Power & renewables

The ability to provide power in a sustainable, secure and cost efficient way goes to the heart of the energy challenge. The need for new energy generation projects combined with the global drive for green energy and sustainability to meet this challenge have led to a raft of new legislation and policy reviews in the UK.

Our service

We understand and have experience of the diverse issues raised in power generation and have advised clients on a wide range of power and renewable projects in the UK and overseas.

Renewable technology is often a key issue and we have a strong track record in advising early stage companies on technology issues and taking them to market. We also have a strong “cleantech” practice as well as a specialist “Green” Group comprising experts across the firm focusing on Green issues.

We advise on issues such as the following:

• acquisition and sale of power stations
• project financing of power generation projects
• electricity privatisations
• fuel supply and offtake contracts
• the acquisition of rights for electricity infrastructure 
• construction and operation and maintenance contracts
• a wide range of renewable projects including solar, wind, wave, biomass, bio fuel, geothermal and geopressure
• the effects of climate change legislation including carbon trading, the ROCs, LECS, REGO’s and CRC commitments
• all areas of waste to energy projects

Our experience

Our team has extensive expertise of power projects and has advised in a variety of renewable projects.

The expertise of our lawyers includes:

• Advising on the sales of power stations, including all planning and environmental aspects including regularisation of planning and environmental consents, drafting of major indemnities, regulatory aspects, transfer of consents and licences.
• Advising a multinational on energy projects including UK power stations and EPC contracts for several power projects in Spain and South America.
• Advising on the project financing of a major power generations project in the Indian subcontinent.
• Advising an energy and utility consortium on a joint venture to create an e-procurement marketplace for energy companies and utilities.
• Advising a French electricity utility on complex tripartite transfer agreement concerning nuclear pressurized water reactors.
• Advising on the development of power stations including all ancillary infrastructure including pipelines.
• Advising in relation to the development of onshore and offshore wind farms, including the preparation and submission of planning applications and accompanying environmental statements and Habitats Directive reports, dealing with cabling and land issues, Crown Estate and objections.
• Advising clients on the sale of a renewable energy portfolio (comprising spot, forward and derivative contracts on UK Renewable Obligations Certificates (ROCs).
• Advising technology clients on groundbreaking facilities which rely exclusively on renewable energy, including solar, wind, geothermal and other green sources.