27 March 2019
New laws regulating waste in Singapore to be introduced this year
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/singapore/new-laws-regulating-waste-in-singapore-to-be-introduced-this-year

In January 2019, the Ministry of Environment and Water Resources announced that a Zero Waste Masterplan will be published and implemented in the second-half of 2019, as part of Singapore's plan to make 2019 the "Year ...

28 May 2020
Middle East Energy update – the sun continues to shine even in the midst of adversity
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/uae/middle-east-energy-update-the-sun-continues-to-shine-even-in-the-midst-of-adversity

In a region where the sun almost always shines and sustainability is embraced, it is no surprise that the renewables sector has bolstered its growth and continues on a strong path, even in times of adversity.

30 March 2020
Interpreting Article 16 of Regulation 714 – The use of interconnector congestion revenue
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/global/interpreting-article-16-of-regulation-714

Somewhat overshadowed by other events, the European Court of Justice issued a judgment on one of the more controversial provisions of EU energy market law on 11 March, explaining the meaning of Article 16(6) of ...

27 November 2019
Bird & Bird and K&L Gates respectively assisted ForVEI II and Origis Group in the cross-border acquisition of 35 photovoltaic plants in Italy and Slovakia
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/global/bird-and-bird-and-k-and-l-gates-assisted-forvei-ii-and-origis-group-in-the-cross-border-acquisition

Bird & Bird acted alongside the buyer, a joint venture vehicle dedicated to investments in photovoltaics between Foresight and VEI Green and identified as "ForVEI II".

24 June 2019
UAE Energy Strategy 2050
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/global/uae-energy-strategy-2050

The United Arab Emirates Energy Strategy 2050 has the bold goal of diversifying current energy sources and doubling the country's reliance upon clean energy sources by 2050. The goal is also to reduced the country's ...

14 April 2020
COVID-19: Practical and detailed guide to regulation and consequences in the energy and infrastructure sectors in Italy (including a focus on the potential impact of the Liquidity Decree)
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/italy/covid-19-energy---infrastructure

Following the outbreak of the health emergency in Italy due to the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19), the Italian Government has implemented several emergency measures impacting the energy and infrastructure sectors. ...

29 November 2019
Digitalisation maturity across the energy value chain
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/singapore/digitalisation-maturity-across-the-energy-value-chain

Has digitalisation in the energy sector already reached maturity? Matthias Lang participated in a panel discussion at this year’s Asia Clean Energy Summit in Singapore (ACES) on 31 October 2019 about the maturity of ...

30 July 2020
Bird & Bird backs growing green Corporate PPAs
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/global/bird-and-bird-backs-growing-green-corporate-ppas

Our Energy team collaborates with Clean Energy Pipeline to produce a feature on the growing prevalence of green corporate PPAs in the market.

16 February 2021
Corporate PPAs: An international perspective - 2020/2021 Edition
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2018/global/bird-and-bird-and-corporate-ppas-an-international-perspective

Bird & Bird has published our updated report on international Corporate Power Purchase Agreements (Corporate PPAs).

19 March 2019
Moving to Greener Pastures: Developments in the market for Electric Vehicles in Singapore
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/singapore/moving-to-greener-pastures-developments-in-the-market-for-electric-vehicles-in-singapore

In 2014, the Land Transport Authority ("LTA") and the Intelligent Transportation Society Singapore developed the "Smart Mobility 2030" masterplan, which gathers perspectives from the public and private sector and ...