Energy and Utilities Experience
Biomass
Bical - advising on energy crop arrangements.
Biogen Greenfinch – advising on its landmark anaerobic digestion plant at Harper Adams agricultural college
Helius Energy Plc - advising in relation to the development of a 100 MW biomass fuelled power station at Avonmouth Port.
Helius Energy Plc - advising on the procurement of a 65 MW biomass power station at Stallingborough
Prenergy Power – advising on the development of UK's/Europe's largest biomass renewable energy plant (300 MW).
Solar
SolarAccess B.V. – advising on standard form EPC and service and maintenance contracts for use on projects throughout the UK.
The Carbon Trust – advising on a PV Research Accelerator project with Cambridge University.
Developers and landowners – we have worked and are currently working on over 100 proposed solar developments including roof top and field solar.
Wind (on and offshore)
Infinergy – advising on the project financing of the Ferndale and Castle Pill wind farms (one of the few 2009 project financings).
International Power – advising on a joint development agreement for the development and construction of 10 wind farm sites ranging from 8 MW to 45 MW across England, Wales and Scotland.
Nuon Renewables - advising on Nuon's successful bids under the Forestry Commission Wales wind farm procurement.
Nuon Renewables – advising on numerous onshore wind farms including its 300 MW Pen y Cymoedd wind farm including negotiating all grid arrangements, preparing and negotiating all construction and procurement arrangements and all consenting and real estate aspects.
Major construction company - advising on the 500MW turbine installation contracts for the Greater Gabbard offshore wind farm project.
Seagreen – advising on its 3,500 MW Firth of Forth Round 3 offshore wind farm.
Wind Prospect Developments Limited – advising on issues throughout their UK onshore wind business including the negotiation of over 30 Option Agreements and Leases.
A bidder advising on a bid for a stake in the Project Boreas portfolio comprising Centrica's Lynn and Inner Dowsing projects (180 MW) (offshore) and the Glens of Foundland onshore project (26 MW).
Wave & Tidal
The Carbon Trust – advising in relation to its Marine Energy Accelerator.
International Power – advising on its landmark investment in the MeyGen 400 MW tidal stream project off Pentland Firth.
Swanturbines Limited – advising on its tidal stream technology and funding issues.
Tidal Generation Limited – We advised Tidal Generation Limited on the recommended offer by Rolls-Royce Group plc for the entire issued share capital of TGL.
Other
Grid – advising on distribution and transmission system connections totally in excess of 8GW including grid queue methodology, OFTO issues, all property and CPO rights, novations, modification applications, security issues and interactive offers.
Marks and Spencer – advising on its energy contracts for its Plan A and its widely used suite of renewable power contracts
Nuclear
International Nuclear – one of our key areas of experience is on connection with the application of international nuclear laws. We have experience of applying IAEA laws and standards and can advise foreign governments seeking to introduce new nuclear legal regimes.
A Client – radio-active waste repatriation programme across sixteen jurisdictions
Nuclear Decommissioning Authority – Dounreay PBO competition, Land sales for new build; Springfields.
Ministry of Defence – we advised the MoD on the re-contracting of the Atomic Weapons Establishment – a £2.5 billion value contract. This included advice in the tender stages through to the final award of the contract and the establishment of a new consent under the Radioactive Substances Act 1993. Many of the corporate structures employed there are instructive to other contracts in the nuclear sector.
Imperial College London – Nuclear Reactor Decommissioning Planning Project; transport, fuel and waste issues; site security and licence conditions; site liability and insurance (DTI/NRI) issues.
Site Licence Companies – We advise several SLCs on operational issues on their sites.
Radsafe CLG – advise on all corporate, commercial and governance issues, as well as nuclear liability, transport, insurance and emergency planning matters.
Conventional
Eurogypsum – advising on whether flue gas de-sulphurisation gypsum is waste and input to negotiations on Waste Framework Directive, including successfully obtaining Environment Agency decision that FGD gypsum is not waste and preparation of by-products case study for European Commission.
Coal-fired – Our team has advised on many different issues associated with most of the UK's coal fired power station fleet including; Aberthaw, Didcot, Drax, Rugeley, High Marnham, Fiddler's Ferry, Ferrybridge and West Burton.
