Kluwer: Encavis AG and Others v. Italy, Yet Another Award in the Italian Renewable Energy Saga

Published on June 2, 2024

By Sondra Faccio (Università degli Studi di Trento)

On March 11, 2024, an ICSID arbitral tribunal (Juan Fernández-Armesto (President), Wendy Miles, Alexis Mourre), rendered an award in Encavis AG and Others v. Italy. The controversy follows some other 14 disputes initiated by EU investors against the Italian State under the Energy Charter Treaty (“ECT”) (some of these discussed here) and falls into the...

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