The so called “Easter Package” has passed the German Parliament. The German legislator has introduced substantial changes to the legal framework for onshore wind projects by resolving a bundle of new laws. The amendment...more
30 GW by 2030, 40 GW by 2035 and 70 GW by 2045. These are newly defined capacity goals for offshore wind in Germany. The German parliament has recently adopted long-awaited regulatory changes to boost the energy transition in...more
Environmental law covers a range of legal areas which are often of crucial importance for investment projects in approval procedures under emissions control law and sectoral planning law or in other legal fields. The main...more
There have not been any auctions for offshore wind projects in Germany since 2018. Recently, the Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur) called for the 2021 auction round. It is the first of its kind auction based on the...more
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With a draft amendment to the Energy Industry Act (EnWG), published on 9th of March 2021, the Federal Government presented, among others, the future regulatory framework for so-called stand-alone interconnectors....more