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In April 2026, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) established a Strategic Reserve of Critical Minerals covering cobalt, coltan and germanium. The reserve is administered by the Regulatory and Control Authority for Strategic Mineral Substances (ARECOMS) and authorises…
India-United States Strategic Critical Minerals Cooperation Framework
India and the United States signed a Strategic Critical Minerals Cooperation Framework to strengthen the development of resilient and diversified critical mineral supply chains. The Cooperation Framework aims to deepen bilateral collaboration across the supply chain, including…
India-United States Strategic Critical Minerals Cooperation Framework
India and the United States signed a Strategic Critical Minerals Cooperation Framework to strengthen the development of resilient and diversified critical mineral supply chains. The Cooperation Framework aims to deepen bilateral collaboration across the supply chain, including…
India-UK Critical Minerals Global Supply Chain Observatory
India and the United Kingdom formalised cooperation on critical minerals through a Research Collaboration Agreement that resulted in the establishment of the India–UK Critical Minerals Global Supply Chain Observatory (GSCO). The GSCO supports collaboration between TEXMiN at IIT…
India-UK Critical Minerals Global Supply Chain Observatory
India and the United Kingdom formalised cooperation on critical minerals through a Research Collaboration Agreement that resulted in the establishment of the India–UK Critical Minerals Global Supply Chain Observatory (GSCO). The GSCO supports collaboration between TEXMiN at IIT…
India-UAE Memorandum of Understanding on Critical Minerals
A consortium comprising of Oil India Limited (OIL), ONGC Videsh Limited (OVL) and Khanij Bidesh India Limited (KABIL) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with International Resources Holding (IRH) of the United Arab Emirates to collaborate on critical mineral supply…
India-Netherlands Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation in the field of Critical Minerals
India and the Netherlands signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on cooperation in the field of critical minerals. The MoU forms part of a broader India–Netherlands Strategic Partnership Roadmap for 2026-2030 and is intended to strengthen supply chain diversification. The…
India-Netherlands Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation in the field of Critical Minerals
India and the Netherlands signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on cooperation in the field of critical minerals. The MoU forms part of a broader India–Netherlands Strategic Partnership Roadmap for 2026-2030 and is intended to strengthen supply chain diversification. The…
India-Norway Green Strategic Partnership
In May 2026, India and Norway elevated their bilateral relationship to a Green Strategic Partnership and agreed to strengthen cooperation on critical minerals as part of broader collaboration to accelerate the green energy transition, strengthen circular economy, and encourage…
India-Norway Green Strategic Partnership
In May 2026, India and Norway elevated their bilateral relationship to a Green Strategic Partnership and agreed to strengthen cooperation on critical minerals as part of broader collaboration to accelerate the green energy transition, strengthen circular economy, and encourage…
India-Japan Memorandum of Cooperation in the field of Mineral Resources
India and Japan signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) in the field of mineral resources to strengthen bilateral cooperation and expand business opportunities in the minerals sector. The MoC establishes a framework for cooperation through the exchange of information on…
India-Japan Memorandum of Cooperation in the field of Mineral Resources
India and Japan signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) in the field of mineral resources to strengthen bilateral cooperation and expand business opportunities in the minerals sector. The MoC establishes a framework for cooperation through the exchange of information on…
India-Italy Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation on Critical Minerals
India and Italy signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on cooperation in the field of critical minerals. The MoU envisages cooperation to support sustainable and secure exploration, extraction, processing and recycling of critical minerals, with a focus on sustainability and…
India-Italy Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation on Critical Minerals
India and Italy signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on cooperation in the field of critical minerals. The MoU envisages cooperation to support sustainable and secure exploration, extraction, processing and recycling of critical minerals, with a focus on sustainability and…
Germany-India Joint Declaration of Intent on Cooperation in Critical Minerals
India and Germany signed a Joint Declaration of Intent to strengthen collaboration across the critical minerals value chain, including in exploration, mining, research and innovation, diversification of value chains, supply chain resilience and circularity. The areas of…
Germany-India Joint Declaration of Intent on Cooperation in Critical Minerals
India and Germany signed a Joint Declaration of Intent to strengthen collaboration across the critical minerals value chain, including in exploration, mining, research and innovation, diversification of value chains, supply chain resilience and circularity. The areas of…
