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In September 2024 the Commission for Regulation of Utilities ("CRU") published a new policy which we looked at in our briefing: New Connection Policy for Onshore Generators and Storage.

Mainstream said the investment would help accelerate its global expansion plans to bring 5.5 gigawatts of renewable projects to financial close by 2023 ahead of a planned IPO.

The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage has made a further set of Regulations amending the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 ("2001 Regulations").

The European Commission approved a €1.3 billion French scheme aimed at developing cost-efficient and non-fossil flexibility technologies.

Major investments are on the horizon, but for the first time, the main focus is on projects which help us to create a sustainable economy.

The Commission is consulting until 20 September 2024 on its draft rules for land and multimodal transport (to replace the Guidelines on State aid for railway undertakings)...

The new agency has consenting and enforcement functions in the maritime area, as set out in the Maritime Area Planning Act 2021. Notably, MARA has assumed responsibility for the assessment of Maritime Area Consent applications.

This is an important step in the process towards the development of a national Private Wires policy for Ireland.

The European Commission has granted state aid approval to extend the backstop date for support under the Renewable Energy Feed-in Tariff scheme 2006 for an additional two year period up to the end of 2027.

The Commission for Regulation of Utilities (“CRU“) is consulting until 13 May 2026 on a minded-to interim decision that energy storage units (“ESUs”)...

The Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications ("DECC") today published its consultation on the terms and conditions for the fifth onshore Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (RESS 5).

These BESS projects (at 200MW in total) are the largest of their kind in Ireland and one of the largest in Europe.

Terms and Conditions and the Timetable for RESS 4 are now available, with the qualification process opening on 20 May 2024.

We recently looked at the EU's proposals under REPowerEU, which include speeding up the permit-granting process for renewable energy projects.

Regulation (EU) 2022/1854 on an emergency intervention to address high energy prices is now in force, mirroring to a large extent the draft, which we looked at here.

The Commission has published the Proposal for a Regulation on an emergency intervention to address high energy prices following the request from energy Ministers which we looked at here along with considerations applying in Ireland.

The purpose of the consultation is to invite all interested parties to contribute their views on the status of international connectivity for telecommunications in Ireland.

The neighbour asked the Court to order that the wind farm be dismantled because the wind farm was not built in accordance with the planning permission.