17 Apr, 2023 Decarbonizing the Future: Are Carbon Contracts for Difference the Key to a Green Industry? By Marie von Armansperg Philipp Reinecke, LL.M. Ulrich Scholz Merit Olthoff Hendrik Wessling +2 more... Show less As part of its goal to reach climate neutrality by 2045, the German government is seeking to transform energy-intensive industries...
13 Mar, 2023 EU State aid for the green transition: the floodgates are open By Andreas von Bonin Merit Olthoff Florian Reiter-Werzin Jonas Levermann +1 more... Show less On 9 March, the European Commission (Commission) significantly amended its State aid framework to support the economy following Russia’s...
10 Nov, 2021 Mobilising the finance for green transformation: EU State aid vs. UK subsidy control regimes By Martin McElwee Andreas von Bonin Thomas Lübbig Merit Olthoff Bola Ajayi +2 more... Show less One of the main goals of the UN’s annual climate change conference, the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26), is mobilising private...
18 Oct, 2021 Making EU State aid rules fit for the green transition: EU Commission opens a public consultation to review the General Block Exemption Regulation By Andreas von Bonin Merit Olthoff Jonas Levermann Ioana-Virginia Motoc +1 more... Show less On 6 October, the European Commission (Commission) launched a public consultation on its proposed targeted amendment of the General Block...
29 Jun, 2021 Financing the green transition: how will the EU support industry? By Jonas Levermann Merit Olthoff Christiaan Smits €350bn. Every year. According to the recently published draft of the revised Climate, Environmental Protection and Energy Guidelines...
30 Nov, 2020 (Re-)Shaping EU State aid rules for a green transition: The European Commission opens a new public consultation on the IPCEI framework By Merit Olthoff Mariya Serafimova Jonas Levermann In her first State of the Union Address 2020 in September, European Commission (Commission) President Ursula von der Leyen recalled that...
17 Nov, 2020 The European Commission launches a timely consultation on State aid for environmental protection and energy By Florian Reiter-Werzin Maria Dreher-Lorje Merit Olthoff Thomas McGrath +1 more... Show less As part of a broader “fitness check” of the capacity of State aid rules to meet the objectives of the European Green Deal, the European...
23 Sep, 2020 The European Commission adopts revised State aid Guidelines in relation to its Emissions Trading System By Andreas von Bonin Thomas Lübbig Merit Olthoff Mariya Serafimova Jonas Levermann +2 more... Show less On 16 September 2020, Ursula von der Leyen, the President of the European Commission (the Commission), delivered her first State of the...