Energy and Infrastructure Project Development
Climate mitigation and adaptation strategies almost always involve energy and infrastructure projects. Structuring and negotiating key contracts that hold these projects together is a core expertise of Climate Edge.
Project development in this space requires complex structuring to ensure the different aspects fit together within a series of complex regulatory and economic parameters. A typical project is going to deal with electricity interconnection, land-rights, procuring key material and equipment, engineering and construction contracts, long-term operations and maintenance projects, revenue streams, equity investors, tax equity investors, and debt facility providers for public or private debt.
All of these contracts need to fit together to comply with key regulatory and permitting requirements while appropriately allocating risks to the party that can properly manage those risks.
Representative Transactions:
Negotiate electricity off-take agreements for solar, wind, energy storage, CHP, and micro-grid projects, including power purchase agreements, virtual power purchase agreements, REC supply agreements and the supply of capacity and resource adequacy products
Negotiate biomethane off-take agreements for renewable natural gas projects, including landfill gas, dairy and swine projects
Negotiate interconnection agreements for electricity and energy storage projects
Negotiate pipeline interconnection agreements for renewable natural gas projects
Negotiate landfill gas supply agreements, manure supply agreements and other feedstock contracts for renewable natural gas and biofuel projects
Advise clients on CAISO interconnection issues and the use of shared interconnection facilities
Advise client on agreements to supply hydrogen gas for vehicle fuel and electricity generation
Negotiate wind turbine supply and installation agreements
Negotiate EPC and Design-Build Contracts for renewable natural gas projects
Negotiate EPC and Design-Build Contracts for solar projects
Negotiate leases and other land-rights agreements for renewable energy and electricity storage projects
Advise clients on generating and marketing Renewable Energy Credits, Renewable Identification Numbers and Low Carbon Fuel Standard Credits
Advise clients on electricity trading contracts using EEI, WSPP and ISDA forms
Advise clients on purchase and sale of carbon and other emission offsets required for project permitting and on-going operations