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Renewables
The legislated policy is to reach Net Zero by 2050. We have dedicated subtopics for legal teams – renewable electricity subsidies and embedded benefits, projects for solar, onshore wind, and offshore renewable projects.
Market regulation and licensing subtopics
With increasing political and regulatory focus on the electricity supply market, many larger legal teams are interested in this area. Our subtopics include GB electricity generation and storage regulation.
Key energy law developments
Keep up-to-date with market practice and advances in real-time. We have forward looking trackers of the expected dates of final decisions, and implementing measures for consultations across the British energy market.
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The energy sector is fast-paced and ever changing. Are you up-to-date with the latest changes in energy regulation and policy– and have a sense of what’s on the horizon?
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Latest Energy News
The European Commission has initiated a public consultation and call for evidence on a new roadmap for artificial intelligence and digitalisation in...
This week's edition of Energy weekly highlights includes: the extension by the National Energy System Operator (NESO)of the ‘Gate 2 Whole Queue’...
The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DENSZ) has launched two parallel calls for evidence on carbon capture, usage, and storage (CCUS)...
Ofgem has published a letter to the National Energy System Operator (NESO) and Transmission Owners (TOs), detailing requirements for community...
The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DENSZ) has published technical guidance to assist UK Emissions Trading Scheme (UK ETS) installation...
Latest Energy Practice Notes
Energy Company Obligation (ECO)—key features of ECO4What is the ECO?The ECO is an energy efficiency scheme that requires large energy suppliers to...
Energy Company Obligation (ECO)—key features of ECO4AWhat is the ECO?The Energy Company Obligation (ECO) is an energy efficiency scheme that requires...
Energy precedentsIntroductionThis document contains quick links to the precedents found in the Energy module. Where indicated with the term ‘EFP’,...
Structure and key features of an offshore wind project finance transactionIntroductionAn offshore wind farm is a power plant that contains all the...
Carbon offsettingOriginally produced in partnership with Dr Justin Macinante of Edinburgh School of Law, The University of Edinburgh. Updated by Dalia...
Latest Energy Precedents
The green supplier contract—a standardised contractual pricing model clause (Luke’s Clause) (The Chancery Lane Project)This Precedent green supplier...
Supply: Renewable Energy Requirements (Viola’s Clause) (The Chancery Lane Project)This Precedent clause is for a supply agreement requiring the...
Transparent sourcing of greener, fairer renewable energy (Ayshe’s Clause) (The Chancery Lane Project)This Precedent transparent sourcing of greener,...
Boilerplate set—long form1Definitions and interpretation1.1In this Agreement:Affiliate•means any entity that directly or indirectly Controls, is...
Boilerplate set—short form1Definitions and interpretation1.1In this Agreement:[Insert each definition bespoke to the Agreement]1.2In this...
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An introduction to EU law and competition law issues for take-or-pay clauses in energy contracts
An introduction to EU law and competition law issues for take-or-pay clauses in energy contractsThis Practice Note introduces take-or-pay clauses in...
Production Sharing Contracts
Production Sharing ContractsIntroductionA production sharing contract (PSC) is a contractual relationship between a host government and a private...
The Offshore Transmission Owner (OFTO) regime
The Offshore Transmission Owner (OFTO) regimeWhat are OFTOs?Offshore Transmission Owners (OFTOs) are the owners of offshore transmission assets which...
Power purchase agreements (PPAs)—key terms and issues
Power purchase agreements (PPAs)—key terms and issuesWhat is a power purchase agreement?A power purchase agreement (PPA) is a contract between an...
Wind Turbine Supply Agreement
Wind Turbine Supply AgreementWhat is a Turbine Supply Agreement (TSA)?The Turbine Supply Agreement (TSA) is a critical component of the contractual...
An introduction to tolling agreements in the LNG sector
An introduction to tolling agreements in the LNG sectorIntroductionThe business model underpinning a liquefied natural gas (LNG) project is of...
Knock-for-knock indemnities: risk allocation in offshore energy contracts
Knock-for-knock indemnities: risk allocation in offshore energy contractsWhat are knock-for-knock indemnities?A knock-for-knock clause is a reciprocal...
Grid connection—key rules
Grid connection—key rulesWhat is a grid connection?A grid connection allows a user to connect to the local network or ‘grid’ so they can receive or...
LNG sale and purchase agreements
LNG sale and purchase agreementsTypes of LNG sale and purchase agreementsLiquefied natural gas (LNG) is commonly traded as a portfolio commodity, in...
Balance of plant agreements in wind farm projects—Overview
Balance of plant agreements in wind farm projects—OverviewScope of this noteThis note provides an overview of Balance of Plant (BOP) Agreements in the...
Understanding upstream petroleum agreements—concessions, production sharing contracts and service contracts
Understanding upstream petroleum agreements—concessions, production sharing contracts and service contractsThe purpose and scope of petroleum...
Gas sales agreement—key clauses
Gas sales agreement—key clausesTypes of gas sales agreements (GSAs)Contracts for the sale of gas may take several forms, including:•term...
Contracts for Difference (CfD)—key features
Contracts for Difference (CfD)—key featuresElectricity market reform (EMR)The EMR programme was developed by the government to promote investment in...
An Introduction to Oil & Gas Sales and Trading
An Introduction to Oil & Gas Sales and TradingGovernments permit companies to explore for and produce hydrocarbons (crude oil and natural gas)...
Project structure for renewable energy projects
Project structure for renewable energy projectsHow are renewable energy projects typically structured?For most renewable gathering projects (certainly...
What is a smart meter?
What is a smart meter?A summary of typical metering methods in the UKTraditionally, the utility metering for a domestic or non-domestic building in...
Farm-out agreements—key terms
Farm-out agreements—key termsScopeA farm-out is, in effect, a mechanism pursuant to which the owner of a participating interest in certain oil and gas...
Associated legal terms
CANDU
CANDU Reactor: A Canadian-invented, pressurized heavy water reactor developed initially in the late 1950s and 1960s. The acronym "CANDU", a registered trademark of Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, stands for “Canada Deuterium Uranium”. This is a reference to its deuterium-oxide (heavy water) moderator and its use of uranium fuel (originally, natural uranium). All current power reactors in Canada are of the CANDU type.
CCA
Contamination Control Area
Containment area
During the construction of a facility designed to house radioactive materials, a series of containment barriers is put up between the materials inside and the environment outside the facility during construction. This creates separate areas called "containment areas".
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