MARCH 2026
Horizon Scanner: Energy, Planning, Infrastructure and Construction
Legal and regulatory developments impacting sectors across the economy, including energy, construction and engineering, transport and digital infrastructure.
Highlights this month...
COOLGLASS PRINCIPLES
The High Court has applied the Supreme Court’s decision in Coolglass in upholding planning permission for a large data centre development.
BIOMETHANE
The Commission for Regulation of Utilities has issued two decisions which are supportive of development of biomethane production in Ireland.
EU ENERGY AND INDUSTRIAL INITIATIVES
The European Commission has published strategies and proposed legislation to pursue EU objectives of energy independence and affordability, as well as industrial decarbonisation and resilience.
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