Allen & Overy has advised Macquarie Asset Management on the disposal of its 55.21% indirect interest in GasNet and GasNet Sluzby, at a total enterprise value of approximately EUR 4 billion. Skils advised CEZ on the acquisition.

On 6 March 2024, the Ministry of Energy received approval from the European Commission (the “Decision“) for the contract-for-difference financing scheme in support of onshore wind and solar PV installations to promote the transition to a zero net-zero economy. On 27 March 2024, a non-confidential version of the Decision was published in the State Aid Register on the Commission’s competition website.

DWF has advised German energy company SachsenEnergie on the acquisition of three photovoltaic farms with a total installed capacity of 23.1 megawatts from Onde. DLA Piper advised Onde.

Schoenherr has successfully represented ImWind in obtaining a legally binding EIA permit for the Loidesthal II wind farm in Zistersdorf, Lower Austria.

TGS Baltic has advised Estonian energy company Soldera on launching the first renewable energy certificate of origin management platform in Estonia.

In March the European Commission approved a EUR 3bln (RON 15.22bln) Romanian scheme to support installations producing electricity from onshore wind and solar photovoltaic. The approval relates to an initiative launched for consultations by the Ministry of Energy in August 2023, aimed at implementing a Contracts for Difference (CfD) support mechanism for low-carbon technologies (the "CfD Scheme").