France-India Joint Declaration of Intent on Cooperation in Critical Minerals
India and France signed a Joint Declaration of Intent to strengthen cooperation in building resilient, sustainable and responsible critical mineral value chains. The Joint Declaration places specific emphasis on cooperation in exploration, mining, research and innovation,…
France-India Joint Declaration of Intent on Cooperation in Critical Minerals
India and France signed a Joint Declaration of Intent to strengthen cooperation in building resilient, sustainable and responsible critical mineral value chains. The Joint Declaration places specific emphasis on cooperation in exploration, mining, research and innovation,…
Canada-India Memorandum of Understanding on Critical Minerals Cooperation
Canada and India signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to support the development of secure, resilient and diversified critical mineral supply chains. The MoU provides a framework to promote trade and investment between the countries, while facilitating the exchange of…
Canada-India Memorandum of Understanding on Critical Minerals Cooperation
Canada and India signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to support the development of secure, resilient and diversified critical mineral supply chains. The MoU provides a framework to promote trade and investment between the countries, while facilitating the exchange of…
India-Argentina Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation in Lithium Exploration and Mining
India and the Province of Catamarca (Argentina) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen cooperation on the exploration and development of critical minerals, particularly lithium. The MoU aims to support geological exploration and resource development, promote…
India-Argentina Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation in Lithium Exploration and Mining
India and the Province of Catamarca (Argentina) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen cooperation on the exploration and development of critical minerals, particularly lithium. The MoU aims to support geological exploration and resource development, promote…
Brazil-India Memorandum of Understanding on Rare Earth Elements and Critical Minerals
The Ministry of Mines of India and the Ministry of Mines and Energy of Brazil signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on cooperation in the field of rare earth elements and critical minerals. The MoU establishes a framework for collaboration on technology transfer,…
Brazil-India Memorandum of Understanding on Rare Earth Elements and Critical Minerals
The Ministry of Mines of India and the Ministry of Mines and Energy of Brazil signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on cooperation in the field of rare earth elements and critical minerals. The MoU establishes a framework for collaboration on technology transfer,…
US Strategic Critical Minerals Reserve
In February 2026, the United States announced Project Vault, formally the U.S. Strategic Critical Minerals Reserve, as an independently governed public-private partnership intended to strengthen the security of critical mineral supply chains. The initiative is backed by up to…
Critical Minerals Strategic Reserve
In 2025, the Government of Australia announced the creation of a Critical Minerals Strategic Reserve (CMSR) to strengthen the country’s economic security, supply chain resilience, and role as a reliable supplier in global critical minerals markets, including for clean energy,…
Quad Critical Minerals Initiative
In July 2025, the Foreign Ministers of the Quad (Australia, India, Japan and the United States) met to discuss shared issues and priorities. In a joint statement issued following the meeting, the Foreign Ministers highlighted concerns over the concentration and reliability of…
Quad Critical Minerals Initiative
In July 2025, the Foreign Ministers of the Quad (Australia, India, Japan and the United States) met to discuss shared issues and priorities. In a joint statement issued following the meeting, the Foreign Ministers highlighted concerns over the concentration and reliability of…
US - Saudi Arabia Memoranda on Critical Minerals
In May 2025, the United States and Saudi Arabia signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on energy cooperation and a Memorandum of Cooperation (MOC) on critical minerals during President Donald Trump's visit to Riyadh. The MOC establishes a framework for bilateral…
US - Saudi Arabia Memoranda on Critical Minerals
In May 2025, the United States and Saudi Arabia signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on energy cooperation and a Memorandum of Cooperation (MOC) on critical minerals during President Donald Trump's visit to Riyadh. The MOC establishes a framework for bilateral…
Critical Minerals List of the United Kingdom
United Kingdom released its Critical Minerals Strategy in November 2025, revising the 2022 critical minerals list. The complete list of critical minerals, sourced from the Critical Mineral Intelligence Centre’s 2024 Criticality Assessment, is as follows: Aluminium * Antimony…
Minerals Strategy for New Zealand to 2040
The Strategy outlines New Zealand’s plan to develop its minerals sector though to 2040, with the overarching goal of doubling the value of New Zealand’s mineral exports to NZD 3 billion (~USD 1.69 billion) by 2035. The Strategy is anchored by two guiding principles: Te Tiriti…
Final List of Critical Minerals 2025
In November 2025, the U.S. Department of the Interior, through the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), released the final 2025 List of Critical Minerals, updating the previous 2022 list. The revised list expands the number of designated critical minerals from 50 to 60, adding boron,…
