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Renewable energy definition

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What does Renewable energy mean?

Renewable energy is energy that is collected from renewable resources that do not deplete or can be replenished within a human's life time, such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides, waves, and geothermal heat.

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Power purchase agreement (PPA)—Checklist

What is/check the duration of the agreement? The term of the power purchase agreement (PPA) should coincide so far as practicable with the terms of any loans used to finance the project. It is often calculated from the point where the plant becomes commercially operational, although the PPA will usually come into effect before this to ensure funder certainty and also because there will be provisions dealing with late commissioning. What is/check the export volume? There is normally a minimum contracted volume of electricity that the plant is required to export for sale to the supplier. This may have percentage tolerances attached to it for over- and under-production, and moving outside of these tolerances may affect the power price (typically by way of a reduction, to incentivise a reliable volume of production). What is/check the value of the renewable benefits? There are normally provisions requiring the generator to maintain any accreditations necessary to be eligible for renewable benefits. The generator is also usually required to obtain the necessary accreditations, etc to become eligible for new or replacement benefits applicable to the power station. In some instances, these obligations may be limited so that there is no requirement to incur unreasonable or material costs in order to obtain the new or replacement benefit. Check the definition

Spain behavioural investigations—closed cases tracker

Spain behavioural investigations—closed cases tracker This table summarises all completed investigations by Spain’s competition authority (the National Commission on Markets and Competition—the CNMC) into alleged cartels, anti-competitive agreements and abuses of dominant positions (Articles 101/102 TFEU and national equivalents) since 2018. Note—only investigations that have been made public are included in this table. 2022 Investigations under Article 101 TFEU/Article 1 of the Spanish Competition Act Case name, companies under investigation and industry Issues Developments Construction• 6 undertakings (listed here) Restrictive agreements—bid rigging • Infringement decision announced—07/07/2022; fines totalling €203.6m imposed Procurators• College of Attorneys of Santa Cruz de Tenerife Restrictive agreements • Commitments accepted—28/04/2022 Scrap-iron• ArcelorMittal• Balboa• Sidenor Restrictive agreements—exchange of commercial information • Infringement decision announced—14/03/2022; fines totalling €24m imposed Investigations under Article 102 TFEU/Article 2 of the Spanish Competition Act Case name, companies under investigation and industry Issues Developments Power transmission network• Enel Green Concerns Enel Green abused its dominant position by ensuring its own renewable energy generation facilities were awarded greater access capacity to nodes, to the detriment of its competitors • Infringement decision announced—14/06/2022; fines totalling €4.9m imposed Dog breeding and showing• The Royal Canine Society of Spain (RSCE) Concerns RSCE abused its dominant position by restricting associations from accessing the international market and hindered judges from taking part in other organizations' shows • Infringement decision announced—26/05/2022; fines totalling €142,996 imposed Postal services• Correos Concerns Correos abused its dominant position by operating

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Project lawyers’ completion documents list—onshore wind farm and ground-mounted solar projects—template

Project lawyers’ completion documents list—onshore wind farm and ground-mounted solar projects—template PROJECT DETAILS PROJECT NAME: [insert name of project] CLIENT: [insert name of client] [Insert name of firm] PROJECT LEAD: [insert name of client/lead partner] PROJECT PARTIES PROJECT PARTY DETAILS Account Bank(s) [insert name of Account Bank] (Company Registration No. [insert number]) whose registered office is at [insert registered office of Account Bank] Agent [insert name of] (Company Registration No. [insert number]) whose registered office is at [insert registered office of Agent] Architect [insert name of Architect] (Company Registration No. [insert number]) whose registered office is at [insert registered office of Architect] Arrangers [insert name of Arrangers] (Company Registration No. [insert number]) whose registered office is at [insert registered office of Arrangers] Civil Design Consultant [insert name of Civil Design Consultant] (Company Registration No. [insert number]) whose registered office is at [insert registered office of Civil Design Consultant] Construction Contractor [insert name of Construction Contractor] (Company Registration No. [insert number]) whose registered office is at [insert registered office of Construction Contractor] Construction Contractor Parent Company [insert name of Construction Contractor Parent Company] (Company Registration No. [insert number]) whose registered office is at [insert registered office of Construction Contractor Parent Company] [ Construction sub-contractors ] [[insert name of sub-contractor] (Company Registration No. [insert number]) whose registered office is at [insert registered office of sub-contractor]] [ Legal/Technical/Financial Due Diligence Provider ] [[insert name of Due Legal/Technical/Diligence Provider] (Company Registration No. [insert number]) whose registered office is at [insert registered

