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A look at the key legal and regulatory developments impacting sectors across the economy including energy, construction & engineering, real estate, industrials, transport and digital infrastructure.

Reform of the EU gas regulatory framework continues as the EU seeks to create the conditions to enable energy transition.

Garret Farrelly, head of energy and natural resources discusses international Corporate Power Purchase Agreements (Corporate PPAs) in Bird & Bird's 2018 report.

The following EMIR-related measures proposed by the European Commission on 18 October 2022 in the context of a broad range of measures designed to address volatility...

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 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 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 Commission published a Staff Working Document on the Clean Industrial Deal State Aid Framework ("CISAF"). The CISAF was adopted on 25 June 2025 and encourages investment in clean energy...

The European Commission approved a €902 million German state aid measure to support the construction of a plant for the production of batteries for electric vehicles.

A successful court challenge of an EU Commission State aid approval decision addressed to the UK has caused the suspension of the UK electricity market's capacity mechanism.

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

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.

The development of the Fit for 55 & REPowerEU packages continues, impacting all sectors including transport. The Parliament provided its position on the revision of the Renewable Energy Directive...

On 1 April 2026, the High Court upheld the Commission’s grant of permission to Shannon LNG Limited in a challenge taken by Friends of the Irish Environment.