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Investment treaty awardUnpaid

Hydro Energy 1 and Hydroxana v. Spain

Cuts to hydropower incentives

Headline amount
€30.9M≈$34.5M · Principal
Respondent
SpainState
Awarded
Aug 5, 2020
Status
UnpaidNothing collected

Latest development Aug 20, 2024

The award holder told the D.D.C. that the D.C. Circuit’s August 2024 jurisdiction ruling supports confirmation.

The award

Amount awarded
€30.9M plus interest at one-year EURIBOR plus 1%, compounded annually from June 1, 2013
Award holder
Blasket Renewable Investments LLC (current D.D.C. petitioner). Original claimants: Hydro Energy 1 S.à r.l. and Hydroxana Sweden AB
Respondent
Kingdom of Spain
Forum
ICSID ARB/15/42 · ECT

Challenges

The ICSID ad hoc committee rejected Spain’s annulment application in its entirety on March 20, 2023 and awarded the claimants £627,637 in legal fees.

Enforcement

D.D.C. No. 21-cv-2463 (Judge Leon), filed September 20, 2021, now captioned Blasket Renewable Investments v. Spain. No judgment appears on the docket as of October 2026.

Recovered to date

None reported.