DECEMBER 2023
Horizon Scanner: Infrastructure, Construction, Energy
Legal and regulatory developments impacting sectors across the economy including energy, construction & engineering, real estate, industrials, transport and digital infrastructure.
Highlights this month...
IMPORTANT HIGH COURT JUDGMENT
A judgment relating to compensation for certain electricity generators has been handed down in the High Court in Ireland.
OFFSHORE WIND
The CRU published the pathway for connection of Phase 1 merchant projects and the Government published indicative dates for the development of Phase 2.1.
NATURAL AND RENEWABLE GAS
As political agreement is reached on a revised EU legislative package for natural and renewable gas, the Irish Government indicates in its Energy Security Strategy that a strategic gas emergency reserve will be introduced, potentially in the form of a floating reserve regasification unit.