Renewables and Natural Resources

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The Harrison Drury commercial property team has extensive experience and expertise in renewable energy and natural resources.

Renewables

The team acts for landowners with a particular focus on the full service for landed estate owners whilst also acting for facilitators and operators of renewable projects.

The Renewables sector will be key for the UK in the drive to tackle climate change by reducing carbon emissions to achieve net zero as well as becoming more efficient in the supply of energy for the nation. Innovation in technologies and their implementation to provide scale is at the forefront and Harrison Drury are acting at the cutting edge of this critical sector with experience in the following technologies and schemes, including mixed use schemes –

Power Purchase Agreements

Onshore wind

Solar

Battery storage

Small hydro

Waste to gas on landfill

Carbon offsetting

EV charging and sustainable energy services for Real Estate

Green leases and MEES

BREAM

Passivhaus designs

We deal with all property due diligence and land agreements from funding and security arrangements, exclusivity, site investigations and compound licences, conditional contracts and options, transfers and leases, easements and statutory agreements and grid connections.

To deliver projects it is also often necessary to deal with opposition by way of third party rights and obtain vacant possession of land and we work closely with our property litigation team to proactively advise on commercial tactics to avoid issues before they arise.

We also assist on the construction elements for renewables projects as well as providing corporate advice on incorporation, joint venture agreements, company mergers and acquisitions and commercial agreements which are a common feature of these projects.

Habitats and Natural Resources

Regulations and the planning process play an essential role in the conservation of nature, habitats and the environment but developers and investors are also striving to become more environmentally responsible. We work closely with property developers and investors to assist with agreements and contracts dealing with the following:

Woodland management

Conservation covenants

Rewilding

Bio-diversity offsetting and net gain re loss or degradation of habitat

Minerals neutrality

Mines and minerals (including regeneration, aftercare and land use change)

To deliver projects it is also often necessary to deal with issues with third party rights land and we work closely with our property litigation team to proactively advise on commercial tactics to avoid issues before they arise.

To speak to our commercial property specialists please call us on 01772 258321 or make an enquiry below to see how we can assist you and your business.

Meet our Commercial Property team

Nicola Beneduce

Partner Commercial Property

t: 01200 401114

m: 07585 704393

Renewables and Natural Resources

Renewables

Habitats and Natural Resources

Meet our Commercial Property team

Nicola Beneduce

Simon England

Naomi Fell

Hannah Hughes

Amanda Marwood

Lara Watts

Wayne Ellison

Mike Fetherstone

Lucy Benton

Clare Davey

Sam Jones

Wendy Newbury

Jennifer Potts

Rhian Sale

Jackie Bate

Roberto Bonaminio

Laura Bradley

Jane Fillis

Danielle Leeming

Catherine Worthington

Lucy Beachell

Gemma Eastham

Danielle Jesson

Lois Parker

Zakira Vika

Kerry Webster

Lucy Parkhouse

Priya Anand

Faye Simpson

Terri Abbott

William Hornby Phillips

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