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United Kingdom – Renewable Energy Laws And Regulations 2027
The UK renewable energy sector achieved a milestone in 2025 with renewables generating 44% of electricity, while wind power maintains its position as the dominant renewable source. Following a comprehensive market review, the government has decided to retain a unified national electricity pricing system rather than adopting zonal pricing. New regulatory reforms targeting grid connections and the Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025 are designed to accelerate project development by reducing approval delays.
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Bracewell
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Can Investment Keep Pace With Global Nuclear Ambitions?
The nuclear sector requires approximately $6 trillion in investment by 2050 to triple global capacity, yet capital deployment remains constrained despite technological advances and political support. This analysis examines why investor confidence hinges not on reactor innovation alone, but on regulatory certainty, risk allocation frameworks, and integrated project delivery models that can convert ambitious nuclear programmes into bankable infrastructure.
Global Energy
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Gowling WLG
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United Kingdom – Renewable Energy Laws And Regulations 2027
The UK renewable energy sector achieved a milestone in 2025 with renewables generating 44% of electricity, while wind power maintains its position as the dominant renewable source. Following a comprehensive market review, the government has decided to retain a unified national electricity pricing system rather than adopting zonal pricing. New regulatory reforms targeting grid connections and the Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025 are designed to accelerate project development by reducing approval delays.
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Bracewell
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Under Pressure: How Europe's Steel Industry Can Adapt And Survive
European steel producers face mounting pressure from weak demand, rising imports, and structural cost disadvantages in energy and labor. With capacity utilization at historic lows and overcapacity reaching 60-65 million tons, the industry must fundamentally rethink its position in the global value chain. Can European steelmakers survive by shifting from commodity production to specialized, high-value products?
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EU Nuclear: A €241 Billion Investment Cycle Takes Shape
10 March 2026 was a defining day for EU energy policy. The European Commission published its new strategy for nuclear, offering it a central place in the EU’s energy vision. Two key documents set out its approach: the Strategy for the development and deployment of Small Modular Reactors in Europe (the EU SMR Strategy) and the final 8th Nuclear Illustrative Programme under Article 40 Euratom (the 8th PINC).
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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP
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Infrastructure Planning Blog 69: Application Stocktake As Changes To The Planning Act 2008 Regime Start To Take Effect
The Labour government's ambitious target of 150 Development Consent Order decisions faces a critical test as progress reaches the halfway mark of Parliament. With new Planning and Infrastructure Act provisions now in force and the first post-reform applications emerging, the infrastructure planning landscape is undergoing significant transformation that will shape the future of major development projects.
United Kingdom Government
TLT
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Can Investment Keep Pace With Global Nuclear Ambitions?
The nuclear sector requires approximately $6 trillion in investment by 2050 to triple global capacity, yet capital deployment remains constrained despite technological advances and political support. This analysis examines why investor confidence hinges not on reactor innovation alone, but on regulatory certainty, risk allocation frameworks, and integrated project delivery models that can convert ambitious nuclear programmes into bankable infrastructure.
Global Energy
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Gowling WLG
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Defra Launches Technical Consultation On ATRm
The UK government has proposed significant changes to its post-Brexit chemical regulation system through an Alternative Transitional Registration Model (ATRm) for UK REACH. Following industry concerns about the substantial costs of re-registering approximately 20,000 substances already registered under EU REACH, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has launched a technical consultation on amendments that would reduce hazard information requirements while maintaining use and exposure standa
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Bergeson & Campbell
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From Lab To Manufacturing: Why Scale-up Can Create New Patent Opportunities
For companies developing advanced materials, battery technologies, and green technologies, the journey from laboratory proof-of-concept to commercial manufacturing often reveals the most valuable patentable inventions. Scale-up challenges involving heat transfer, particle morphology, coating uniformity, and manufacturing economics can create intellectual property that proves more commercially significant than the original laboratory discovery.
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