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Energy Buzz: CfD AR7 - Proposed reforms to the CfD scheme to meet the UK’s clean energy goals

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According to the indicative timeline for Allocation Round 7 ("AR7") of the UK’s Contracts for Difference ("CfD") scheme, the application window is due to open in August 2025 with results anticipated by early 2026....more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Simplifying the Funding of Energy Infrastructure and Critical Mineral and Material Projects

Directs the Department of State (DOS), Department of the Treasury (Treasury), Department of Defense (DOD), Department of the Interior (DOI), Department of Agriculture (USDA), Department of Transportation (DOT), Department of...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Energy & Climate Counsel

“Knowledge itself is power”: Foley Hoag Tracking President Trump’s Unprecedented Use of Executive Orders

In the first six months of his second term, President Donald Trump has set a new benchmark for the use of executive orders, proclamations and emergency declarations, surpassing all previous presidents since Franklin D....more

Stikeman Elliott LLP

Quebec Government Adopts Bill 69 to Modernize Energy Legislation

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On June 6, 2024, the Minister of Economy, Innovation and Energy tabled Bill 69 - An Act to ensure the responsible governance of energy resources and to amend various legislative provisions (the "Bill"). Over the past year,...more

Bracewell LLP

France’s Nuclear Gamble: Status, Challenges and the Road Ahead

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France is doubling down on nuclear energy. Once a symbol of national pride and now the backbone of its decarbonized electricity mix, nuclear power is experiencing a full-fledged renaissance in France. After years of...more

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Interior Department Streamlines NEPA, ESA, NHPA Reviews for Geothermal Energy Projects

The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) announced on May 30 that it will invoke emergency permitting procedures to accelerate environmental review of select geothermal energy projects, with three proposed geothermal...more

Allen Matkins

Renewable Energy Update 6.6.25

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On May 29, 2025, the Supreme Court held that the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) — which requires federal agencies to analyze the environmental impacts of projects that they carry out, fund, or approve — does not...more

Frost Brown Todd

D.C. Political News Round-Up | May 2025

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In this month’s deep dive, Frost Brown Todd D.C. Partner-in-Charge Jonathan Miller interviews attorney and tariff expert Jan de Beer to discuss how businesses can navigate the United States’ ever-evolving tariff policies....more

White & Case LLP

German Energy Transition - The impact of future electricity network tariff regulation

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On 12 May 2025, the German energy regulator published a discussion paper for the revision of the framework for the electricity network tariff system (Diskussionspapier für die Rahmenfestlegung der Allgemeinen...more

Jenner & Block

What’s WOTUS Got to Do with It? Impact of Recent Clean Water Act Regulatory Changes on Renewable Energy Development

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Closing out our Earth Week series this year, we provide an update on recent Clean Water Act regulatory developments and discuss their impact on renewable energy development....more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Empire Wind 1 Stop-Work Order Targets Offshore Wind but Raises Questions for Other Industries

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On Wednesday, April 16, Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum directed the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) to order Equinor to “stop work” on its 812 megawatt Empire Wind 1 project just outside of New York Harbor....more

Foley Hoag LLP - Energy & Climate Counsel

Fusion Update: Proposed Federal Streamlining Rules are on the Way

In April 2023, we reported on federal efforts to streamline fusion energy regulations. At that time, the Commissioners of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) voted to approve a proposal expected to accelerate the...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Mexico's Federal Executive Publishes the Secondary Legislation on Energy Matters

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Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum signed and published in the Federal Official Gazette (Diario Oficial de la Federación or DOF) on March 18, 2025, the "Decree issuing the Law of the State Public Enterprise, Federal...more

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Mexican Government Proposes Bill to Regulate the Energy Sector

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On February 4, 2025, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum submitted a bill to the Mexican Senate to revoke, issue, and amend various energy laws in accordance with the constitutional amendments passed in December 2024. This is...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

German Battery Storage on a Rise - Recent developments and current legislative change

High and further increasing volatility of power prices due to the expansion of renewables on the one hand and significantly decreasing prices for battery cells in recent years on the other hand have led to a highly attractive...more

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