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Following the resolution of the 20th German Bundestag, the Bundesrat also approved the so-called debt package and amended the German Basic Constitutional Law (GG) with the necessary two-thirds majority to the effect that.

In its draft law of April 20, 2026, the Federal Government is presenting its proposal to transpose the Gas and Hydrogen Directive (Directive (EU) 2024/1788) into national law.

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) handed down a preliminary ruling decision on 28 November 2024 (C-293/23) considering the legal concept of a ‘self-consumption facility' within the meaning of section 3, no. 24a (or 24b) of the German Energy Industry Act.

Over the next twelve months, developers of renewable generation assets in Germany will have to navigate a complex legal landscape that is both well-established and somewhat challenging.

On 20 December 2022, the German Act on the Introduction of an Electricity Price Brake [Gesetz zur Einführung einer Strompreisbremse, StromPBG] and the German Act...

On 22 October 2024, the Federal Network Agency approved the Germany-wide hydrogen core network, which will form the basis for the national hydrogen infrastructure in future.

A German court has ruled that decommissioning bonds for onshore wind turbines must cover both above-ground and underground installations, including pile foundations, with removal required even in water protection areas unless demonstrably disproportionate.

On 16 May 2024, the so-called "Solar Package I" came into force after almost a year of lengthy negotiations. It had previously passed through both the Bundestag and the Bundesrat on 26 April 2024.

The European Patent Office's Technical Board of Appeal examined whether an energy optimization system for facilities participating in capacity market programs involves patentable technical features. The Board considered whether optimizing resource allocation based on dispatch probability, raw baselines, and CMP-specific constraints constitutes technical innovation or merely financial optimization driven by contractual obligations and profit maximization.

Am 7. Dezember 2023 erzielten das Europäische Parlament, der Europäische Rat und die Kommission im Trilog-Verfahren eine vorläufige Einigung zur Reduzierung der Emissionen und des ...

Set against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine and the existing reliance on coal, oil, gas and uranium from Russian production, further expansion and substantial investment in renewable energies...

Netzanschluss und Netzzugang sind entscheidend für Wettbewerb, Versorgungssicherheit und die Integration erneuerbarer Energien.

The implementation of the NIS 2 Directive in Germany is imminent. The NIS-2 Directive is being implemented in Germany by the NIS-2 Implementation Act.

As part of its process of establishing the new Regulation for a General Electricity Grid Charges System (Festlegung der Allgemeinen Netzentgeltsystematik Strom (AgNes Regulation)...

Im März 2022 billigte der Rat der Europäischen Union den Vorschlag der EU-Kommission für einen CO2-Grenzausgleich, den sogenannten Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism...

Germany and Europe have set themselves the goal of achieving a climate-neutral economy by the middle of this century. Offshore wind energy plays a central role in this, as it reliably supplies large quantities of clean energy and reduces dependence on fossil fuels.

Am 04.03. hat die Bundesregierung ihren Entwurf für eine umfassende Überarbeitung des Rechts der erneuerbaren Energien vorgelegt.

Netzbetreiber müssen Letztverbrauchern einen Netzanschluss und Netzzugang diskriminierungsfrei, transparent und zu angemessenen Bedingungen zu gewähren.