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Japan Offshore Wind Plans Under Scrutiny

Mitsubishi Corp. is reviewing how to proceed with its offshore wind projects in Japan given a 'significantly changed' business environment, showing that the country… [...]

Talos Energy Hires Former Shell Executive as CEO

U.S. oil and gas company Talos Energy has appointed Paul Goodfellow as President, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and a member of the company’s Board of Directors… [...]

EIB, EBRD Grant $620M for Poland’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm

The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) have granted a total of $623.6 million to support the development of 1… [...]

TenneT Signs Consortium to Connect 2GW Dutch Offshore Wind Farm to Grid

The consortium of pension fund ABP, pension investor APG and wind energy developer SSE has signed a realization agreement with transmission system operator (TSO)… [...]

Tidal Transit Secures Funding for ‘World’s First’ Electric CTV Fleet

U.K.-based offshore wind crew transfer vessel (CTV) owner Tidal Transit has secured equity financing from maritime and logistics investor HICO Investment Group to… [...]

Quebec Court of Appeal Rules on State Immunity From Pre-judgment Enforcement Measures: Does This Open the Door for a “Double Waiver”?

In Republic of India v CCDM Holdings (2024 QCCA 1620), the Quebec Court of Appeal (“the Court”) recently confirmed that India had waived its immunity from enforcement and reinstated a [...]

2024 in Review: Key Arbitration Developments in Eastern Europe

Following the Blog’s established tradition, this post provides an overview of key developments in the field of arbitration in a selection of jurisdictions in Eastern Europe. This year’s highlights include [...]

Arbitration Tech Toolbox: Blind Spots in Arbitration—When Technology Distorts Evidence Without Direct Human Intervention

In modern arbitration proceedings, most evidence goes through a digital process before reaching the eyes of decision-makers. Physical documents are scanned, processed with Optical Character Recognition (“OCR”), archived, and transferred. [...]

2024 in Review: MENA

The Middle East and North Africa (“MENA”) region entered 2024 amidst continuing political and economic instability. In spite of these challenging circumstances, the past year brought significant advancements in the [...]

2024 Year in Review: Human Rights and ISDS—Continued Convergence of Human Rights and the Environment

This is the sixth consecutive year that we, either together or separately, have reported on trends at the intersection of human rights and international investment arbitration from the prior year [...]

Creditors criticise “ransom terms” on up to £3bn in funding as the utility faces running out of cash [...]

Oil cartel gave no reason for the move, which comes despite warming ties between US and Saudi Arabia [...]

Anglo-Australian gold miner paid $160mn last year to settle dispute with country’s military government [...]

Politics has created choppy waters for the sector [...]

Territory a treasure trove of minerals and metals, but forbidding terrain makes it one of the hardest places to mine [...]

Trump tariffs will have 'significant impact' on US wind rollout

Vestas and Siemens Gamesa are among key European suppliers to US wind sector [...]

Now the UK needs to put in the hard yards to fulfil its wind power potential

OPINION | Some encouraging moves need to be followed up with action in key areas such as the grid, writes Paul Maile [...]

Mitsubishi reviews Japan offshore wind plans amid 'significantly changed' economics

Japan came late to the party in 2021, and faltering first wave projects will cast doubts on 2030 targets [...]

'Siemens Gamesa set to dominate Vestas and GE Vernova in offshore wind'

Vestas will however reign supreme onshore, with Nordex also expected to profit from Siemens Gamesa’s struggles with its 4.X and 5.X platforms, says analyst group [...]

'Really stressful': fears grow that new offshore wind star Poland won't deliver

With major investments already made, there is no sign of regulatory progress over a crucial first CfD tender this year [...]