Critical Minerals Research, Development and Demonstration Program
The Critical Minerals Research, Development and Demonstration Program (CMRDD) is a Natural Resources Canada initiative designed to advance commercial readiness of mineral processing technologies, supporting zero-emission vehicle value chains and critical mineral development…
Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change
The Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change is a ten-year program designed to fund environmentally friendly efforts from the mining industry to ensure a resilient sustainable value chain. The policy comprises a Clean Growth in Natural Resources Sector…
Canadian Industry Program for Energy Conservation (CIPEC) Funding for TSM Protocol
The Canadian Industry Program for Energy Conservation (CIPEC), a division of Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) offers funding to mining companies pursuing energy efficiency and greenhouse gas reduction through the Toward Sustainable Mining (TSM) standard. The TSM standard is an…
Regulation 2024/573 on fluorinated greenhouse gases
The 2024 F-gas regulation sets the objectives to lays down rules on containment, use, recovery, recycling, reclamation and destruction of fluorinated greenhouse gases in the European Union, in compliance with the Montreal Protocol along with EU climate objectives. It notably:…
Regulation 2024/573 on fluorinated greenhouse gases
The 2024 F-gas regulation sets the objectives to lays down rules on containment, use, recovery, recycling, reclamation and destruction of fluorinated greenhouse gases in the European Union, in compliance with the Montreal Protocol along with EU climate objectives. It notably:…
Fund for the Promotion of Industrial Decarbonisation and Carbon Contracts for Difference
Royal Decree-Law 7/2026 reforms the existing energy-intensive industry guarantee fund into the Fund for the Promotion of Industrial Decarbonisation. It introduces carbon contracts for difference to reduce investment risk for industrial decarbonisation projects by compensating…
Regulation on urban district heating and cooling systems
Royal Decree 997/2025 introduces urgent measures to reinforce electricity system resilience. It requires CNMC reporting and inspections on voltage control and supply restoration, tasks the system operator with proposing reforms on oscillation damping, ancillary services and…
Funding for CO2 storage terminals
In May 2026, Enova launched a new program for CO2 storage terminals. This program provides funding for investments in CO₂ receiving terminals. Its purpose is to reduce barriers to investments in infrastructure that are important for establishing well-functioning carbon…
US-DRC-Zambia MoU to strengthen electric vehicle battery value chain
The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the United States, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Zambia seeks to facilitate the development of an integrated value chain for electric vehicle (EV) batteries in the DRC and Zambia. The MoU aims to increase awareness…
US-DRC-Zambia MoU to strengthen electric vehicle battery value chain
The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the United States, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Zambia seeks to facilitate the development of an integrated value chain for electric vehicle (EV) batteries in the DRC and Zambia. The MoU aims to increase awareness…
EU-Greenland Memorandum of Understanding on a strategic partnership on sustainable raw material value chains
The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between EU and Greenland seeks to establish a strategic partnership to promote closer integration of sustainable value chains for metals and minerals. It aims to support the development of Greenland’s mineral resource sector as a potential…
EU-Greenland Memorandum of Understanding on a strategic partnership on sustainable raw material value chains
The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between EU and Greenland seeks to establish a strategic partnership to promote closer integration of sustainable value chains for metals and minerals. It aims to support the development of Greenland’s mineral resource sector as a potential…
Procedure for offshore wind development
Royal Decree 962/2024 creates a single competitive procedure for offshore renewable electricity projects. The process can combine the renewable remuneration framework, grid access capacity reservation and maritime concession, reducing fragmentation across the different…
MOVES Corredores public EV charging infrastructure programme
Order TED/1477/2025 creates a EUR 200 million competitive grant programme for publicly accessible light-duty EV charging infrastructure along TEN-T road corridors. It targets road sections that do not yet meet AFIR charging deployment requirements and supports charging points…
Annual energy efficiency obligation update for 2026
Ministerial Order TED/133/2026 sets Spain’s 2026 final energy savings obligation at 801.822 ktoe, equivalent to 9,325.189 GWh. Obligated energy suppliers may comply through financial contributions to the National Energy Efficiency Fund and Energy Saving
Regulation on electricity supply, commercialisation and aggregation
Royal Decree 88/2026 reforms Spain’s retail electricity market framework. It regulates consumer rights, electricity suppliers, direct market consumers, independent aggregators, demand response, data access, flexible supply contracts, temporary contracted power adjustments,…
Climate Status and Plan 2026
