Jones Day Talks: Developments in Germany's Wind Power Regulations
The U.S. energy horizon is heralding a seismic shift, according to a recent Canary Media report that digs into new estimates from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. The estimates predict 63 gigawatts of new capacity...more
Welcome to our second 2025 issue of The Site Report! In this edition, we address tariff fears in the industry, the use of artificial intelligence in building design, an update on The Rural Historic Tax Credit Improvement Act,...more
Consultation closed at the end of September on proposals to align national planning policy with the Government’s aspiration for Britain’s future as a ‘Clean Energy Superpower’ by 2030. Government has committed to respond...more
Welcome to the Tenth Issue of Currents 2024, our energy e-newsletter. Natural Gas is Not Going Away - While net-zero remains a dream for many, the electricity market is providing a wake-up call for anyone believing...more
A bill that would enable schools, shopping centers, and landlords of multi-unit residential buildings to use the electricity they collect with their own rooftop solar systems has passed the California Legislature....more
What is a Production Tax Credit (PTC)? A Production Tax Credit (PTC) is a per kilowatt-hour (kWh) tax credit for electricity generated by solar and other qualifying clean technologies for the first 10 years of a system’s...more
The California Independent System Operator (CAISO) last Thursday asked federal regulators for permission to cancel its annual interconnection study process for any interconnection requests submitted this year so it can deal...more
President Joe Biden announced Monday a $1.3 billion federal investment to build three new interstate power lines in an effort to upgrade the nation’s outdated electric grid and transition to clean energy....more
The California Independent System Operator (CAISO) is the strongest market in the U.S. when it comes to using energy storage for renewable integration, grid optimization, and electrification and decentralization, with a 43.7...more
Le 31 mars 2023, Hydro-Québec a publié un appel d’offres visant un total de 1 500 mégawatts (MW) d’électricité provenant de source éolienne (l’« A/O 2023-01 »). Cet appel d’offres vient après l’adoption, le 15 mars 2023, de...more
On March 31, 2023, Hydro-Québec issued a call for tenders (A/O 2023-01) for a total of 1,500 megawatts of electricity generated from wind power. This follows the Government of Quebec’s adoption of two new orders-in-council on...more
In recent years, both European and German legislators have been promoting the expansion of renewable energy both by creating a favourable legal environment and by facilitating public funding of renewables of all kinds – wind,...more
On September 30, 2022 the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (“Service”) published notice in the Federal Register of a proposed rule amending its regulations authorizing permits for eagle incidental take and eagle nest take....more
The U.S. offshore wind market has surged in growth over the last few years, bolstered by the U.S government’s commitment in 2021 to increase offshore wind lease capacity as well as the Biden Administration’s declaration that...more
On October 13, 2021, during a speech at American Clean Power’s Offshore WINDPOWER Conference & Exhibition, US Department of the Interior Secretary Deb Haaland announced a path forward for future offshore wind leasing along...more
Offshore wind farms could be California’s next big energy rush - Courthouse News Service – February 11 - As California continues to grow its renewable energy capabilities, Assemblyman David Chiu says the state must...more
Power projects usually contain a period of time, prior to completion and taking over, where power is being generated and can be sold into the grid or to an offtaker. Earlier this month, the Supreme Court of Victoria ordered...more
U.S. Senate approves Allison Clements and Mark Christie for FERC - Bullet PV-Tech – December 2 - The U.S. Senate has approved two candidates for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) that were nominated by...more
Dominion Energy and Duke Energy Cancel Construction of Atlantic Coast Pipeline - "Despite a recent win for the project in the US Supreme Court, ongoing delays, litigation and an expected increase in costs threatened the...more
On June 20, 2019, the United States Court of Federal Claims published its long-awaited opinion in California Ridge Wind Energy, LLC v. United States, No. 14-250 C. The opinion addressed how taxpayers engaging in related party...more
Focus - Solar, onshore wind costs set to fall below new fossil fuel energy - Reuters – May 29 - Electricity generated by onshore wind and solar photovoltaic (PV) technologies will in the next year be consistently...more
On December 21, 2018, the so-called Energy Collective Law came into force, amending, inter alia, the German Renewable Energies Act ("EEG"). This is the seventh amendment to the EEG 2017 since it came into force on January 1,...more
The French Government recently announced new objectives for on-shore wind development. The contemplated objectives are 24.6 GW by 2023 and 34.1 to 35.6 GW by 2028 (rising from about 14.5 GW currently). Repowering is widely...more
Focus - Solar panel glut is muting effect of Trump tariffs - REUTERS - Jul 30 A steep global decline in the price of solar modules in recent weeks is nearly offsetting the effect of the Trump administration’s 30 percent...more
In a case decided on July 27, 2018, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (the Court of Appeals) reversed the Court of Federal Claims' (the Claims Court) decision in Alta Wind I Owner-Lessor C et al v. United...more