Renewables and Natural Resources

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.