Farms & Estates

Current± outlines the importance of our Open Letter to Ofgem

By |05 December, 2023|Commercial & Industrial, Energy Developers, Farms & Estates, Grid Consultancy, Public Sector, Published Articles|

Current has outlined the content of our letter to Jonathan Brearley, OFGEM CEO, and explores the three options our Connectologist® Pete Aston proposes to solve the current issues with SGT charging

Connectologists® featuring in ‘Grid Locked’ article in The Times’ Raconteur report: “Energy & Sustainability”

By |20 September, 2023|Commercial & Industrial, Energy Developers, Farms & Estates, Grid Consultancy, News, Public Sector, Published Articles|

We are excited that two of our Connectologists® have featured in the Times’ Raconteur article that has been published as part of a special report: “Energy & Sustainability.”

Utility Week interviews Roadnight Taylor to discuss the contents of our open letter to Ofgem

By |06 September, 2023|Commercial & Industrial, Energy Developers, Farms & Estates, Grid Consultancy, News, Public Sector, Published Articles|

Following our Open letter to Ofgem urging them to consider reforming the mechanism for supergrid transformer charging, Utility Week got in contact to discuss the letter's contents and our suggestions for reform.

Financial Times reaches out to Roadnight Taylor for insight into how the grid capacity issue is stunting UK economic growth

By |22 August, 2023|Commercial & Industrial, Energy Developers, Farms & Estates, Grid Consultancy, News, Public Sector, Published Articles|

Financial Times reaches out to Roadnight Taylor for insight into how the grid capacity issue is stunting UK economic growth

BloombergNEF’s report on grid connection queues supported by Roadnight Taylor’s perspective and data

By |16 August, 2023|Commercial & Industrial, Energy Developers, Farms & Estates, Grid Consultancy, News, Public Sector, Published Articles|

BloombergNEF’s report on grid connection queues supported by Roadnight Taylor’s perspective and data

KPMG seeks insight from Roadnight Taylor for their report on Smarter Grids

By |26 May, 2023|Commercial & Industrial, Energy Developers, Farms & Estates, Grid Consultancy, News, Public Sector, Published Articles|

We were delighted to have been asked by KPMG as‘UK electricity experts’ to give insight and pre-publication feedback on the UK content of their ‘Smarter Grids: Powering decarbonisation through technology investment’

Financial Times approaches Roadnight Taylor for deeper understanding of grid connection delays

By |18 February, 2023|Commercial & Industrial, Energy Developers, Farms & Estates, Grid Consultancy, News, Public Sector, Published Articles|

Our CEO Hugh Taylor has been quoted in an article in the Financial Times that explores the delays in connecting to the grid that are threatening Britain’s net zero targets.

Current± invites our Connectologists® to give their perspective on the grid connectivity issue

By |08 February, 2023|Commercial & Industrial, Energy Developers, Farms & Estates, Grid Consultancy, Public Sector, Published Articles|

Pete Aston has been interviewed and quoted by Current± on grid connectivity - one of the core challenges plaguing the UK’s energy networks.

Pete Aston gives his insight on grid connection delays to E&T

By |07 February, 2023|Commercial & Industrial, Energy Developers, Farms & Estates, Grid Consultancy, News, Public Sector, Published Articles|

E&T interviewed Pete Aston, along with developers and engineering firms, on how grid connection delays are putting both climate targets and energy security at risk.

The Telegraph interviews Pete Aston on grid delays

By |26 May, 2022|Energy Developers, Farms & Estates, Grid Consultancy, News, Published Articles|

Following our flagging of the long connection timescales being given to large-scale generation and storage schemes to the Financial Times, Pete Aston has been interviewed by the Telegraph.

Roadnight Taylor first to flag grid connection delays to the Financial Times

By |11 May, 2022|Energy Developers, Farms & Estates, Grid Consultancy, News, Published Articles|

Developers seeking to connect to the electricity grid are being given connection timescales of 2028 and well beyond. We flagged this to the Financial Times and are thrilled they ran with the story.

Managing land rights consents in the changing grid connections landscape

By |14 April, 2022|Energy Developers, Farms & Estates, Guest Blog, News, Public Sector|

Hugh Taylor spoke to Laura Wilson, Director at Connections Legal Management (CLM), about how the rapidly changing grid connections industry is impacting on the demand for land rights legal management and the specialist services that developers are seeking.

Grid expertise delivers unprecedented connection success for Novus

By |15 February, 2022|Energy Developers, Farms & Estates, Grid Consultancy, News, Published Articles|

In less than three years, Novus has secured more than 1,100 megawatts-worth of viable grid capacity across 34 sites – at distribution level alone. They put this success largely down to employing Roadnight Taylor.

The importance of increasing the biodiversity of solar farms for developers and other stakeholders

By |17 January, 2022|Energy Developers, Farms & Estates, Guest Blog, News|

Everoze’s Ellie van der Heijden spoke to Hugh Taylor about the importance of improving biodiversity of solar farms for developers, and how they can work with landowners and other stakeholders to achieve it.

Green Recovery Scheme call for evidence – take a considered approach

By |23 February, 2021|Commercial & Industrial, Energy Developers, Farms & Estates, Feasibility Studies, Grid Consultancy, News|

Hugh Taylor warns submissions for the Energy Networks Association Call for Evidence for the Green Recovery Scheme must be carefully considered and clearly demonstrate how a scheme will deliver against Ofgem & DNO objectives.

The fundamental elements of clean energy scheme leases

By |09 February, 2021|Commercial & Industrial, Energy Developers, Farms & Estates, Grid Consultancy, Guest Blog, News|

TLT’s Maria Connolly, who’s team has provided legal advice to a number of Roadnight Taylor’s clients, spoke to Hugh Taylor on what both landowners and developers should be looking for in clean energy scheme leases.

Exclusivity agreements for energy schemes: pitfalls and opportunities

By |21 October, 2020|Commercial & Industrial, Energy Developers, Farms & Estates, Feasibility Studies, Featured, Grid Consultancy, Guest Blog, Public Sector|

In seeking to achieve a solar, wind or energy storage scheme, one of the first steps a developer will take is to secure an exclusivity agreement with the landowner.  We take a closer look at exclusivity agreements, speaking to the expert team at Renew Legal, to understand what they are, the issues that can arise from them and if there are alternative approaches.

Farm diversification income from energy projects – frequently asked questions

By |30 September, 2020|Farms & Estates, Feasibility Studies, Featured, News|

As rural landowners look to diversify and tackle the economic challenges post-Brexit, energy schemes can offer those with viable sites a new income solution. We’ve compiled a list of answers to the most common questions we get asked by landowners - including likely incomes.

Webinar: Maximising chances of achieving large-scale energy schemes

By |25 August, 2020|Farms & Estates, Feasibility Studies, News|

Hugh was invited to speak on webinar hosted by Lodders. Hugh lit a clear path to maximising your chances of achieving long-term, reliable leases from large-scale energy schemes, while Alastair Frew provided insight on a range of renewable energy legal issues.

Contracts for Difference Scheme: the impact on the solar site acquisition market

By |23 July, 2020|Commercial & Industrial, Energy Developers, Farms & Estates, Feasibility Studies, Grid Consultancy, Guest Blog|

Hugh Taylor spoke to Michael Beale, Director of Business Development UK at Lightsource BP to ask him what impact this CfD announcement would have on the solar farm site acquisition market.

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