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:
Crypto-Miners, Large Loads Subject to New Interim Interconnection Process in ERCOT
April 21, 2022
U.S. Department of Commerce Investigation of Solar Panel Imports Puts Solar Projects at Risk
April 15, 2022
Biden’s Path to Clean Energy: May 11 North Carolina Offshore Wind Lease Auction
March 29, 2022
Feeling the Heat: Solar Projects Face Rising Costs and Increased Uncertainty
March 14, 2022
IRS Further Extends Continuity Safe Harbor for 2016 and Later Renewable Energy Projects
July 2, 2021