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.

Im österreichischen Ausbaupfad für Erneuerbare Energien bis 2030 soll Photovoltaik mit 11 TWh den größten Zuwachs erhalten.

Im österreichischen Ausbaupfad für Erneuerbare Energien bis 2030 soll Photovoltaik mit 11 TWh den größten Zuwachs erhalten.

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.

The European Climate Change Act sets ambitious decarbonisation targets for the European Union (EU): By 2050, the EU is to become climate neutral.

The draft of the Nature Restoration Law (NRL) unveiled by the EU Commission in 2022 and narrowly approved by the EU Parliament in July 2023, has been met with both enthusiasm and controversy.

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").

The ECJ ruled that individual EU Member States are allowed to establish renewable energy support schemes.

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.

Since 2013, several investment treaty claims have been filed in the field of renewable energy against European member states based upon alleged breach of the Energy Charter Treaty.

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...

The energy and climate crises are leading to new proposals to accelerate the approval of renewable energy projects. New EU and national energy and environmental packages are on the way.

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.

On March 5 2015 Austria's agriculture, forestry, environment and water economics minister presented a draft law to amend the Chemicals Act and the Biocidal Products Act.

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...