Industry: Energy
Mexico faces ICSID claim over hydrogen project
A French industrial gases company has brought an ICSID claim against Mexico following the expropriation of a hydrogen plant.
08 April 2025
Germany liable over wind energy reforms
Austrian engineering group Strabag has moved to enforce the first known investment treaty award against Germany, which requires the state to pay €334 million over regulatory changes that affected wind projects in the North Sea.
07 April 2025
Guatemala liable over attacks on hydro project
A split ICSID tribunal has ordered Guatemala to pay US$68.5 million plus interest to a Panamanian entity for failing to protect a hydroelectric power plant project from attacks by protesters.
02 April 2025
Uganda faces dispute over electricity concession
A foreign-owned utility says it may pursue a London arbitration against the Ugandan government after being compelled to hand back control of an electricity distribution concession.
02 April 2025
US appeals court sends Algerian power plant dispute to ICC
A US appeals court has affirmed that a group of insurers must take their US$28 million claim against GE over a turbine failure at an Algerian power plant to ICC arbitration.
21 March 2025
RWE reports win against Gazprom
German energy company RWE says it prevailed in its ICC arbitration with Gazprom’s export arm over gas supplies halted following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
20 March 2025
Romania liable over renewables reforms
An ICSID tribunal has reportedly ruled in favour of a wind power investor in a €183 million Energy Charter Treaty claim against Romania over cuts to the state’s renewable energy incentive scheme.
19 March 2025
Second award issued in Vietnam power plant dispute
A SIAC tribunal that was asked by a Singapore court to revisit a US$570 million award in favour of a sanctioned Russian engineering group against Vietnam’s national oil and gas company has issued a new award – again finding the underlying contract had been validly terminated.
18 March 2025
Bahraini launch event looks at investor-state mediation
Amid efforts to modernise ISDS, and with investors and states often settling disputes before an arbitration award, the launch event of the Council of International Dispute Resolution of the Kingdom of Bahrain in Riyadh explored way to promote more amicable resolution of disputes through negotiation or mediation.
12 March 2025
Chinese contractor in dispute with Serbia over power plant costs
UPDATED: A Chinese state-owned engineering company has disputed the accuracy of reports that it is preparing an ICC claim against Serbia over cost overruns on a power plant project.
28 February 2025