ArticleUK "Early" Capacity Market Auction Produces Cheapest Prices YetThe provisional results of the "early" Capacity Market auction held last week have now been published.United KingdomEnergy and Natural ResourcesDentons
ArticleUK Energy Security Bill Introduced Amid Political Turmoil Has Wide-ranging Implications For The Energy SectorOn 6 July 2022, a day of significant political uncertainty, the Government published its long-awaited Energy Security Bill. Notwithstanding the current political turmoil...United KingdomEnergy and Natural Resources
ArticleUK Government Publishes Its "British Energy Security Strategy"The British Energy Security Strategy ("the Strategy"), published on April 7, 2022, aims to ensure that the United Kingdom has "a flow of energy that is affordable, clean and above all secure.United KingdomEnergy and Natural ResourcesJones Day
ArticleUpdates To The Queue Management Process: TMO4+On 16 April 2024, National Grid Electricity System Operator (ESO) proposed changes to the queue management process (TMO4+).United KingdomEnergy and Natural ResourcesGowling WLG
ArticleVision 2035: Extrapolating The Present Won't Deliver For The FutureAn understanding of new markets, customers and technologies is essential to maximising potential. United KingdomEnergy and Natural ResourcesDeloitte
ArticleClimate Suit Against Directors Of UK's Largest Pension Plan Heads To Appeals CourtA British appeals court will review the 2022 dismissal of a novel lawsuit accusing current and former directors of the United Kingdom's largest private pension plan of mismanagement...United KingdomEnvironmentHogan Lovells Cadwalader
ArticleCOP29: Climate Action On Contrails - A Simple Solution With A Strong ImpactAt COP29, experts discussed contrail-related climate impacts, emphasizing data-driven flight path adjustments to reduce greenhouse effects. This emerging strategy complements Sustainable Aviation Fuels, supporting aviation's shift toward sustainability.United KingdomEnvironmentMarks & Clerk
ArticleDeep Borehole Disposal Key To The Management Of UK's Nuclear Waste InventoryA recent Passle post of mine (Innovative drilling technology could provide access to "inexhaustible clean energy") explored the importance of the oil & gas industry in the context...United KingdomEnvironmentMarks & Clerk
ArticleIndustry Faces A Further Push To DecarboniseAre carbon-intensive manufacturers in the aerospace and automotive sectors ready to press ahead with plans to decarbonise their sourcing strategies and production processes?United KingdomEnvironmentVendigital
ArticleMission Zero: A Review Of The UK's Net Zero StrategyThe UK's former Energy Minister, Chris Skidmore MP, has conducted an independent review of the UK government's Net Zero Strategy. The strategy seeks to ensure that the UK reduces its greenhouse...United KingdomEnvironmentJones Day
ArticleUK's Climate Change Committee Publishes Seventh Carbon BudgetThe UK's Climate Change Act 2008 requires the UK government to set five-year carbon budgets that cap total greenhouse gas ("GHG") emissions.United KingdomEnvironmentJones Day
ArticleUK Government Challenged Over Net-Zero RollbackThe UK government's decision to rollback and delay policy commitments designed to help achieve net zero by 2050 will be challenged in the High Court later this year.United KingdomEnvironmentJones Day
ArticleHinkley Point C Examination ClosesToday's entry reports on the application for a new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point in Somerset.United KingdomGovernment, Public SectorBircham Dyson Bell LLP
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ArticleBudget 2009 - Changes To Oil & Gas TaxationThe Government has reacted to a dramatic drop in North Sea drilling activity by unveiling a suite of changes to the oil and gas tax regime aimed at cushioning the impact of the declining oil price.United KingdomTaxCMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang
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ArticleVirtual-Reality Simulators In The Oil And Gas IndustryThe Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) recently produced a paper titled "Virtual-Reality Simulators in the Oil and Gas Industry".United KingdomTechnologyMarks & Clerk
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ArticleEnergy Market Mergers – Quick Guide To Eu Competition Law AssessmentThis blog is a summary of an article that appeared in Competition Law Insight examining the key competition law principles in energy market mergers.European UnionEnergy and Natural ResourcesDentons
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