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Title: A new approach to desalination in the UN | Revista Retema
1 of March, 2023
The new monthly issue of the Retema Magazine includes a special report in which Eduardo Orteu analyses the new non-conventional water resources, with the focus on seawater desalination as a means to tackle water scarcity.
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08 Nov, 2024 
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Directive (EU) 2023/2413: the designation of ‘renewables acceleration areas’ in which projects are exempted from an environmental impact assessment
The new Renewable Energy Directive requires Member States to approve plans designating ‘ renewables acceleration areas’. The plans will be subject to strategic environmental assessment, but projects in these areas will be exempted from environmental impact assessment.
05 Nov, 2024 
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CNMC Circular 1/2024: network access and connection of demand-side facilities
Access and connection of demand-side facilities (storage facilities, data centres, hydrogen plants, etc.) to the transmission and distribution networks will provide the electricity system with greater flexibility.
23 Oct, 2024
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Royal Decree 962/2024: electricity production in offshore renewable energy facilities
Royal Decree 962/2024 establishes the open application procedure to which offshore renewable energy facilities that are not innovative or that are located in ports of national general interest are subject.
03 Oct, 2024
PUBLICATION
The manufacturer must compensate the purchaser for damage caused by NOx defeat devices in Dieselgate cases (CJEU, Grand Chamber, 21 March 2023, C-100/21, QB v. Mercedes-Benz)
To date, the latest decision of the EU court in the Dieselgate saga, and the most controversial in private law.
17 Apr, 2023
PUBLICATION
Auction for the Reservation of Capacity for Floating Solar Photovoltaic Plants
The Official Gazette published the Ministerial Order No. 11740-B/2021, opening the competitive procedure for the allocation of a reservation of capacity of injection in the Public Service Electricity Grid for floating solar photovoltaic plants.
30 Nov, 2021
PUBLICATION
Amendment of the legal regime of the organisation and operation of the National Electricity System (Portugal)
The public consultation regarding the long-awaited draft Decree-Law that revokes the legal regulations applicable to the activities of generation, transmission, distribution and supply of electricity and the organisation of electricity markets (the "Draft Decree-law") is underway, and contributions may be submitted until 24 November 2021 through the Consultation - National Electricity System platform (consultalex.gov.pt).
19 Nov, 2021
PUBLICATION
Second renewables auction
New flash from our Energy team with the latest awards in the second auction to allocate the Renewable Energy Economic Regime to electricity generation projects held on 19 October by the Ministry for Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge. generation projects held on 19 October by the Ministry for Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge.
02 Nov, 2021
PUBLICATION
Approval of RDl 23/2021 on urgent energy measures
New flash from our Energy team with the key points on the urgent measures introduced by Royal Decree Law 23/2021 to protect consumers and introduce transparency in the wholesale and retail electricity and natural gas markets.
02 Nov, 2021
PUBLICATION
Royal Decree-law 17/2021 – The Government clarifies the non-applicability of the revenue reduction mechanism to facilities that have concluded a PPA
New flash about the updates introduced by the Royal Decree-law 17/2021 created by our Energy team.
21 Sep, 2021