment of clean energy technologies, such as carbon capture and storage (“CCS”) and carbon capture, utilization and storage (“CCUS”), will...more