24 April 2012
The renewable energy team at Burges Salmon has advised the owners of a 500kW wind turbine project in the Forest of Dean on an innovative fundraising, which is the first of its kind in the UK.
20 April 2012
Energy experts at Burges Salmon have made an important contribution to a major piece of research assessing the potential contribution of carbon capture and storage (CCS) in the UK, and how to overcome obstacles to successful deployment of CCS.
11 April 2012
Burges Salmon has advised the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) on its appointment of Babcock Dounreay Partnership Limited as the parent body organisation for its former research and development site at Dounreay in Caithness, Scotland.
28 March 2012
Lawyers from the Burges Salmon Energy and Environment team provide an update on the RHI.
23 March 2012
Energy, construction and corporate finance specialists from Burges Salmon advised the shareholders of Swindon-based solar PV specialists, Sunstroom Energy Ltd (SEL), on the company’s sale to major solar investor, Foresight.
15 March 2012
Burges Salmon's Head of Renewable Energy, Ross Fairley was a speaker at RenewableUK's 9th Wave & Tidal conference in Edinburgh, sponsored by The Crown Estate.
21 February 2012
Banking, energy and infrastructure experts from Burges Salmon and longstanding client Helius Energy plc have scooped the European Biomass Project Finance Deal of the Year at the annual Project Finance Awards.
23 January 2012
The South West has today been named as the UK’s first Marine Energy Park, firmly placing the region on the international map for leadership in marine renewable energy.
01 December 2011
Burges Salmon has advised the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) on its agreement to transfer an NDA-owned site at Capenhurst in Cheshire to URENCO, a major uranium enrichment supplier which currently occupies an adjacent nuclear-licensed site.
11 November 2011
Leading UK law firm Burges Salmon has been named ‘Adviser of the Year: Legal and Financial’ in the inaugural Renewable Energy Infrastructure Awards.
21 September 2011
A multi-disciplinary team representing the best of Burges Salmon's construction, planning, procurement, real estate, project finance and regulation expertise has been shortlisted for the national Renewable Energy Infrastructure Awards 2011.
27 June 2011
Three issues are vital to the successful exploitation of shale gas in Europe. First, how the industry deals with the environmental effects of exploration and production (E&P). Second, how it assesses and provides for compliance with EU environmental regulations. Third, how it secures favourable public opinion, to ensure its wider licence to operate.
21 April 2011
An award-winning legal team from Burges Salmon has advised on a landmark renewable energy scheme which will significantly reduce the carbon footprint of whisky production in Scotland.
02 March 2011
Burges Salmon is pleased to announce that its Guide to Nuclear Law (written in 2010) is now available for distribution.
18 August 2010
The Coalition Government plans to implement ‘a huge increase in waste to energy through anaerobic digestion’ by November 2010
18 August 2010
The European Commission has recently approved the Publicly Available Specification for digestate, creating an industry specification against which producers can verify that the digestate they produce is of consistent quality and is fit for purpose.
18 August 2010
Tesco's new distribution centre at Widnes is to be powered completely by renewable energy derived from food waste thanks to a new sustainability partnership with transport company Stobart Group and food waste recycling experts PDM Group.
18 August 2010
Following a lengthy review by Defra, a new regime came into force on 6 April 2010 which has made minor changes to existing small scale waste permitting exemptions.
18 August 2010
In June, the European Commission laid down the steps required to improve EU bio-waste management and take advantage of the significant environmental and economic benefits that this resource can provide.
11 August 2010
Burges Salmon team has advised BiogenGreenfinch, the UK's leading operator of Anaerobic Digestion food waste plants.
15 July 2010
Our award-winning energy lawyers have advised wind farm developers Infinergy on two of its onshore wind farms.
08 June 2010
We have advised Irish state-owned utility ESB on its acquisition of the Mynydd y Betws wind farm project.
28 May 2010
Burges Salmon to advise on the impact of the new Industrial Emissions Directive (IED) on the UK water industry.
16 May 2010
The Energy Act 2010 just made it to Royal Assent and the Statute Book before the General Election was called. The Conservative – Liberal Democrat Coalition Agreement re-states the new UK government's commitment for public sector investment in Carbon Capture and Storage 'CCS' technology for four coal-fired power stations. For further details, please see our briefing note under the Publications link.
01 March 2010
The Department of Energy and Climate Change has published guidance to inform AD operators of the legal, technical and regulatory requirements of injecting renewable gas into the gas grid.
17 February 2010
Our Energy and Private Client teams were both short-listed for a Legal Business award.
