Cases / Law, regulation and treaties · Germany · 2009–2021
Vattenfall's nuclear exit claim against Germany ends in 2021 settlement
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Vattenfall's arbitration claim against Germany over the nuclear phase-out ended in a settlement in 2021. A separate claim over the Moorburg coal plant was settled in 2010 on confidential terms. The claims concern the cost of ending coal and nuclear power.
What?
Vattenfall's dispute with Germany over the nuclear phase-out ended in a settlement in 2021, as reported by Global Arbitration Review. Global Arbitration Review
Where?
Germany Global Arbitration Review
When?
Nuclear claim settled in 2021; Dutch coal closure announced 20 December 2019 Global Arbitration Review
Who?
Gained
- Vattenfall — Settlement of its nuclear phase-out claim against Germany; amount not verified Global Arbitration Review
Lost
None on recordHarmed
None on recordWhy?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
How?
Investment-treaty arbitration under the Energy Charter Treaty, ended by settlement Global Arbitration Review
6 of 6 questions answered from the record
What happened
The record, in order.
Global Arbitration Review reported on the end of Vattenfall's dispute with Germany over the nuclear phase-out, which was settled in 2021.
Vattenfall announced on 20 December 2019 that its last coal power plant in the Netherlands was closing.
In court and with insurers
Every proceeding and every insurer decision on record.
Lawsuits and rulings
- 2012–2021SettledVattenfall v. Germany (nuclear phase-out, Energy Charter Treaty)Energy Charter Treaty arbitration (forum not named in the sources reviewed) · Civil · Vattenfall → Federal Republic of Germany
Settled in 2021. The settlement amount is reported in the sources but not verified. Global Arbitration Review
- 2009–2010SettledVattenfall v. Germany (Moorburg coal plant cooling water, Energy Charter Treaty)Energy Charter Treaty arbitration (forum not named in the sources reviewed) · Civil · Vattenfall → Federal Republic of Germany
Claim for 1.4 billion euro over limits on cooling-water withdrawal from the Elbe. Settled in August 2010 on confidential terms.
Insurers
No insurer decision on record.
What we don't know
Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.
Nature
- Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.
Record
- Insufficient Reported but not verified: Germany paid Vattenfall 1.425 billion euro under the nuclear settlement, and about 2.4 billion euro in total across operators.
- Insufficient Reported but not verified: the Dutch state paid Vattenfall 52.5 million euro for the early closure of the Dutch plant, according to an EU state-aid decision; the source could not be checked.
- Not disclosed The Moorburg settlement terms and the amount Vattenfall received in the 2020 German coal closure auction are not disclosed in the sources reviewed.
- None on record The forum of the arbitration cases is not named in the sources reviewed.
Did the harm stop?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Who paid?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Sources
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Company or project
- Vattenfall's last coal power plant in the Netherlands is closingVattenfall · 2019-12-20
Press and investigations
- Vattenfall saga endGlobal Arbitration Review ·
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- Germany pays 317 million euros in premiums to 11 coal plants, including Moorburg Germany · 2015–2020
- Vattenfall (Company) — here: company that brought the claims; there: Operator of the Moorburg plant
- RWE drops 1.4 billion euro claim over Dutch coal ban; Hemweg-8 closure announced Netherlands · 2019–2023
- Vattenfall (Company) — here: company that brought the claims; there: Operator of the Hemweg-8 coal plant in Amsterdam
- RWE sought €1.4bn from the Netherlands over its coal phase-out Netherlands · 2019–2023
- Vattenfall (Company) — here: company that brought the claims; there: claimant against Germany; compensation recipient