Goldberg Segalla Product Liability Series: Containing Nuclear and Thermo Nuclear Verdicts
Hogan Lovells' Mary Anne Sullivan on the floor of Hogan Lovells Global Energy Summit
SaskPower has created a nuclear subsidiary called SaskNuclear to advance the province’s small modular reactor (SMR) nuclear project from a business and regulatory standpoint. SaskPower is planning the development of its first...more
Artificial intelligence (AI) not only provides new technological advantages to the energy industry, but also the industry is itself responsible for providing the vast (and growing) amount of energy consumption driven by the...more
As a follow-up to our previous client alert, President Biden has signed the ADVANCE (Accelerating Deployment of Versatile, Advanced Nuclear for Clean Energy) Act into law. The ADVANCE Act is aimed at speeding up the...more
Now that final regulations on the transferability of energy tax credits under the Inflation Reduction Act have been issued by the U.S. Department of Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), many investors...more
The volatility of energy prices following recent geopolitical challenges has brought a renewed focus on domestic energy security. Because of the risks associated with weather-dependent energy solutions, a revival of nuclear...more
On April 25, 2024, the U.S. Department of Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued final regulations regarding the transfer of energy tax credits under the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA)....more
Solar Powered Generation Sees Significant Growth while Some Solar Energy is Increasingly Blocked from Production - Our Currents focus article this month is on developments in the growth of solar electric power generation...more
Welcome to Dorsey’s Energy Law: Month in Review. We provide this update to our clients to identify significant developments in the previous month. Please reach out to any of the authors, listed above, to discuss these issues....more
Leaders from 34 countries met in Brussels, Belgium on March 21 for the first Nuclear Energy Summit. The purpose of the summit was to provide participating governments the opportunity to share their vision and plans for using...more
Record U.S. Oil Production and the Potential Impacts - Domestic oil production in the U.S. reached a new record in November 2023, hitting 13.31 million barrels per day, according to data from the U.S. Energy Information...more
Nuclear energy has been significant in South Africa's energy landscape for decades. South Africa's focus on nuclear energy (as a low-carbon and efficient base-load source of energy1) is ever-increasing as the global drive...more
The Government’s consultation on the siting of nuclear power stations beyond 2025 reflects the changing nuclear landscape in the UK and proposes a new approach to national planning policy that is more flexible and developer...more
Solar is Coming, Solar is Here: The Growth of Solar in Coal Country - We reviewed a variety of news stories discussing new solar projects in states – Kentucky, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania – that have traditionally...more
After dramatically protracted negotiations at COP28, some have been left disappointed but transformational agreements were made that will impact businesses around the world. We’ve collected the key issues and takeaways from...more
Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Georgia have all set off on a journey of energy transition, but each of these countries is taking a path of its own, as Anton Konnov, Alexey Mareev and Arthur Minosyan explain....more
Renewable energy projects share many of the same characteristics as traditional construction projects. To some extent, the approach to managing risk from a legal perspective will therefore be familiar. However, in other ways,...more
As previously reported on this site, nuclear generation development has taken hold as a potential promise for a long-term, genuinely carbon-free power supply. The momentum of this potential is rapidly gaining steam (no pun...more
Domestic Nuclear Power Advancement: Barriers to Entry and the Need for a National Strategy - As previously reported on this site, nuclear generation development has taken hold as a potential promise for a long-term,...more
[This is the fifth post in our Hydrogen Blog Series...] The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law appropriated $8 billion for developing Hydrogen Hubs—regional networks to produce, distribute, and use clean hydrogen to curb...more
As part of long-range plans to address climate change, many states have adopted policies to spur the transition to a low-carbon future. Renewable sources like solar, wind and geothermal energy have garnered considerable...more
The U.S. Department of Energy recently awarded $46 million to eight U.S. companies working to advance the development of commercial fusion energy technology (including our client Commonwealth Fusion Systems), furthering the...more
As countries and companies around the world set goals for renewable energy targets, there is constant uncertainty as to the best path for reaching these goals. While wind and solar development are often top of mind, nuclear...more
The Cost of "Electrification" “Electrification” has become a ubiquitous term these days, although depending on who you ask, it might have different meanings. However defined, a critical component of electrification as a...more
The UK government has unveiled a number of measures with the overall purpose of reaching net zero by 2050 and meeting the UK’s climate targets. On 30 March 2023, on what has been called the UK’s “green day”, the UK...more
DOE announces opening of the second round awards cycle of the Civil Nuclear Credit Program. Eligibility for this round is not restricted to applicants who have publicly announced intentions to retire, thus expanding...more