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The Energy Act 2011: is the Green Deal the real deal?On 18 October 2011 the Energy Act 2011 (the Act) received royal assent and passed into law, less than a year after it was introduced to the House of Lords on 9 December 2010. ... Read more |
Rooftop solar PV: issues to considerThe government’s introduction of the Feed-In Tariff (FIT) for small-scale renewables in April 2010 has led to frenzied activity in the relatively new sector of solar photovoltaic (PV) energy. Since April 2010, many start-up companies ... Read more |
Waste: moves towards a global resourceLegislative drivers and market demands have transformed waste management from a disposal at the lowest price operation to a sophisticated global resource (materials/energy) trading organisation. The transition from disposal to resource recovery and reuse i... Read more |
NEC3 - the nuclear engineering contract?It has become the standard suite of construction and engineering contracts in the nuclear decommissioning sector, EDF is currently using it for the early packages at its Hinckley C development in Somerset and Horizon Nuclear ... Read more |
Barr v Biffa [2011]: is permit compliance a defence to private nuisance?In April the High Court handed down a landmark judgment on the interaction between the environmental permitting regime and private nuisance. In Barr & ors v Biffa Waste Services Ltd (No 3) [2011] (also known ... Read more |
Developments in health and safety law for the energy sectorThe effect of health and safety legislation is increasingly being felt by the energy sector, and particularly the alternative energy sector as it has expanded into larger projects over the past few years. The health ... Read more |
Environmental challenges to major projectsMajor projects, such as energy generation stations or waste treatment plants, can meet with fierce opposition, often on environmental grounds. Sometimes the opposition is led by non-governmental organisations (NGOs) voicing concerns over climate change or ... Read more |
Major developments in UK nuclear liability legislationSubstantial changes to current legislation governing nuclear liability in the UK are afoot, following the recent release of the government's public consultation 'Implementation of changes to the Paris and Brussels Conventions on nuclear third party ... Read more |
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