02 February 2010
Ecotricity has announced plans to provide homeowners with the option to pay for a 'green' gas supply from January 2010.
02 February 2010
An overview of how the UK Government supported the development of Anaerobic Digestion in 2009.
02 February 2010
The UK's biggest biogas facility has been granted planning permission.
02 February 2010
On 19 November Staffordshire county council granted Biffa planning permission a 4MW facility at Polars, Cannock, Staffs.
02 February 2010
Planning officers have recommended that the plans of a Suffolk brewery to build an anaerobic plant next door to its distribution centre should be approved.
02 February 2010
Construction on a 190 kWe biogas plant in Herefordshire is planned to start in spring 2010.
02 February 2010
DECC has been granted ministerial approval to launch the 6th round of the Bioenergy Capital Grants Scheme.
02 February 2010
Planners have given the green light for Blackpool-based AD specialist Farmgen to start work on a £2.5million 800kW AD plant.
24 November 2009
On 10 November 2009 Ed Miliband released the first six National Policy Statements on Energy, which are designed to guide the decision making process of the Infrastructure Planning Commission established under the Planning Act 2008. Click on the link to read more.
24 November 2009
In the new Chambers guide to legal services, our Environment law team is ranked No 1 for London and UK wide and the South West, our Projects Energy – Renewables and alternative energy team is at Band 4, and our Planning law team is ranked as Band 1 for the South West.
24 November 2009
Underground coal gasification, according to its supporters, offers the scope to continue to draw on 17 billion tons of potentially gasifiable coal onshore in Britain with perhaps double that offshore. Click on the link to read more.
24 November 2009
Using powers in the 2008 Energy Act, the Government is about to introduce a new incentive scheme in April 2010 to encourage the greater deployment of small-scale renewable electricity. Click on the link to read more.
24 November 2009
The introduction of banding in the Renewables Obligation from April 2009 has created huge interest in the biomass power sector. Click on the link to read more.
24 November 2009
Rapid progress has been achieved in addressing many of the legal obstacles to deployment of Carbon Capture and Storage, but there are still real practical difficulties in the way of this key technology. Click on the link to read more.
24 November 2009
Information about NDA's asset disposal programme and the sales process undertaken by EDF Energy for two of its sites.
24 November 2009
In September 2009, UKAEA Ltd was sold by the Government to Babcock International Group for £50 million.
24 November 2009
On the 21 September the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority announced the launch of the competition to secure a new Parent Body Organisation to take ownership of the Dounreay Site Restoration Limited Site Licence Company.
24 November 2009
DECC, DWP and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) intend to lay a Legislative Reform Order before Parliament by the end of 2009.
24 November 2009
The revised regime proposes to remove waste and materials from the scope of the RSA and replace the current suite of EOs with one that provides conditional exemptions only. DECC intend to incorporate the revised regime directly into the Environmental Permitting Regulations 2007 which are due to come into force in 2010.
24 November 2009
EU Member States government and Members of the European Parliament reached political agreement on 17 November on revisions to the 2002 Energy Performance of Buildings Directive that will have the result of forcing all new buildings constructed after 2020 to consume "near-zero-energy".
24 November 2009
The UK Government has finally increased its efforts to achieve a major increase in the use of anaerobic digestion.
24 November 2009
The Energy Bill introduced into the House of Commons on 19 November 2009, if enacted, will see a number of important changes.
16 November 2009
Electricity suppliers are now obliged to show that a certain proportion of the electricity they supply comes from renewable sources. To find out how electricity suppliers are doing this please click on the link.
28 October 2009
We advised the NDA on the completion of the sale of land adjacent to the nuclear site at Sellafield in Cumbria.
11 August 2009
We advised Garrad Hassan (GH) on a merger with Germanischer-Lloyd.
13 July 2009
Our Environment Team recently broadcast a webinar, jointly with PWC, on environmental liabilities and insolvency.
24 June 2009
We have been named Infrastructure/Energy Team of the Year in The Lawyer Awards 2009. We're really pleased with this achievement, especially as this is the first year the award has been given. This recognises the hard work put in across the firm, as people in every area have helped over recent years.
26 May 2009
We have been appointed to provide legal advice to Gwynedd Council for their pathfinder Anaerobic Digestion Scheme, Project GwyriAD.
01 May 2009
We are pleased to announce the successful conclusion of the first round of sales of sites for new nuclear power stations.
15 April 2009
We advised Costain on its £397 million contract with Viridor Laing (Greater Manchester) Ltd.
14 October 2008
We recently hosted 'Cleantech Question Time' with industry leaders and partners from the firm.