As everybody knows, grid connection is a big challenge, perhaps the biggest challenge, the renewables encounter nowadays in Romania and elsewhere. According to the data available on the Romanian TSO website, over 20 GW of wind and solar projects seem to have obtained grid connection endorsement (Romanian: aviz tehnic de racordare – “ATR”) to the extent the total installed capacity in the country is about 18.5 GW and the consumption does not expect a serious take-off in the foreseeable future. An even bigger capacity might be in the queue to obtain ATR.

BSJP BNT has advised the Eurowag Group on extending its liquid fuel trading license to cover a new gas station it was aiming to inaugurate in Lower Silesia, as well as on the related lease agreement.

Clifford Chance has advised Nofar Energy on the engineering, procurement, and construction agreement and the operation and maintenance agreement with CJR Renewables for two photovoltaic projects in Romania with a capacity of 315 megawatts.

Schoenherr has advised Switzerland-based MET Group subsidiary Oberon Solar Park on its acquisition of 52 hectares of land in Kaba, eastern Hungary. Sole practitioner Zsolt Gaal reportedly advised an undisclosed agricultural entrepreneur on the sale.

On 27 February 2024, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine approved the Procedure for Issuing, Circulating and Redeeming Guarantees of Origin for Electricity Generated from Renewable Energy Sources and the Procedure for Determining the Environmental Value of Electricity Generated from Renewable Energy Sources.

Gessel has advised Gaz-System on its acquisition of Storage Poland from Orlen. Wierzbowski & Partners reportedly advised Orlen.