Fuel supply agreement

Fuel supply agreement Date of Agreement ________________________________20[XX] Parties 1 [INSERT], a company incorporated in [INSERT] (registered number [INSERT]) whose registered office is at [INSERT] (Purchaser); and 2 [INSERT], a company incorporated in [INSERT] (registered number [INSERT]) whose registered office is at [INSERT] (Supplier). Background (A) The Purchaser is engaged in the generation of energy at the Site. (B) The Supplier is engaged in the supply of Fuel for use in the generation of energy; (C) The Purchaser wishes to purchase Fuel from the Supplier, and the Supplier wishes to supply Fuel to the Purchaser, subject to and in accordance with the terms of this Agreement 1 Definitions and interpretation 1.1 In this Agreement (including the recitals) the following words and phrases shall have the meaning given to them in this Clause 1: Agreement • means this Agreement including any Schedules to it; Annual Maximum Quantity • means the maximum amount of Fuel to be delivered by the Supplier to the Site in each Contract Year, being [AMOUNT]; Annual Minimum Quantity • means the minimum amount of Fuel to be delivered by the Supplier to the Site in each Contract Year, being [AMOUNT]; Business Day • means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or a public holiday in England on which the banks in London, UK are open for business; Charges • means the amount payable in consideration of the sale of Fuel by the Supplier to the Purchaser as set out

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Has the Renewables Obligation Order 2015 been amended to bring into effect the proposed changes to the grandfathering policy for projects in England and Wales at 5MW and below with an accreditation date from 23 July 2015 onwards?

Has the Renewables Obligation Order 2015 been amended to bring into effect the proposed changes to the grandfathering policy for projects in England and Wales at 5MW and below with an accreditation date from 23 July 2015 onwards? On 22 July 2015, the government published a consultation paper setting out proposals for measures to control spending on new solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity of 5 megawatts (MW) and below within the Renewables Obligation Order 2015, SI 2015/1947 (RO Order 2015). The response to this consultation, published on 17 December 2015, confirmed the closure of the Renewables Obligation across Great Britain to new solar PV generating stations at 5MW and below in scale from 1 April 2016, and to additional capacity added to existing accredited stations that do not take it above 5MW in total installed capacity from that date, subject to the application of grace periods where preliminary accreditation or significant financial commitments have been made on or before 22 July 2015. It also confirmed the removal of grandfathering for

What constitutes ‘the premises’ within the meaning of Ofgem’s guidance on the term ‘generating station’, as set out in the document ‘Guidance for generators that receive or would like to receive support under the Renewables Obligation (RO) scheme’?

What constitutes ‘the premises’ within the meaning of Ofgem’s guidance on the term ‘generating station’, as set out in the document ‘Guidance for generators that receive or would like to receive support under the Renewables Obligation (RO) scheme’? In answering this Q&A research has been focused on: • Ofgem’s ‘Guidance for generators that receive or would like to receive support under the Renewables Obligation (RO) scheme’, dated 13 March 2017 (Ofgem Generator guidance), • the Renewables Obligation Order 2015 (ROO), SI 2015/1947 • the Electricity Act 1989 (EA 1989) • the Electricity (Class Exemptions from the Requirement for a Licence) Order 2001, SI 2001/3270 (Class Exemptions Regulations) It has been assumed this Q&A does not relate to a hydro generating station or offshore generation facility, given that specific additional factors would apply when considering these types of generating station. As identified, in the absence of a definition of ‘generating station’ in the ROO, SI 2015/1947 (other than in the context of hydro, specifically), the Ofgem Generator guidance provides guidance (at paragraphs 2.12–2.23) on Ofgem’s interpretation of this term. However, the non-statutory nature of this guidance together with the wide set of factors that Ofgem state they consider, mean that where the practical position is not clear cut it will always be difficult to give a definitive view without Ofgem having confirmed their position on the specific scenario. Therefore, the remainder of this

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Environment weekly highlights—18 August 2022

This week's edition of Environment weekly highlights includes: analyses on decarbonising existing assets and how to mitigate risk when repurposing an existing energy asset and the CL:AIRE Code of Practice’s definition of waste. In addition, this week the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy has announced a consultation on diversifying the energy supply through biomass, the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs has published its public body review of the Office for Environmental Protection and several UK ministeries have launched a five-year maritime security plan. We have also published new Practice Notes on the EU and GB Classification, Labelling and Packaging Regulations.

EU Law weekly highlights—18 August 2022

This week’s edition of EU Law weekly highlights includes the publication of updated compliance documents on product safety by the Commission, the approval of Polish economic support measures under the Temporary Crisis Framework for State aid, the publication of an Article 65 EU GPDR binding decision by the European Data Protection Board concerning the calculation of fines, initial feedback from energy transmission and distribution system operators on the draft Framework Guidelines on Demand Response, and the publication of amendments to the rules for comparing heavy duty vehicles’ emissions and fuel consumption in the Official Journal. The highlights further include the adoption of three delegated regulations with regard to amending regulatory technical standards, two which supplement the EU Capital Requirements Regulation and one of which supplements the EU Payment Services Directive respectively, and the launch of new consultations variously seeking views on amending the collection of EU statistics, the reclassification of products without intended medical purpose, and updating EU rules on harmonised information services for river transport.

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