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Region Mulls Impact as China Solar Sanctions Loom
Article originally appeared in MEED on June 3, 2021 A major development in Middle Eastern solar over the past two years has been the influx of Chinese engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractors and suppliers into the sector. Developers have...
Super Tax Exempt Limited Partners in Private Equity Funds: Impact on Solar Projects
Private equity and venture funds have been critical partners of the solar industry in recent years. Fund managers and the limited partners in their funds have sought broad exposure to solar assets—both utility scale and commercial and industrial scale—in search...
Battery Storage Vision in the UK
Article originally appeared in the April 2021 Project Finance International Global Energy Report Despite the challenges of 2020, notable regulatory steps have been taken in the United Kingdom to accelerate the growth in battery storage projects – with more expected...
Winds of Change: Big Oil's Move into UK Offshore Wind
The rise of offshore wind Offshore wind technology is becoming increasingly mainstream. In 2009, offshore wind represented only 1% of global wind generation capacity, a figure which had grown to 10% by 2019. 1 In recent times, the rise of...
Scaling Platforms Needed in Africa
Originally published in Project Finance International, March 10, 2021 Introduction Africa is often touted as the land of opportunity for private equity. However, private equity players looking to deploy capital in the market require scale in order to achieve the...
FERC Reverses Broadview on Rehearing; Reinstates Focus on Output in Evaluating 80 MW Cap for QFs
On March 19, 2020, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC” or “Commission”) issued an Order Addressing Arguments Raised on Rehearing and Setting Aside Prior Order in Broadview Solar, LLC , 174 FERC ¶ 61,199 (2021) (“ Broadview 2021 ”). The...
Secondary Market in UK Offshore Wind — Spinnakers Out
Article originally appeared on LexisNexis In the News The M&A secondary market for UK offshore wind assets is taking off. Despite the pandemic, 2020 saw significant transactions in the UK offshore wind market fill the pages of the financial press...
SEC Underscores ESG Disclosure and Compliance Priorities
Since announcing the creation of its Climate and ESG Task Force on March 4, 2021 , the Securities and Exchange Commission has continued to emphasize that environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues will take center stage disclosure and enforcement priorities...
The Bipartisan SCALE Act: Increasing Investments in CCUS
Today, March 17, 2021, a bipartisan group of legislators introduced groundbreaking legislation aimed at advancing investments in large-scale carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) projects. The Storing CO 2 and Lowering Emissions (SCALE) Act is cosponsored in the Senate by...
EU Mandatory Environmental and Human Rights Due Diligence Law – What You Need To Know
On Wednesday, March 10 th , the European Parliament voted by an overwhelming majority for the adoption of a binding EU law that requires companies to conduct environmental and human rights due diligence along their full value chain or face...
Expectations for Offshore Wind Under the Biden Administration
President Joe Biden’s arrival at the White House in January was, as customary for any new executive branch leader, met by outsized expectations on the part of supporters and detractors alike. Among the countless areas of public policy set to...
Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Sequestration Webinar
The KBH Energy Center hosts a virtual program that will explore the role that carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration (CCUS) will play in the energy transition by discussing topics within the CCUS umbrella, including economic drivers and Section 45Q tax...
Things Looking Up for Renewable Resources at Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
At the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC” or “Commission”), President Joseph Biden selected Richard Glick, one of two Democratic commissioners on the five person commission, as Chairman. The Chair sets FERC’s agenda, so even without a tie-breaker vote or a...
ESG Diligence in Loan Markets
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations are continuing to come under increased scrutiny in the loan markets. Topics such as climate change, composition of corporate boards and treatment of employees by corporations are at the forefront of individual and corporate...
Broad Federal Support for Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage May Lead to Greater Investment
Federal support for carbon capture, utilization and storage (“CCUS”) demonstrated over the last two months has generated even greater enthusiasm for carbon capture projects in the United States. First, in the final weeks of the Trump administration, there were positive...