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19 Cases found

Communication to the OECD’s Arrangement on efforts to expand the Coal-Fired Electricity Generation Sector

At issue: Special Procedures ask Participants to the OECD’s Arrangement on Officially Supported Credit Arrangement to commit to immediately stopping to build and support new coal-fired power plants, and require existing coal fired plants to terminate by 2030 in high-income nations, and 2040 in middle income nations.
Jurisdictions:
  • Netherlands
    • United Nations
  • Netherlands
    • OECD
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Altius Royalty Corporation et al. v. Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Alberta et al.

At issue: Whether, by virtue of requiring the phasing out of coal-fired electricity emissions, the defendants had de facto expropriated the plaintiffs’ royalty interest in coal from a coal mine in Alberta, Canada.
Jurisdictions:
  • Canada
    • Alberta Court of Appeal
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DS-412: Canada — Certain Measures Affecting the Renewable Energy Generation Sector

At issue: Whether Canada’s feed-in tariff program for electricity produced from renewable energy represents a violation of the national treatment provisions due to its local content requirements and whether it represents a prohibited subsidy.
Jurisdictions:
  • World Trade Organization
    • WTO Dispute Settlement Body
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DS-593: European Union — Certain measures concerning palm oil and oil palm crop-based biofuels

At issue: Whether EU’s renewable energy measures in respect of biofuels are discriminatory against palm-oil-based biofuels.
Jurisdictions:
  • World Trade Organization
    • WTO Dispute Settlement Body
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DS-600: European Union and Certain Member States – Certain Measures Concerning Palm Oil and Oil Palm Crop-Based Biofuels

At issue: Whether EU’s renewable energy measures in respect of biofuels are discriminatory against palm-oil-based biofuels.
Jurisdictions:
  • World Trade Organization
    • WTO Dispute Settlement Body
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Environment Victoria vs the EPA et. al.

At issue: Whether the EPA complied with the Climate Change Act when issuing a new license for coal-burning power stations that failed to lower the limits of GHG emissions.
Jurisdictions:
  • Australia
    • Victoria
      • Supreme Court of Victoria
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Eco Oro Minerals Corp. v. Republic of Colombia

At issue: Claims arising out of a series of regulatory measures aimed at protecting the páramo ecosystem, affecting a company’s mining concession.
Jurisdictions:
  • International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
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Lone Pine v. Canada

At issue: Claims arising out of the revocation by the Government of Quebec of claimant's permits for petroleum and natural gas exploration in the Utica shale gas basin.
Jurisdictions:
  • International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
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Uniper v. Netherlands

At issue: Whether the Netherlands' plan to phase out coal by 2030 violates the Energy Charter Treaty.
Jurisdictions:
  • International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
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Isolux v. Spain

At issue: Claims arising out of a series of energy reforms undertaken by the Government affecting the renewables sector, including a 7 per cent tax on power generators’ revenues and a reduction in subsidies for renewable energy producers.
Jurisdictions:
  • Stockholm Chamber of Commerce
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9REN Holding v. Spain

At issue: Claims arising out of a series of energy reforms undertaken by the Government affecting the renewables sector, including a 7 per cent tax on power generators’ revenues and a reduction in subsidies for renewable energy producers.
Jurisdictions:
  • International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
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CEF Energia v. Italy

At issue: Claims arising out of a series of governmental decrees to cut tariff incentives for some solar power projects.
Jurisdictions:
  • Stockholm Chamber of Commerce
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Eskosol v. Italy

At issue: Claims arising out of a series of governmental decrees to cut tariff incentives for some solar power projects.
Jurisdictions:
  • International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
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Greentech and Novenergia v. Italy

At issue: Claims arising out of a series of governmental decrees to prematurely cut tariff incentives for photovoltaic plants.
Jurisdictions:
  • Stockholm Chamber of Commerce
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Rockhopper v. Italy

At issue: Claims arising out of the decision not to award the claimants a production concession following the Government’s re-introduction of a general ban on oil and gas exploration and production activity within the 12 mile limit of the coastline.
Jurisdictions:
  • International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
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Strabag and others v. Germany

At issue: Claims arising out of the Government’s legislative changes to its renewable energy regime, including for offshore wind energy production, which allegedly caused the claimants to abandon their offshore wind projects.
Jurisdictions:
  • International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
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The PV Investors v. Spain

At issue: Whether a series of energy reforms undertaken by the Government affecting the renewables sector violated the rights of foreign investors under the Energy Charter Treaty.
Jurisdictions:
  • Permanent Court of Arbitration
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Westmoreland v. Canada

At issue: Whether a US company had been unlawfully excluded from a compensation scheme designed to protect investors in the Alberta coal industry following plans by Alberta’s provincial government in 2015 to phase out coal-fired power plants in the province by 2030.
Jurisdictions:
  • International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
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RWE v. Kingdom of the Netherlands

At issue: Whether the Netherlands' plan to phase out coal by 2030 violates the Energy Charter Treaty.
Jurisdictions:
  • International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
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