APT Translations

When oil prices drop, the renewable energy sector usually braces for a rough ride. Rachel Parkes looks at how the industry is faring in today’s low oil price environment.

Bart Doyle writes about recent changes in legislation concerning energy generation in Chile and discusses how this could give the renewables market a significant boost.

Partner Stephen Jurgenson, Of Counsel Jason Parker and associate Fadil M. Bayyari from the Dubai office of international law firm Winston & Strawn explore lessons from South Africa’s REIPP Program.

Lynne Wells and Howard Barrie at law firm Eversheds discuss some of the obstacles faced in the early stages of project planning in the renewable sector, and offer an insight into the crucial element of funding in getting projects off to a successful start.

Solar PV and wind power will be the keys to meeting carbon emission goals set at COP21 last year, but there needs to be a significant increase in deployment rates of all low carbon technologies for the goals to be met, says the International Energy Agency in a recent report. Gail Rajgor reports.

Stéphanie Roblin explores the use of solar power in farming and explains why it could be an ideal solution to irrigation in developing countries.

The unexpected Leave vote in the UK’s EU membership referendum left global markets reeling, but is the UK renewables industry safe? Rachel Parkes reports.

Louise Ward at Low Carbon provides an insight into how investment in renewables projects is faring across the market.

How will recent changes to Poland’s Renewable Energy Sources Act impact the country’s energy landscape? Ian Wood and Rob Broom from King & Wood Mallesons investigate.

GRID4EU recently collaborated with ABB to explore the feasibility of introducing smart grids across Europe. Dipl Ing Peter Noglik, Principal Scientist at ABB R&D Germany, Professor Dr Lars Jendernalik, Lead Operations for Ruhr-Niederrhein at Westnetz GmbH and Dipl Ing Anton Shapovalov, Research Associate at TU Dortmund University explained to ABB’s Jochen Kreusel the outcome of the project and what it means for the energy landscape in Europe.