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At the nexus of technology, economy and law, we advise you especially in the following areas:

• Corporate/M&A
• Renewables
• Hydrogen technologies
• Project finance
• Trade and distribution, PPAs
• Sector coupling and decarbonization
• Regulatory (grid/storage/trade)
• Energy antitrust and merger control 
• Power stations/pipeline projects
• Restructuring
• Arbitration

Insights

Online event: Energy storage technology

June 29, 2021

Germany: We are very pleased that you show interest in our online event: “Energy storage technology”, which took place on June 29, 2021. Our lawyers and guest experts talked about energy storage opportunities, regulatory and other barriers as well as the great potential for innovation.

Parliament passes first law amending the German Federal Climate Protection Act

June 18, 2021 (updated on July 7)

Germany: On June 24, 2021 and in its last session of the current legislative period, the German Parliament passed the first law amending the Federal Climate Protection Act from 2019. The approval of the Federal Council was given one day later. The new law is by and large based on a draft of the Federal Government from May 11, 2021 (19/30230), to which the adopted version of the Environment Committee (19/30949) made only insignificant changes. The new law serves to implement the requirements of the Federal Constitutional Court and takes into account the new – negotiated but not yet agreed – European climate targets.

An opportunity for biogenic hydrogen?

June 2, 2021

On May 20, 2021, the German Parliament passed the draft law for the Further Development of the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Quota. It provides for an increase of the greenhouse gas reduction quota in the transport sector to 25% by 2030. In addition – and contrary to prior efforts of the Federal Government – biogenic hydrogen can now be counted towards the greenhouse gas reduction quota, if it was obtained directly from biomass or with electricity from waste-to-energy plants (so-called "orange" hydrogen). In its statement accompanying the draft law, the Parliament gave additional important positive signals for the biogenic hydrogen economy in Germany.

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News and Events

Upcoming events

Dentons’ European Renewables Workshop 2022

Frankfurt am Main, GermanyMay 4, 2022

Without waiting for the outcome of global climate negotiations, the EU, in June 2021, fixed in law its goals of climate neutrality by 2050 and a 55 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. A few days later, the European Commission unleashed a torrent of legislative proposals designed to provide a regulatory framework for achieving these targets.

Recent Press Releases

Dentons advises Volkswagen on competition clearances for electromobility joint venture with Enel X

January 10, 2022

Global law firm Dentons has advised Volkswagen on all aspects of antitrust and merger control law in connection with the formation of a joint venture with Italian energy supplier Enel X.

Dentons advises promissory note holders of STEAG Group on new financing agreement

September 30, 2021

Global law firm Dentons advised the promissory note holders of energy producer STEAG on the successful negotiation of a comprehensive new financing. The complex financing agreement involved promissory note holders with loans totaling €308 million, as well as other credit institutions, guarantee lenders, registered bond holders as well as certain creditors of project companies. 

Dentons advises Q-Energy on acquisition of wind park portfolio from MEAG

September 13, 2021

Global law firm Dentons has advised Q-Energy on the acquisition of a portfolio of 16 wind parks in Germany from MEAG. The transaction includes a total of 56 wind turbines in northern Germany with an installed capacity of 109 megawatts. The parties have agreed not to disclose the purchase price.

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