Renewable Energy | McCarter & English, LLP

The renewable energy sector’s growth is being driven by rapid innovation—structural, technological, and economic. Our lawyers are helping developers, suppliers, utilities, and parties investing in renewable energy capitalize on opportunities presented by this innovation.

Our lawyers are navigating owners of renewable energy through the complexities of participating in the power markets, connecting to the power grid, and securing new and traditional sources of financing. They are representing established players in the renewable sector and startups introducing new technologies and greater efficiencies to the sector.

Our experienced multidisciplinary team counsels companies operating, investing in, or procuring supply from solar, storage, wind, and biomass facilities on a full range of legal services, including:

Energy Finance & Development
Energy Counseling & Litigation
Environmental Counseling & Litigation
Corporate Business Transactions and Financings
Insurance Coverage
Real Estate
Real Property Tax Planning & Appeals
Venture Capital & Emerging Growth Companies

Representative Matters

Negotiated leases for solar energy facilities, including a number of the largest such facilities in New Jersey.

Assisted an electric cooperative in negotiating and drafting of a 100MW solar power purchase agreement.

Negotiated and drafted a 220MW virtual wind power purchase agreement for a corporate entity.

Assisted a municipality with drafting a renewable power purchase agreement involving small power production hydroelectric facilities.

Negotiated and drafted a 5MW solar power purchase agreement for an electric cooperative.

Assisted an electric cooperative in negotiating and drafting a 100MW wind power purchase agreement.

Represent a solar energy company in acquiring or leasing project sites for the installation and operation of solar photovoltaic facilities. We recently negotiated the lease of a current Superfund site from the municipal owner and secured an agreement with the parties responsible for remediating that site to install and operate a solar facility on the site as a form of beneficial reuse.