TitleConvention on Third Party Liability in the Field of Nuclear Energy (Paris Convention) Parties16 parties Revisions1963 Convention Supplementary to the Paris...
TitleConvention on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage (Vienna Convention) Parties38 parties Revisions1997 Protocol (see Practice Note: 1997 Protocol to the 1963 Vienna...
TitleConvention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (CPPNM) Parties156 parties Revisions2005 Amendment (entered into force 8 May 2015) LocationVienna, Austria...
Snapshot of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Title Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treat (CTBT) Parties183 signed. 162 ratified Signatories Adopted10 September...
Snapshot of the 1997 Protocol to Amend the Vienna Convention on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage TitleProtocol to Amend the Vienna Convention on Civil liability for...
TitleProtocol to Amend the 1963 Vienna Convention on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Parties13 parties Adopted12 September 1997 Came into force4 October 2003...
TitleDirective 2018/2001/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources (recast) (RED...
TitleClean Energy Package Entry into Forcen/a Transposition Deadlinen/a Amendmentsn/a Implementing legislation in England and Walesn/a SubjectEnergy efficiency; renewable...
The aim of the Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme is to provide long-term price stabilisation to low carbon plant and to enable investment to come forward at lower...
Electricity market reform (EMR) The EMR programme was developed by the government to promote investment in secure forms of capacity and affordable low carbon energy...
Electricity market reform and contracts for difference The Electricity Market Reform (EMR) programme was developed by government to make changes to the Great Britain...
Snapshot on the 1986 Convention on Assistance in the Case of a Nuclear Accident or Radiological Emergency Title1986 Convention on Assistance in the Case of a Nuclear...
Snapshot of Convention on Nuclear Safety 1994 TitleConvention on Nuclear Safety Parties85 LocationVienna Adopted17 June 1994 Came into force24 October 1996 SubjectSafety...
Introduction This Practice Note forms part of our suite of detailed guidance on the main terms of the standard form Contracts for Difference (CfDs) contracts issued to...
Introduction This Practice Note forms part of our suite of detailed guidance on the main terms of the standard form Contracts for Difference (CfD) contracts, issued to...
How are contracts for difference (CfD) and the renewables obligation (RO) connected? The renewables obligation (RO) is intended to support investment in renewable...
Background At the time the Energy Act 2013 came into force, and to an extent to this day, the UK faced real and serious challenges in relation to its electricity...
The Energy Act 2016 (EnA 2016) received Royal Assent on 12 May 2016 (see Table A below for details) Background to EnA 2016 In June 2013, the former Secretary of State for...
1 What is Euratom? The Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community (‘the Euratom Treaty’) was signed in 1957 by six founding States (Belgium, France,...
Radioactive substance regulations The principal legislation governing the keeping, use, accumulation and disposal of radioactive substances (including radiation sources...
Introduction Feed-in-Tariffs (FiTs) are a support payment for electricity generated from low-carbon sources. They consist of guaranteed payments for a fixed period of...
Key legislation, licences and guidance Legislation:The key legislation that underpins the Feed-in Tariff (FiT) scheme is the: Feed-in Tariffs Order 2012 (FiT 2012), SI...
The Feed-in tariff (FIT) scheme was introduced in April 2010 and is the government’s main policy measure to encourage the deployment of small-scale low-carbon electricity...
Key primary resources on closure of the FiT Resource and dateLink Government consultation (19 July 2018) on the future for new small scale renewables after the FiT closes...
What is fracking? Shale gas extraction or hydraulic fracturing (fracking) is the process whereby water and chemicals are pumped into shale rock at high pressure to...
The UK government has, historically, been supportive of fracking. However following a number of successive seismic events at the country's only active fracking site...
