Law

United States

U.S. To Spend More Than $500 Billion on Climate Over a Decade Under Three Laws, Study Says

The U.S. government will spend more than $500 billion on climate technology and clean energy over the next decade under three recently enacted laws, an analysis…

Wind Power Project

New Report Finds Value of Wind Energy Far Exceeds Costs

Wind energy continues to see strong growth, solid performance, and attractive prices in the U.S., according to a report released by the U.S. Department of Energ…

Energy Storage Battery

Inflation Reduction Act Prompts Turkish Company to Increase US Gigafactory Output to 3GWH

Turkish group Kontrolmatik Technologies has increased the output of its planned energy storage-focused gigafactory in the US by 50%, thanks to the Inflation Red…

Joe Biden

ACP CEO Heather Zichal Statement on President Biden Signing the Inflation Reduction Act Into Law

Heather Zichal, CEO of the American Clean Power Association, issued the following statement today after President Biden signed the historic Inflation Reduction …

CCS

Oil Industry Gears up to Tap U.S. Climate Bill for Carbon Capture Projects

Tax credits in the $430 billion U.S. climate and tax bill set to be signed into law this week will kickstart carbon sequestration projects, say oil and gas prop…

Germany

German Government ‘Likely to Face Legal Challenges to Gas Rationing’

Law experts suggest some German businesses see gas rationing as a “nightmare scenario”

Electric Car

Swappable Car Batteries Could Accelerate UK’s Transition to Electric Vehicles

A new paper from Cornwall Insight and law firm Shoosmiths has laid out why switching the UK electric vehicle (EV) model to Battery-as-a-Service, could cut upfro…

Wind Turbine

WindEurope: German Parliament Adopts New Onshore Wind Law

The German parliament has adopted a new onshore wind law (WindLandG) which aims to expand onshore wind by a massive 10 GW a year from 2025.

United Kingdom

UK Approves 25% Windfall Tax on Oil and Gas Producers

British lawmakers have officially approved a 25% windfall tax on oil and gas producers that will earn the government nearly $6 billion in one year to put toward…

Energy Storage System

Germany Finally Gives Energy Storage Its Own Legal Definition

The German parliament has passed law amendments giving energy storage its own legal definition, in a move welcomed by industry sources.

Net Zero Emission

Fight Over Funding Threatens EU Deal on New Climate Laws

A dispute over how to shield poorer citizens from European Union policies to put a price on pollution is threatening to prevent the bloc's countries from agreei…

Oil Price

Oil Rises on Market Caution Over Tight Supply

Oil prices rose 1% on Tuesday, clawing back more of last week's losses as investors focused on tight supplies of crude and fuel products rather than concerns ab…

Nuclear Power Plant

Advancing the Nuclear Power Plant: Current Developments

Nuclear Power as a Source Of EnergyNew nuclear technology has the potential to change the outlook of nuclear power. It attempts to address and fix the previous …

EU

EU Lawmaker Panels Object to ‘Green’ Label for Gas, Nuclear Investments

Two European Parliament committees on Tuesday backed an attempt to stop the EU labelling gas and nuclear energy as climate-friendly investments.

Carbon Emissions

European Parliament Backs Outlawing of Petrol and Diesel Vehicles by 2035

As part of the Fit for 55 package, European parliamentarians have supported revision of CO2 emission performance standards for new vehicles.