Topic
Renewable Energy Projects
26 published works
China Law Insight
聚焦新能源：新能源电站跨境投资重点法律问题解读–欧洲篇之罗马尼亚
By King & Wood
作者：俞珍珍 赵嘉宁 杨伊晴 近年来，凭借得天独厚的风电、光伏资源禀赋和强有力的政策支持，罗马尼亚可再生能源行业发展迅速。2024年11月22日，罗马尼亚正式颁布了具有里程碑意义的《2025-2035能源战略（展望2050）》（罗马尼亚语为Strategia Energetică A României 2025-2035, Cu Perspectiva Anului 2050），这是罗马尼亚首个国家能源战略计划。该战略设定了实现能源安全、推动能源转型、提高能源效率、提高能源可及性和可负担性、建立高效能源市场和加强能源系统数字化和网络安全等六个核心发展目标，目标是到2035年创建一个安全、可及和可持续的能源行业。根据该战略的规划目标，到2035年，可再生能源（包括风能、太阳能、水能和地热能）在最终能源消费中占比提升至41.1%，到2050年将进一步提升至86.1%，以此来构建更具韧性的能源体系，加速实现脱碳目标。 阅读更多
Climate Solutions Legal Digest
Understanding and Managing Severed Mineral Estates in Renewable Energy Projects
By Former Attorney Blake Hansen
As renewable energy development sweeps across rural and agricultural landscapes, developers are encountering a growing legal and logistical challenge: severed estates. These occur when surface rights and mineral rights are…
Climate Solutions Legal Digest
Powerful Promises: Performance Guarantees and Liquidated Damages in Solar and Biogas EPC Contracts
By Former Attorney Andrew Parker
Performance guarantees and performance liquidated damages (PLDs) are an essential element of most engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contracts, especially those related to solar and biogas projects; they make guaranteed…
Allens Insights
Investing in WA – what are the land options for your renewable energy project?
By Allens
Challenges, opportunities and land access arrangements 5 min read Western Australia's distinctive energy system presents unique challenges and opportunities for developers considering renewable energy projects in the state. Understanding the…
Global Projects View
US Environmental Protection Agency Seeks Applications for Two Clean Energy Grant Programs
By Michael Wray
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it is seeking applications for two competitive clean energy grant programs, the National Clean Communities Investment Accelerator and the Clean Communities Investment Accelerator,…
Bankruptcy & Restructuring Law
New Chapter 11 Filing – Alto Maipo SpA
By Cole Schotz
On November 17, 2021, Alto Maipo SpA, a Chile-based run-of-the-river project, which uses the natural flow of a river to generate electricity without the construction of a dam, along with…
China Law Insight
《海外可再生能源项目投资概览》（三） ——巴西、埃及、约旦、巴基斯坦可再生能源项目投资概览
By King & Wood
在前两期《海外可再生能源项目投资概览》中，我们对投资西班牙、德国、越南、葡萄牙、爱尔兰和墨西哥可再生能源的法律环境进行了简要介绍。本文将介绍巴西、埃及、约旦、巴基斯坦的外资审查、可再生能源项目审批、可再生能源补贴三个方面的政策制度，供各位读者参考。
E2 Law Blog
Notice 2021-41: Further Extension of the Continuity Safe Harbor for Renewable Energy Projects
By Margaret J. Weil, John Eliason
On June 29, 2021, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released Notice 2021-41 (the “Notice”) granting additional relief for certain renewable energy projects planning to claim the U.S. federal production tax…
China Law Insight
新能源项目的两把达摩克利斯之剑（一）——土地使用税篇
By King & Wood
我们通过“聚焦新能源”专栏前几期的文章为大家介绍了风光电新能源项目用地的基本原则以及电价与补贴的相关政策，简要勾勒出了新能源项目用地、电价相关的基本法律框架。实践中，投资人、发电企业除了关注项目合规问题，通常还十分关心项目的收益成本问题。与项目成本息息相关的，除了技术成本、建设成本，在很大程度上还取决于政府的路径规划及相关政策设计。特别是地面集中式光伏项目光伏列阵区占地面积较大，占用土地类型多涉及一般农用地、林地、草地，从而可能产生土地使用税和耕地占用税是否缴纳、何时缴纳、按照如何标准缴纳等影响项目收益的重要因素。本文将为大家介绍新能源项目应如何缴纳土地使用税。
Latin America Legal
Renewable Energy Projects in Mexico Dealt Another Blow by the Lopez Obrador Administration
On April 29, 2020, Mexico’s independent system operator (“CENACE”) notified generators of its decision to indefinitely suspend all legally mandated pre-operation tests for solar and wind projects in light of…