The European Commission has recently published a report entitled Do current regulatory frameworks in the EU support innovation and security of supply in electricity and gas infrastructure?

The Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Cap on Market Revenues) Act 2023 provided for certain entities to make returns to the CRU not later than December 2023.

The CER has published its decision on the South-North Gas Pipeline (SNP) and Compliance with EU law.

The Commission approved a €2.6 billion Estonian scheme to support the construction and operation of offshore wind farms in areas determined by the Estonian Maritime Spatial Plan.

The Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (recast) has moved a step closer to enactment with the European Parliament formally adopting the revised directive on 12 March 2024.

When Northern Ireland's Climate Change Act came onto the statute books in 2022, it was poised to be a recognised leader in the national drive for Net Zero on greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.

The European Commission approved a €350 million German scheme to boost renewable hydrogen production through the European Hydrogen Bank's "Auctions-as-a-Service" tool. Germany intends...

Matheson Ormsby Prentice acted for Endesa/Enel in the sale by Italian utility Enel of Endesa Ireland to Scottish and Southern Energy plc (SSE).

Garret Farrelly, head of the Energy and Infrastructure Group, wrote an article on the I-SEM Capacity Remuneration Mechanism for the Energy Ireland Yearbook 2016.

The Department for the Environment, Climate & Communications (DECC) has secured €1.159bn in Budget 2024 towards energy and infrastructure investment, aimed to support communities...

The PPT will provide that a minimum payment of 5% of annual gross revenues will be due annually once a field starts producing oil or gas.

In a move that should improve Ireland's prospects of achieving its ambitious 2020 renewable electricity target, the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment has extended...

The European Commission adopted a new State aid framework to support the Clean Industrial Deal.

The European Commission approved a €2.2 billion German scheme to support investment in the decarbonisation of industrial production processes in Germany.

The European Commission approved €321.3 million in restructuring aid granted by Germany to Condor to enable its return to viability.

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

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.

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.