Power purchase agreements and routes to market

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    Practice Note: Drafting take-or-pay clauses in energy contracts—introduces the common features of take-or-pay clauses in energy contracts and provides some example clauses. It also considers the distinction between take-or-pay clauses and take-and-pay clauses

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    Practice Note: An introduction to EU law and competition law issues for take-or-pay clauses in energy contracts—introduces take-or-pay clauses in the energy sector and considers some of the EU, regulatory and competition law issues regularly encountered when considering take-or-pay clauses in the energy contracts

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    Practice Note: Take-or-pay clauses in energy contracts: the rule on penalties—introduces English Court’s attitude to take-or-pay clauses and a thorough consideration of take-or-pay clauses and the rule on penalties

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