McGuireWoods’ renewable energy team brings together legal, policy, energy technology and business experience to meet the challenges our clients face. For more than 20 years, we have been advancing our clients’ interests by getting deals done, by helping clients successfully and creatively navigate the complexities and pitfalls in this dynamically evolving industry and by maximizing the value of various tax, energy, environmental, and governmental incentives available to the renewable energy industry.
Our legal services include assisting in all aspects of the development, acquisition/disposition, construction, debt finance, tax equity finance, ownership and operation of solar (including roof-top and utility scale), biomass (including wood, wood waste, LFG, animal and plant waste), wind (on and off -shore), energy storage, hydroelectric and geothermal projects. This includes drafting and negotiating the agreements and processes related to project siting and all real estate/land-use issues, joint venture and tax equity structuring, off-take or management of energy or resource (including power purchase agreements, energy hedges, tolling agreements, renewable energy credit transactions and all other aspects of energy management and scheduling), equipment supply, construction, O&M and other service arrangements, environmental permitting and review of incentives, regional energy market integration and participation, REC markets, and carbon management opportunities.
We actively counsel clients at various stages of project development and in the acquisition and disposition of projects nationwide in the following areas:
5 Key Strategies for Negotiating Renewable Energy Project EPC Contracts
March 26, 2019
New Opportunities Follow Expansion of Section 45Q Carbon Sequestration Credits
July 11, 2018
IRS Provides Solar ITC Guidance on the Begin-Construction Requirement
June 29, 2018
Tax Act May Spur More Investment in RNG, Biogas Projects
March 6, 2018
Budget Act Extends PTCs and ITCs for Certain “Orphaned” Technologies
February 12, 2018