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In this issue: Key developments and materials Electricity and gas market regulation, licensing and taxation Renewable energy Capacity Market, balancing services and energy system flexibility Hydrogen, CCUS and emerging technologies Nuclear energy Planning issues in energy projects Air emissions, efficiency, and climate change New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Energy resources on Lexis+® Daily and weekly news alerts Key developments and materials DESNZ announces accelerated measures to boost UK energy security DESNZ has unveiled a suite of actions to reinforce and speed up the UK’s energy security in light of events in the Middle East. For the first time, ‘plug-in solar’ will be permitted in the UK. The department plans to advance the next annual renewables auction to July 2026 and has confirmed that the government will adopt the Fingleton Review’s recommendations to hasten delivery of nuclear power stations. It has also moved to safeguard consumers, working...

In this issue: Air emissions and climate change Energy efficiency and buildings Energy for environmental lawyers Environmental disputes and proceedings Environmental information ESG and sustainability Hazardous substances and chemicals Marine Nature, biodiversity and habitat conservation Waste Waste producer responsibility regimes Water, flooding and drainage Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content United Kingdom Environmental Law Association (UKELA) Annual Conference Air emissions and climate change DESNZ releases evaluations of CCUS and Industrial Fuel Switching and Hydrogen Supply innovation programmes The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) has issued two independent evaluations of its Energy Innovation Programme (EIP). The first evaluation reviews the Carbon Capture and Utilisation Demonstration (CCUD) innovation programme, the Carbon Capture, Usage and Storage (CCUS) Innovation programme, and the Accelerating CCS Technologies (ACT) programme, spanning 2016–21. The second evaluation examines the £21m Industrial Fuel Switching and £33m Hydrogen Supply programmes. Both evaluations consider...

In this issue: Key developments Air emissions and climate change Energy for environmental lawyers Environmental assessment Environmental disputes and proceedings Environmental enforcement and prosecutions Environmental information Environmental taxes, reliefs and incentives ESG and sustainability Hazardous substances and chemicals Nature, biodiversity and habitat protection Marine Waste Waste producer responsibility Water, flooding and drainage Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Key developments European Affairs Committee launches inquiry into UK-EU dynamic alignment The House of Lords European Affairs Committee has opened a call for evidence for a fresh inquiry into dynamic alignment, as part of the parliamentary scrutiny of the government’s UK-EU reset. As the tenth anniversary of the Brexit vote nears, the inquiry will assess the implications of prospective UK-EU arrangements under which the UK would align with specified areas of EU law, engage in EU law decision-shaping processes, and make financial contributions to relevant...

Scope of this Practice Note This Practice Note sets out the main types of radioactive waste and examines disposal against the EU-defined waste hierarchy. It places contemporary management of radioactive waste within the historical development of the nuclear industry from a planning standpoint. Principal policy documents are reviewed to chart the evolution of government thinking over time. Geological disposal of Higher Activity Waste (HAW) under the Planning Act 2008 (PA 2008) is compared with alternative disposal routes under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (TCPA 1990) and the Planning (Wales) Act 2015. Consultation duties, application processes and required consents are identified for both regimes. Notable planning appeals and judicial review cases are highlighted before looking at international approaches to radioactive waste. What is radioactive waste? In the UK, radioactive waste arises—and will arise—from past, current and future programmes for electricity generation from nuclear fission, the reprocessing of nuclear fuel, the development of nuclear weapons, the nuclear submarine fleet and wastes from radioactive materials used for civil...

Relevant articles The Journal of Renewable Energy Law and Policy has ceased publication, and no additional issues will appear. It served as a forum for analysis and debate, across Europe and globally, on legal and policy matters tied to renewable energy. The journal tracked the rapid, continually evolving developments worldwide in the sector—from bio-energy, solar and wind power to emerging technologies such as fuel cells and nuclear fusion. The articles listed here may interest energy lawyers and are accessible via links on this page. Access is restricted to Lexis®Library subscribers. For comparable article lists on Lexis®Library, see: Practice Note: Journal of World Energy Law and Business articles Practice Note: The Utilities Law Review articles Publication Date Article Jurisdiction Brief description of article 1 April 2023 — Marine spatial planning and offshore wind: preliminary principles for Australia (2023)—RELP 2-3: pp 48–56 — Australia — This piece explores Australia’s offshore wind prospects, emphasising the need for marine spatial...

For fuller analysis of the regulation, consenting and incentivisation of the net zero transition under the laws of England and Wales, see Collinson and Hockman on Energy Law: Regulating, Consenting and Incentivising the Energy Transition. That textbook explores, in depth, many of the themes addressed in this Practice Note... This Practice Note outlines the principal aspects of the supplier obligation, a mandatory charge on Great Britain’s licensed electricity suppliers used to finance the Contracts for Difference (CfD) low carbon subsidy mechanism... It also explains the reliefs available for electricity provided to electricity intensive industries (EIIs) and for power sourced from renewable generators in other EU Member States, described as ‘Green Excluded Electricity’... What is the background to the CfD regime and Electricity Market Reform? The Electricity Market Reform (EMR) programme was developed by government between 2010 and 2015 to reshape the GB electricity system and stimulate investment in secure, affordable, low carbon generation. Reform was required due to strains on a fossil fuel dependent system and...