The UK Government today published revised draft strike prices for Contracts for Difference, the subsidy regime that will replace the Renewables Obligation (RO) with effect from 31 March 2017. And the news is not good for onshore wind developers.

A common question for commercial and industrial (C&I) offtakers is why there's a covenant that the Project Company must sell all of the power it is financially settling with the C&I customer...

Recently "Decision on Putting Supplementary Financial Obligations on Coal Imports" was promulgated by the Cabinet of Republic of Turkey.

SYDNEY, 16 May 2011 – Almost all Australians support the government investing more money to make the country’s infrastructure better able to cope with the increasing number and severity of natural disasters. This is according to research commissioned by MWH, an environmental and water engineering services firm, to establish the attitude of Australians toward natural disasters and their impact on critical infrastructure.

Despite setbacks from further aftershocks, progress is being made with rebuilding Christchurch, New Zealand.

Electricity generated from solar photovoltaic (PV) panels has become a significant source of carbon-free power in the United States over the last decade.

Australia’s population increased 6% between the 2001 and 2006 Census, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

DECC have published their consultation document on the banding review for Renewables Obligation Certificates (ROCs).

In 2003, the Victorian Government helped elevate the topic of water quality in Australia by introducing the Safe Drinking Water Act.

While the level of the Renewables Obligation (RO) is set to increase to 15.4% by 2015, the Energy White Paper published on Wednesday 23rd May estimates that in its current form the RO will deliver only 11.4% of that.

Last week the Czech Parliament approved the Bill on supported energy sources, which will introduce a new regime supporting renewable sources of energy in the Czech Republic and which also sets out the legal framework for the support of so called "secondary sources" of energy (e.g. waste).

In the NOPR, FERC found that the current offer cap may no longer be just and reasonable for several reasons.

On Friday, Sept. 20, 2013, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposed rules to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from new fossil fuel-fired electric generating units.

A tax on windfall gains obtained by domestic gas producers as a result of deregulating the sale prices for domestic natural gas was introduced in 2013 by Government Ordinance No. 7/2013 (GO 7/2013), ...

The current flood events in Queensland and northern Western Australia are causing havoc and creating hardship for residents, farmers and industry alike. Right now, it is a matter of survival, but as soon as the danger passes, getting things back to some semblance of normality will be the imperative. Understandably so - communities need to return to their livelihoods as quickly as possible.

On December 17, 2018, the Government of Alberta announced the results of Rounds 2 and 3 of the Alberta Renewable Electricity Program (REP) competition.

On June 30, 2017, the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources ("DOER") announced an "aspirational" target for Massachusetts' utilities to procure 200 MWh of energy storage by January 1, 2020.

Further to our bulletin on 28 June 2011 outlining the proposed changes to REC prices, the CERC has indeed confirmed that it is to reduce REC prices by 15.38% to 17.88%. The reduction will certainly knock investor confidence to some extent but the floor price has been reduced to the extent originally announced.

On 25 July 2012, the UK Government (through the DECC – the Department of Energy and Climate Change) published its long awaited response to its October 2011 to January 2012 consultation on future levels of banded support under the UK Renewables Obligation (RO).

The CCL is a tax on business and public sector energy use. The general rule is that supplies of electricity to non-domestic customers are subject to a levy of £5.54/MWh.