In October 2022 the Støre Government presented its first Climate Status and Plan. The government has since presented Climate Status and Plan annually. Climate Status and Plan for 2026 was presented in October 2025 and presents the governments climate action plan for 2030 and…
2025 - 2036 National Transport Plan - Urban growth agreement
In the largest urban areas, there has been targeted work overtime to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, congestion, air pollution and noise through coordination in land use and transport policies. The goal is to shift growth in passenger transport from private cars to public…
2026 Railway upgrade
In 2026, the Norwegian government earmarked investments for the upgrade of the domestic railway system, which will be managed by the Bane NOR
2025 - 2036 National Transport Plan - Railway
During the National Transport Plan for 2025-2036 period, the government will allocate NOK 1 200 billion to the development of an efficient, eco-friendly and safe transport system with the objective to strengthen railway services in Norway. Within the plan, the government…
Support scheme for investments in CO2 reception terminals
The Norwegian agency Enova has launched a new support scheme for investments in CO₂ receiving terminals, enabling companies to deliver CO₂ by truck for onward storage. This will lower costs and logistical barriers, especially for small and medium-sized emitters, making…
Building (Exempt Roof-mounted Solar Panel Arrays and Building Work) Order 2025
This order provides for the exemption from the need for a building consent for the installation of Roof Mounted Solar panels arrays. Prior to the introduction of this set of exemptions into the Building Act 2004 schedule of exempt work (Schedule 1), roof mounted solar arrays…
Engine Fuel Specification Amendment Regulations 2011
The Engine Fuel Specification Regulations were amended to temporarily allow fuel that meets the Australian fuel specification to be sold or supplied in New
Fuel Industry (Diesel Resilience) Amendment Regulations 2025
The Fuel Industry (Diesel Resilience) Amendment Regulations 2025 increase the diesel minimum stockholding obligation from 21 to 28 days' cover for fuel importers with a diesel market share of 10 per cent or more. It comes into force on 1 July
Fuel Industry (Fuel Resilience) Amendment Regulations 2025
Regulations require fuel companies to hold 10 days of jet fuel at 80% operations at Auckland airport, to improve fuel resilience at New Zealand's largest
Fuel Security Plan 2025
The Fuel Security Plan sets out the Government’s medium- to long-term strategy to make New Zealand’s fuel system more resilient and secure. This Plan builds on the 2025 Fuel Security Study which found that while New Zealand's fuel supply chains are largely resilient, there are…
Fuel Response Plan 2026
The Fuel Response Plan is a staged framework under the National Fuel Plan that sets out how the Government will respond to major global fuel supply disruptions. It shows how fuel supply is monitored, when action might be needed, and what New Zealanders can expect at each
Energy Investment Allowance - EIA support for battery storage
The Netherlands supports business investment in battery storage through the Energy Investment Allowance (EIA), a national tax incentive for energy-saving technologies and renewable energy investments. Under the EIA, eligible businesses can deduct 40% of qualifying investment…
Solar PV net-metering and feed-in remuneration for small consumers
The Netherlands supports small-scale solar PV through a net-metering and feed-in remuneration framework for households and small businesses. Under the current salderingsregeling, households and small businesses can offset self-generated electricity exported to the grid against…
Sustainable Aviation Fuel Expansion Strategy
The SAF Expansion Strategy promotes domestic production and use of sustainable aviation fuel to decarbonise aviation and prepare for international emissions requirements. Korea launched its first commercial domestic SAF-fuelled flight operation, becoming the 20th country…
1st Basic Plan for Supply Chain Stabilization (2025–2027)
The 1st Basic Plan for Supply Chain Stabilization provides Korea’s first medium-term framework for economic-security supply-chain policy for 2025–2027. It establishes the basis for identifying key items, selecting leading supply-chain stabilisation companies, operating the…
4th Basic Mining Plan (2025–2034)
The 4th Basic Mining Plan is Korea’s ten-year strategy for the mining sector for 2025–2034. It aims to secure stable supplies of industrial raw materials while building a sustainable and technologically advanced domestic mining ecosystem. The plan contains four strategies and 13…
Policy Direction for Promoting Critical Mineral Recycling
This policy direction aims to build a domestic circular supply base for critical minerals used in batteries, semiconductors and advanced manufacturing. Korea designated 38 critical minerals and selected 10 strategic critical minerals: lithium, nickel, cobalt, manganese, graphite…
Lifecycle Financial Support Direction for Supply Chain Stabilization
This direction establishes a full-cycle policy-finance framework for stabilising Korea’s strategic supply chains in sectors such as batteries, semiconductors, critical minerals, aerospace and defence. The government announced around KRW 50 trillion in policy-finance support in…
Comprehensive Rare Earth Supply Chain Measures
The package addresses Korea’s rare earth supply-chain vulnerability across mining, separation and refining, magnet production, recycling and stockpiling. The government decided to designate all 17 rare earth elements as critical minerals and to strengthen monitoring through new…
