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On 15 July 2025, the German Federal Court of Justice (BGH) handed down a long-anticipated decision (case no. EnVR 1/24) confirming that distribution system operators (DSOs) may lawfully impose one-off construction cost...

On 10 July 2026, the German Parliament adopted the Electricity Supply Security and Capacity Act (Strom-Versorgungssicherheits- und Kapazitätsgesetz) (“StromVKG”). Publication in the Federal Law Gazette and approval by the European Commission under EU State aid rules remain outstanding.

Germany's offshore wind industry and its related legal framework have reached a certain level of maturity, yet many contract issues remain unresolved in project practice.

On February 26, the European Commission (EU Commission) presented various measures to strengthen the competitiveness of European industry...

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has reiterated that EU Member States may only levy extra charges on electricity in strict circumstances and has confirmed – rather than introduced...

Lieferkettenprobleme, Rohstoff-Verfügbarkeit und -Preise, Digitalisierung, ESG Anforderungen, Fachkräftemangel, geopolitische Veränderungen – die Realitäten...

Such Coalition Agreement is a typical instrument in German politics setting forth political guidelines for the new government's policy program for the four-years legislative period until the new regular elections.

The European Patent Office refused to grant a patent for a method of developing rod patterns in nuclear reactors based on simulation, ruling that the claimed features do not produce a technical effect. This decision examines whether simulation results for reactor design constitute technical contributions when the rod patterns are not directly implemented in actual reactors and may have non-technical uses such as study purposes.

Below you will find a synopsis to illustrate the main changes of the Federal government's draft bill (RefE) compared to the initial BMWK's draft of October 2022.

Germany's framework for regulating electricity and gas networks is entering a new phase. On 10 December 2025, the Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur) ("BNetzA")...

Germany’s framework for allocating transmission grid connections is undergoing a fundamental shift.

On 29 July 2026, the German Federal Cabinet approved the draft Grid Package (Netzpaket) — formally the Entwurf eines Gesetzes zur Änderung des Energiewirtschaftsrechts...

Die Rezession kommt. Das ist eine der zentralen Erkenntnisse der Turnaround- und Restrukturierungsstudie 2022 von AlixPartners. Restrukturierungsexperten aus aller Welt gehen davon...

The energy demand of the globalised world is constantly increasing, not least due to rising mobility, data processing and industrial production. Climate change is the central challenge in this context.

Following the release of an initial unofficial draft version of the reform of the German Renewable Energy Sources Act 2027 (Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz, EEG) in February 2026...

Fieldfisher speaks to Hubert Loick, Founder and Chairman of Loick AG, about his company's experience of building a hydrogen project in Thuringia, central Germany.