The uncertain destiny of support schemes to renewable energy – between international arbitration and domestic tribunals

Introduction The recent verdict rendered in the ESPF Beteiligungs GmbH[1] case by the arbitrators of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (“ICSID”) under the Energy Charter Treaty, which condemned Italy to a compensation of 18 mln € for scaling back incentives to renewable energy plants, is only the most recent, yet certainly not […]