Heat Pump Deployment Promotion Plan
The Heat Pump Deployment Promotion Plan promotes heat pumps as a core technology for replacing fossil-fuel boilers and electrifying heating and cooling demand. The government set a target to deploy 3.5 million heat pumps by 2035 and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 5.18…
Thermal Energy Innovation Strategy
The Thermal Energy Innovation Strategy sets the policy direction for decarbonising Korea’s heat sector, which is a major source of final energy demand in buildings, industry and public facilities. It promotes renewable heat, heat pumps, unused heat, heat recovery, national heat…
Public–Private Overseas Resource Development Strategy
The strategy promotes public-private cooperation in overseas resource development to reduce Korea’s exposure to energy and critical-mineral import risks. It supports private-sector investment through public financing, risk sharing, project discovery and participation by public…
6th Basic Plan for District Energy Supply (2024–2028)
The 6th Basic Plan for District Energy Supply sets Korea’s district energy policy direction for 2024–2028, shifting the sector from quantitative expansion toward cleaner heat sources. It targets district heating supply to 4.46 million households by 2028, up from 3.78 million in…
National Resource Security Enhancement Measures
The measures strengthen Korea’s resource security framework in response to rising geopolitical and supply-chain risks affecting imported energy resources and critical minerals. They are linked to the National Resource Security Act, which expands resource-security coverage to…
5th Petroleum Stockpiling Plan
The 5th Petroleum Stockpiling Plan updates Korea’s strategic petroleum reserve framework to strengthen oil supply security and emergency response capacity. The plan is intended to manage public and industry-held petroleum stocks, storage infrastructure, release procedures and…
Public-Led Offshore Wind Auction Promotion Plan
The Public-Led Offshore Wind Auction Promotion Plan introduces a dedicated public-led allocation within Korea’s fixed-price renewable electricity auction system. In the 2025 first-half wind auction, the government announced around 1,250 MW of fixed-bottom offshore wind capacity,…
Onshore Wind Power Activation Strategy
The Onshore Wind Power Activation Strategy addresses permitting, siting and cost barriers that have constrained onshore wind deployment in Korea. It sets 2030 targets of 6 GW of cumulative onshore wind capacity, generation costs below KRW 150/kWh and supply of more than 300…
2026 Spring Power Supply Stabilization Measures
The 2026 Spring Power Supply Stabilization Measures address seasonal grid instability caused by high solar generation and relatively low spring electricity demand. The 2026 stabilisation period runs for 107 days, from 28 February to 14 June, which is 12 days longer than the…
Policy Direction for Energy System Transformation Using AI
This policy direction promotes the use of AI to transform Korea’s energy-system operation, planning and demand management. It focuses on AI-based forecasting, digital grid operation, distributed energy management, demand response, data-centre electricity-demand monitoring and…
K-Grid Global Expansion Strategy
The strategy supports overseas expansion of Korea’s grid industry, including power cables, transformers, converters, ESS and grid solutions. The government launched the public-private K-Grid Export Alliance and set a target of USD 15 billion in grid-related exports by 2030,…
Designation Plan for Distributed Energy Special Zones
The designation plan establishes Korea’s first distributed energy special zones under the Distributed Energy Act to pilot local generation-local consumption systems and reduce dependence on long-distance transmission. The first designated regions were Jeonnam, Jeju, Busan and…
Next-Generation Distributed Power Grid Promotion Plan
The plan establishes Korea’s next-generation distributed power grid system to accommodate more distributed renewable generation and support local production-local consumption of electricity. In 2026, the government announced KRW 321 billion in public funding to accelerate…
Special Ministerial TF on Livelihood Prices: Petroleum Price-Cap Measures
This measure is a temporary energy-affordability intervention introduced in response to sharp increases in oil prices linked to Middle East instability. The government announced a petroleum price-cap framework under the Petroleum Business Act, using pre-crisis refinery supply…
5th Energy Technology Development Plan and Energy Technology Roadmap
The 5th Energy Technology Development Plan is Korea’s medium- to long-term R&D strategy for achieving carbon neutrality and energy security through a carbon-free energy technology ecosystem. It sets targets to raise energy technology self-reliance to 90% and the…
7th Basic Plan for Rational Energy Use (2025–2029)
The 7th Basic Plan for Rational Energy Use is Korea’s five-year economy-wide energy efficiency and demand-management strategy for 2025–2029. It targets final energy consumption of 211.0 million toe by 2029 and an 8.7% improvement in energy intensity compared with 2024. Sectoral…
Large Energy Users Action Plan (LEAP)
The Government’s LEAP (Large Energy User Action Plan) sets out a ‘plan-led’ approach – for very large and energy intensive investments, like hyper-scale data centres. LEAP includes 17 key actions, to be delivered across Government, unlocking investment in the next generation of…
Economic Assessment of Green Energy Park Concepts (EAGEPC).
