The Supreme Court recently handed down a judgment on the legality of wayleave notices issued by ESB for entry onto private lands in order to perform upgrading works to an existing electricity line.

The European Commission is consulting until 13 February 2023 on policy proposals that would lead to amendment of the Internal Market in Electricity Regulation...

The European Parliament, in March 2023, adopted draft amendments to the European Commission's proposal to revise the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (2010/31/EU)(EPBD).

The EU has set itself a number of goals, as part of the European Green Deal, including a 2030 target of a 55% reduction in carbon emissions compared to 1990 levels. One feature of the European Green.

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/655 lays down rules for the application of the Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Regulation as regards specifications and procedures

In November 2021, Ireland's Climate Action Plan was finally published which sets out in detail how Ireland is going to take action to achieve firstly, a 51% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and secondly, ...

The Irish government yesterday published the National Hydrogen Strategy (the Strategy), which is the latest policy document identifying its long-term strategic vision towards...

The Government is consulting on RESS 3 auction design and implementation. The closing date for responses is 16 December 2022.

The development of the Private Wires Policy has been a goal of each of the Climate Action Plan 2021, the Climate Action Plan 2023 and the Climate Action Plan 2024.

Significant amendments to the 2019 Internal Market in Electricity Regulation and Directive have been published in the Official Journal of the EU.

In its Programme for Government 2025, the Irish Government plans to enact legislation to accelerate the roll out of district heating systems in Ireland.

The Commission for Regulation of Utilities is consulting until 4 April 2025 on a Large Energy Users connection policy (CRU/2025/04) targeted exclusively at data centre customers seeking to connect to the electricity network.

Ireland's Commission for Regulation of Utilities has published a groundbreaking decision allowing Maximum Export Capacity to be dynamically shared between multiple generation and storage technologies at a single...

Corporates have made a significant contribution to the growth of renewable energy in recent years. Investment in green electricity is a key component of greenhouse gas...

The publication marks a pivotal moment in the Government's plans to develop the State's biomethane sector. The Government, as proposed in the Climate Action Plan, intend this sector...

The CBAM applies to certain goods being imported into the EU. It is designed to apply the same carbon costs to those goods as would have been incurred had they been produced in the EU.

The Planning and Development Act 2024 was signed into law by the President on 17 October 2024. It is expected that the act will be commenced in stages...

The Irish High Court has ruled that arbitration clauses do not prevent creditors from presenting winding-up petitions when debts are genuinely disputed.

The European Commission is consulting until 4 November 2025 on a proposal to amend the Services of General Economic Interest ("SGEI") state aid rules...

The Council agreed its positionon operational provisions (643 KB) to be included in the proposed Regulation establishing the Connecting Europe Facility 2028–2034.