Guest Blog
Agricultural land use assessments, best and most versatile (BMV) land and solar developments
Solar developments on Best and Most Versatile (BMV) Land have come under increasing scrutiny by Local Planning Authorities (LPAs). Roland Bull, Head of Rural Investment at Bidwells provides insight.
The costs of getting the energy scheme development process wrong
From finding sites through to selling shovel-ready schemes and energisation, many developers will be aborting schemes and/or suffering financial losses. David Peill of One Planet Developments drills into the costs and losses.
The NSIP threshold change from 50MW DC to AC, and solar farm design considerations
The September 2021 updated Draft National Policy Statement for Renewable Energy Infrastructure (EN-3) has implications on project sizes. We found out more about this and the latest in large-scale solar design.
Green hydrogen – what role can it play in solving grid issues, and more…
With the potential to unlock additional revenue for renewables projects, green hydrogen can be an avenue for developers to explore. Hugh Taylor spoke to Will Turner at Octopus Hydrogen to find out more.
Flexible connections and flexibility services
Hugh Taylor spoke to Chris Collins of Baringa to start a series of blogs looking at flexible connections and flexibility services.
Managing land rights consents in the changing grid connections landscape
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.
The importance of increasing the biodiversity of solar farms for developers and other stakeholders
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.
The fundamental elements of clean energy scheme leases
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
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.
Contracts for Difference Scheme: the impact on the solar site acquisition market
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.