The assessment report, published in January 2026, finds that data centres are expected to be the major LEU tenant initially in any future Green Energy Park development, in addition to other industrial demand sectors such as Pharma, Food & Nutrition, Material/Chemical Production,…
Electricity Storage Policy Framework for Ireland
Government policy framework for utility-connected electricity storage systems on the Irish electricity network. Includes 10 Government actions to incorporate electricity storage systems up until
The SEMC Capacity Market
Ireland's Capacity Market is a Capacity Remuneration Mechanism (CRM) designed to complement energy-only payments in wholesale electricity markets and to address the “missing money” issue characteristic of wholesale electricity markets. Its purpose is to ensure long-term security…
Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (RESS)
The Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (RESS) is Ireland’s flagship support scheme for grid-scale onshore renewable electricity generators. RESS is characterised by a series of auctions throughout the lifetime of the scheme with supports structured as a two-way CfD type…
Oil Emergency Contingency And Transfer Of Renewable Transport Fuel Functions Act 2023, Section 20
Section 20 of the Oil Emergency Contingency and Transfer of Renewable Transport Fuel Functions Act 2023 amended the National Oil Reserves Agency Act 2007 to provide for the preparation of an oil emergency plan in response to an oil
SI 541 of 2012 European Union (Oil Reserves) Regs 2012
The European Oil Reserves Regulations 2012 provide for the transposition into Irish Law of Council Directive 2009/119/EC of 14 September 2009 imposing an obligation on Member States to maintain minimum stocks of crude oil and/or petroleum
Fixed-term scrapping premium for new low-emission passenger cars 2026-2027
Finland introduced a fixed-term scrapping premium scheme for private persons purchasing a new passenger car and scrapping an old vehicle first registered in 2015 or earlier. The scheme provides EUR 2 500 for the purchase of a new zero-emission car powered by electricity or…
Energy Sector Development Plan until 2035 (ENMAK)
The development plan brings together the Estonian Energy Sector Development Plan until 2035 for the electricity, gas supply, heat and transportation fuel
Equipment Energy Efficiency (E3) Strategy 2025–2035
The Equipment Energy Efficiency (E3) Strategy 2025–2035 provides the long-term strategic direction for appliance and equipment energy efficiency policy across Australia and New Zealand. The strategy supports reductions in household and commercial building energy use through core…
Industry Sector Plan September 2025
The Industry Sector Plan is one of 6 sector plans that supports the Government’s Net Zero Plan, it sets a path to net zero emissions for Australia’s industrial and waste sectors in a way that leverages Australia’s advantages, recognises the challenges, and drives international…
Built Environment Sector Plan
The Built Environment Sector Plan (BESP) is one of 6 sector plans under the Australian Government’s Net Zero Plan, which charts Australia’s pathway to net zero by 2050. The Net Zero Plan outlines five priority areas for action: decarbonising and expanding the electricity…
Expansion of the Nationwide House Energy Rating Scheme (NatHERS)
In September 2025, the Government announced as part of Australia’s Net Zero Plan that it will further invest $33 million to continue and scale-up the roll out of home energy ratings under the Nationwide House Energy Rating Scheme (NatHERS) for existing homes. This will provide…
Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards Modernisation
The Australian Government as part of the Built Environment Sector Plan announced around $16 million to modernise the GEMS Act and update the program so the Government can ensure the Act is fit-for-purpose now and into the future. This will reduce emissions and deliver real bill…
National Construction Code 2025
The National Construction Code was updated in 2025 and includes a range of measures including requirements for certain commercial buildings to install solar PV, improve electrification readiness, stronger building fabric requirements, stronger HVAC requirements and additional…
National Technical Regulator for Consumer Energy Resources
As part of the 2026-27 Federal Budget, the Government announced $97.2 million over 5 years to support the development of a National Technical Regulator for Consumer Energy Resources. The new regulator will develop, coordinate and streamline regulation of CER to ensure its…