Energy & utilities
January 2024 | SPECIAL REPORT: ENERGY & UTILITIES
Financier Worldwide Magazine
January 2024 Issue
Q&A: M&A in the US energy sector
The strategic investments by the largest oil & gas companies in the US oil & gas sector have been remarkable, although it is unclear whether these transactions represent a trend that will continue. FW discusses M&A in the US energy sector with Clint Vince at Dentons, Christopher Gladbach at McDermott Will & Emery and Lance Brasher at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates.
The decline in growth of the renewables empire
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP While the renewables empire is still growing, the pace of growth seems to have slowed and the number of negative news stories has increased, giving investors and financiers some cause to pause and consider the reasons behind the slowdown.
Will election-year politics imperil the US Inflation Reduction Act?
Dentons Clean energy policy on its own will not drive the ultimate results of the election, but it will be important in terms of larger economic concerns.
Sorry for interrupting: Alberta’s suspension on renewables approvals
Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer LLP Alberta announced an unprecedented suspension of approvals for all new renewable projects over 1 megawatt, beginning in August 2023 and extending until February 2024.
Role of biomethane in the green transition
Norton Rose Fulbright Studio Legale In the context of the National Resilience and Recovery Plan, the green and ecological transition is a key pillar for the development of the Italian economy. And almost €2bn has been allocated for the development of biomethane.
Political priorities affecting the global liquified natural gas trade
Squire Patton Boggs Geopolitics will remap global LNG trade flows and investment, with sanctions leading to the fragmentation of LNG trade flows and dashing hopes that LNG will become a globally traded commodity.
The EPA is undermining the TSCA’s potential to reduce plastic waste
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. It is easy to forgive a collective lack of appreciation for the adverse effect nomenclature rules have on innovation of new chemicals. It is another matter, however, to justify new initiatives that frustrate pollution prevention.
Q&A: AI and the energy transition
AI can create tremendous value and often has an internal rate of return of 40 percent or more, but upfront costs can be high. FW discusses AI and the energy transition with Riz Sahib at BDO.
CONTRIBUTORS
BDO
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.
Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer LLP
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP
Dentons
McDermott Will & Emery
Norton Rose Fulbright Studio Legale
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates
Squire Patton Boggs