Gas-fired – We have advised various different parties on CCGTs including consenting new gas fired power stations. Our work includes Sutton, Bridge, Immingham CHP, South Humber Power I and II, Spalding, Rocksavage and Saltend.
Canatxx - advising on the UK's largest proposed gas storage facility in Lancashire.
LNG – advising on various aspects of LNG projects including environmental and consenting issues and tag contracts.
CCS - advising on a number of the UK's carbon capture and storage plants working for major utilities and developers.
E.On Ruhrgas AG – on the disposal of part of its holding in Interconnector (UK) Limited.
Waste
Local Authority Waste Management Projects (PPP/PFI) – team members have advised on the Scottish Borders, Central Bedfordshire, Gloucestershire, Plymouth, West Berkshire, Lancashire, Kent, Wrexham, Cornwall, Northamptonshire, Wakefield, Devon (Exeter EfW), SWAMP, ARC21, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire.
Private Sector Clients – include Viridor, Veolia, Covanta, New earth Solutions, Costain, BiogenGreenfinch, Cory, Nord LB, Triodos NV.
Scottish Borders – advising New Earth Solutions as Preferred Bidder for the £100m Waste PPP Scheme involving MBT and ATT (gasification) technologies.
Costain – advising Costain as EPC contractor for the £3.8bn Greater Manchester Waste PFI Scheme.
Covanta – advising on the consenting of a 750,000 tonne waste to energy scheme near Merthyr Tydfil, by way of an application to the Infrastructure Planning Commission
Waste to Energy Plants – members of the team have advised on the following municipal waste to energy projects:- Isle of Man Government, Covanta, Devon County Council, Allington, Edmonton, Lakeside as well as others where Funders (Nord LB) have been advised.
Anaerobic Digestion – the team are advising on a number of Food Waste and on farm AD projects, in particular providing detailed advice around the uses of digestate (including end-of-waste criteria and recycling/recovery).
Food Waste AD projects - contractual negotiations, drafting, off-take contracts (digestate, biogas and power), funding (including FITS), planning and permitting for private and public sector clients targeting food waste focussed projects - Gwynedd County Council, Welsh Assembly Government, NE Wales, Heads of Valleys, Biogen Greenfinch, Adgen, and GENeco.
Gwynedd County Council – Gwynedd Council - advising on the procurement of a 10,000 tonne food waste AD facility including all aspects of legal input for a PFI style project primarily in advice and negotiation of the project agreement and sub-contracts and leading the project team through the competitive dialogue process. The project involves close liaison with the Welsh Assembly which is leading on the Wales-wide procurement of AD facilities.
Welsh Assembly Government – Advising WAG's Waste Procurement Programme Office (WPPO) through Gwynedd County Council on the implications of State Aid for the Wales-wide anaerobic digestion procurement and the content of the standard form contract issued by WPPO.
Biogen Greenfinch – advising Biogen Greenfinch, a leading technology provider and the UK's leading operator of AD food waste plants, in connection with a new £3 million-plus renewable power system for one of the UK's leading agricultural colleges, Harper Adams University College.
Local Authority Waste Services Contracts – team members have advised on waste collection, recycling, HWRC, landfill, haulage, SRF/RDF (including transfrontier shipping) contracts: West Oxfordshire, Calderdale, Selby, South Lakeland, Bristol, Tamworth, Cardiff, BANES, Blackburn and Darwin.
London Waste and Recycling Board - advising the Board, from its inception, on grant awards to and investments in waste management technologies and companies.
Various waste prosecutions – defence of various waste prosecutions brought by the Environment Agency against clients in a wide range of sectors. This work has included advising on all aspects of plea bargaining with regulators and defence of such prosecutions, as well as providing the advocacy ourselves.
Carbon Law
GreenStream Carbon Manager Consortium – we advised on the carbon manager agreements for trading carbon credits arising from the Multilateral Carbon Credit Fund set up by the European Bank for Reconstruction & Development.
Multi-national gypsum company – advising on implications of inclusion of gypsum sectorin Phase II of EU ETS.
International chemicals manufacturer – advice on purchase of a phosphates business including consideration of climate change and emissions trading-related liabilities.