Peace | Crowell is lead counsel to the host country developer of the United Arab Emirate’s first nuclear power project. Under a contract signed yesterday with Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. Ltd (KHNP), KHNP will send dozens of its workers to the United Arab [Read more…]
Testing Milestone for Barakah One
Peace | Crowell is serving as lead project counsel to the developer of the Arabian Peninsula’s first civilian nuclear power plant project, which today announced completion of cold hydrostatic testing. It also announced completion of energization of the electrical switchyard for Barakah Units 1 and [Read more…]
ENEC and Transco Sign Deal for Barakah Nuclear Power Plant
Peace | Crowell serves as lead project counsel to the developer of a new nuclear power plant in the United Arab Emirates, which has signed a deal with the local electricity grid owner and operator to establish an operating framework for electricity generated at the [Read more…]
Diamond WTG Secures Service Contract For Brazos Wind Farm
Peace | Crowell serves as counsel to Diamond WTG Engineering & Services Inc., which has inked an eight-year service agreement for the 160 MW Brazos Wind Project, jointly owned by Shell Wind Energy Inc. and Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.) Inc. Read more at nawindpower.com.
Reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank of the United States
Today, United States President Barak Obama signed into law the transportation funding legislation approved by both houses of Congress, which also reauthorizes the Export-Import Bank of the United States through 2019. As a result, Ex-Im Bank will begin undertaking new transactions and financing work, ending a [Read more…]
ENEC Submits Operating License Application to FANR for Barakah Units 1 & 2
Peace | Crowell is serving as lead project development counsel to the initial applicant under an operating license application filed today for Barakah Units 1 & 2 with the United Arab Emirates’ Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation, which represents a crucial milestone in the journey [Read more…]
MHPS Receives Full Turnkey Order for Geothermal Power Generation
Peace | Crowell is serving as lead international counsel to the sponsor of Mexico’s first privately developed geothermal power plant, including in connection with a full turnkey EPC contract recently signed with Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems. The new 25 MW plant is slated to go [Read more…]
Energy Reform Bill in Mexico
In December 2013, the Mexican Congress passed an energy reform bill which, for the first time in over three-quarters of a century will remove certain legal restrictions that have limited private investment in Mexico’s electricity and oil and gas markets. The bill, which has been [Read more…]
Ex-Im Approves $2 Billion in Financing for Nuclear Power Plant in U.A.E.
Peace | Crowell is serving as lead project development and finance counsel to the host country sponsor in a transaction that will finance the construction of the first nuclear power plant on the Arabian Peninsula, and which is anticipated to be among the largest nuclear [Read more…]