The challenge
The UK energy environment is complex. It is moving quickly, with constantly evolving regulation and policy. Decarbonisation will require adaptation throughout the entire energy system, with a fundamental requirement for a cross-sector collaborative approach to driving progress.
The transition to achieving the UK’s Net Zero target will be built upon a combination of factors including technology innovation, infrastructure development as well as changes in human behaviour and consumption patterns.
How we can help
We have worked in the energy sector for many years. Having developed and grown as the sector has evolved, our award-winning lawyers work across the sector to deliver innovative, bespoke, and effective client solutions. We support projects across the full range of decarbonisation technologies from renewable energy, to waste as a resource and nuclear power. We also support the oil and gas sector on the energy transition.
Our breadth of experience is wide-ranging and we support projects from inception to completion. We provide clients with end-to-end expertise across all phases including financing, development, set-up, buying and selling. We are involved in an extensive range of technologies associated with energy covering heat, electricity generation and energy efficiency. This includes hydrogen, solar, wind (offshore and onshore), hydro, wave, tidal and geothermal. Our expertise enables us to apply learnings to innovative projects in new technology areas.
We are deeply embedded in the industry and sit on some of the UK’s leading energy regulatory bodies, which supports our understanding of the latest energy regulation and available financial mechanisms. This expertise and knowledge of emerging trends, regulation and technologies allows us to support clients to structure their projects, helping them identify pitfalls before they occur ensuring they are adequately future-proofed.
We offer unique market-leading expertise and experience in the four key sectors that will need to work together if the UK is to meet its Net Zero ambitions: these are Transport, Energy, Land & Food and the Built Environment. This enables us to facilitate cross-sector introductions and helps our clients understand the policies and drivers faced by the organisations in less familiar sectors.
What we do
- Renewable energy projects – wind, solar, wave, tidal, geothermal, hydro,
- Oil and gas transition
- Carbon capture and storage projects
- Nuclear (including SMRs and fusion) projects
- Waste to energy and fuel technology projects
- Electricity storage (battery, hydrogen and pumped)
- District heating and renewable heat solutions
- Energy efficiency/ energy as a service contracts
- Hydrogen projects
- Routes to market contracts
- Grid arrangements and private wire strategies
- Site assembly and consenting of Net Zero projects
- Project finance
- Energy regulation
- Community energy and ownership
Our partnerships
We are well connected and sit on a range of important industry groups. This enables us to play a central role in discussions around the latest regulation and policy, positioning us well to help us clients understand what this means for them.
We participate in a number of industry bodies including: