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1 week ago | jdsupra.com | Dan Feldman |Frederick Lazell |Axel Schilder

Talks (Koalitionsverhandlungen) between the centre-right CDU/CSU and centre-left SPD to form a new German government concluded in a coalition agreement reached on April 9, 2025. In our previous coverage of the German federal elections (Part I can be found here and Part II can be found here), we discussed how energy and climate policy in general, and certain energy sources in particular, may be affected by a shift of power in Germany. Below are the coalition agreement’s outcomes in that regard.

Sep 24, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Dan Feldman |Frederick Lazell |Axel Schilder

In June 2023 the European Union (“EU”) adopted its definition of green hydrogen and derivatives (known as “renewable fuels of non-biological origin”, or “RFNBO”).1 See our previous client alert summarising the key aspects of the RFNBO rules.

Jun 21, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Dan Feldman |Frederick Lazell |Axel Schilder

On May 30, 2024, the council of ministers of the German Federal Government adopted a draft bill (Bundesrats-Drucksache 266/24) allowing permanent storage of carbon dioxide (Gesetz zur Demonstration der dauerhaften Speicherung von Kohlendioxid – Kohlendioxid-Speicherungsgesetz – KSpG). The bill would amend a 2012 law that only provided means to test (“demonstrate”) various technologies of carbon capture and storage.

Sep 26, 2023 | jdsupra.com | Dan Feldman |Frederick Lazell |Axel Schilder

The European Commission recently released the heavily anticipated terms and conditions for its initial European Hydrogen Bank (EHB) auction. The structure of this subsidy scheme is of great interest to green hydrogen producers worldwide, even those outside the EU, who are looking for clues as to how the so-called “international leg” of the EHB might be shaped. The first auction round will launch in November 2023. Below, we outline the key features of this initial “European leg” auction.