Worldwide: Government Contracts, Procurement & PPP

The European Commission has released its first enforcement review of the Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR), declaring the framework 'fit for purpose' while proposing only targeted procedural adjustments.

The Government e-Marketplace (GeM), launched in 2016, has transformed public procurement in India by moving a substantial part of Government purchasing to a common, technology-driven platform.

The principal obstacle in the adoption of green hydrogen for reduction of carbon emissions has been commercial rather than technological, as industrial users seeking to transition must fund and operate a dedicated electrolyser plant for a term of fifteen years or more. The “Electrolyser as a Service” (EaaS) model addresses this constraint. Under the EaaS model, a technology provider (Service Provider) designs, finances, constructs, owns, operates and maintains an electrolytic hydrogen generation plant (Project) on a build-own-operate basis at the premises of the industrial user (Consumer).