Vor wenigen Tagen hat ein Urteil gegen den Öl- und Erdgaskonzern Shell für große Aufregung gesorgt, dieser muss seinen CO2-Ausstoß bis 2030 drastisch reduzieren.

Since energy security and independence is becoming increasingly crucial, many businesses are currently taking this issue into their own hands.

April 2026 – We are excited to release the second edition of the Report | Energy and Natural Resources Trends in the CEE, Central and Southeast Asia for the year 2026.

Everyone knows that energy prices have soared in all EU Member States in 2022. The European Commission ("EC") has therefore initiated several proposals that would help consumers pay...

As part of the EU Gas and Hydrogen Package, Directive (EU) 2024/1788 of 13 June 2024 ("Internal Gas Market Directive; IGMD") makes provisions for the first time on the phase-out...

On 14 September 2022 the European Commission ("EC") published a proposal for a Regulation on an emergency intervention to address high energy prices ("Emergency Intervention Regulation" or "EIR").

Am 1.1.2023 trat die Delegierte Verordnung 2022/1288 (DelVO) in Kraft. Wie berichtet enthält die DelVO wichtige Präzisierungen der Offenlegungs-VO.

A key objective of the draft Directive on common rules for the internal markets in renewable and natural gases and in hydrogen ("D-GD"), published in December 2021...

On 18 April 2023, the EU Parliament approved the provisional political plan to reduce CO2 emissions in the EU agreed on by the Council and the European Parliament on 18 December 2022.

If there are two or more conflicting water use projects (eg, hydroelectric power stations), the Water Act provides for a special conflict procedure.

Up until the end of 2018, renewable energy sources (RES) generators in Slovakia were mainly subsidized...

As of September 1, 2024, the 2024 Condominium Act Amendment (Wohnungseigentumsgesetz-Novelle 2024, Wohnungseigentumsgesetz "WEG 2002") has significantly reduced the legal barriers to installing so-called "balcony power plants" in condominiums.

In August 2011 the Ministry of Economy authorised the Austrian crude oil exploration company Rohöl-Aufsuchung AG to undertake exploratory drilling for natural gas and mineral oil within the Austrian municipality of Straßwalchen.

Der Ministerrat hat sich zu einer Regierungsvorlage zum EGG durchgerungen. Dadurch rückt die Phase eines Investitionsbooms für Biomethananlagen...

One of the fastest-growing trends in the world of debt is sustainability. Climate change will be one of the most important public policy issues in the next decades. Based on public...

The European Union's Renewable Energy Directive, adopted on 9 October 2023 as part of the "Fit for 55" package, marks another legislative effort of the European Union towards enhancing sustainable energy use and combating climate change.

The National Council passed the "Federal Act on the Funding of the Production of Renewable Hydrogen of Non-Biogenic Origin (Hydrogen Funding Act - WFöG)" and published it in Article 1...

After four months of negotiations, the Austrian National Council has finally reached an agreement on the amendment of the Green Electricity Act ("Ökostromnovelle").

Energiegemeinschaften sind das neue Leitbild für eine stärkere dezentrale Erzeugung und Versorgung von Energie (allgemeine Informationen zu Energiegemeinschaften siehe...

On 2 February 2022 the European Commission approved in principle a Complementary Climate Delegated Act (the "Complementary Delegated Act") which includes criteria for nuclear and gas energy activities under the EU taxonomy.