Renewable Energy Lawyers
Renewable energy projects depend on clear legal foundations, practical risk management and decisions that keep long-term value in view.
A land agreement can shape whether a project is deliverable. A planning, grid or funding issue can affect timescales. A lease, option agreement, joint venture or commercial contract can influence risk, control and return over many years. So you need legal advice that is commercial, responsive and focused on helping the project move forward in the right way.
At Harrison Drury, we support landowners, developers, investors, funders and businesses with the legal issues that arise across renewable energy projects. That can include land acquisition and site assembly, option and lease arrangements, property due diligence, planning, construction documents, funding, corporate structures, commercial contracts and dispute resolution.
Our focus on clear, dependable advice runs throughout the firm. Harrison Drury’s commercial property, agriculture and rural affairs, construction, corporate and dispute resolution work is recognised in independent legal directories including Chambers and Partners (UK) and The Legal 500 (UK), giving added reassurance that you are in safe hands.
We make it possible to progress renewable energy projects with clarity, confidence and control, from early site discussions through to delivery, operation and future planning.
Renewables
The team acts for landowners with a particular focus on the full service for landed estate owners whilst also acting for facilitators and operators of renewable projects.
The Renewables sector will be key for the UK in the drive to tackle climate change by reducing carbon emissions to achieve net zero as well as becoming more efficient in the supply of energy for the nation. Innovation in technologies and their implementation to provide scale is at the forefront and Harrison Drury are acting at the cutting edge of this critical sector with experience in the following technologies and schemes, including mixed use schemes –
- Power Purchase Agreements
- Onshore wind
- Solar
- Battery storage
- Small hydro
- Waste to gas on landfill
- Carbon offsetting
- EV charging and sustainable energy services for Real Estate
- Green leases and MEES
- BREAM
- Passivhaus designs
We deal with all property due diligence and land agreements from funding and security arrangements, exclusivity, site investigations and compound licences, conditional contracts and options, transfers and leases, easements and statutory agreements and grid connections.
To deliver projects it is also often necessary to deal with opposition by way of third party rights and obtain vacant possession of land and we work closely with our property litigation team to proactively advise on commercial tactics to avoid issues before they arise.
We also assist on the construction elements for renewables projects as well as providing corporate advice on incorporation, joint venture agreements, company mergers and acquisitions and commercial agreements which are a common feature of these projects.
Habitats and Natural Resources
Regulations and the planning process play an essential role in the conservation of nature, habitats and the environment but developers and investors are also striving to become more environmentally responsible. We work closely with property developers and investors to assist with agreements and contracts dealing with the following:
- Woodland management
- Conservation covenants
- Rewilding
- Bio-diversity offsetting and net gain re loss or degradation of habitat
- Minerals neutrality
- Mines and minerals (including regeneration, aftercare and land use change)
To deliver projects it is also often necessary to deal with issues with third party rights land and we work closely with our property litigation team to proactively advise on commercial tactics to avoid issues before they arise.
Meet our Renewables team
