JANUARY 2025
Horizon Scanner: Infrastructure, Construction, Energy
Legal and regulatory developments impacting sectors across the economy including energy, construction & engineering, industrials, transport and digital infrastructure.
Highlights this month...
OFFSHORE RENEWABLE ENERGY
Consultation is underway on a fifth onshore renewable electricity support scheme.
FOREIGN INVESTMENT SCREENING
The Screening of Third Country Transactions Act 2023 is in operation and applies to transactions that relate to or impact upon critical infrastructure.
CLIMATE OBLIGATIONS IN DECISION MAKING
The High Court in Ireland has issued guidance for relevant bodies (such as An Bord Pleanála and the Commission for Regulation of Utilities) when complying with their obligation under section 15 of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Acts.