The lawyers in our Energy & Resource Management team support funders, investors, operators and service providers in project development, regulatory and operational issues
We help businesses with all aspects of their energy and waste matters. Our Team includes specialists from across the firm, including construction and infrastructure, real estate, corporate, employment, planning, environmental and health & safety.
Our commitment to the sector translates into real, up-to-date knowledge about the challenges you face which go to the heart of your business, including bankability, issues with eligibility for tariffs (ROCs, NIROCs, RHI and FiTs), shifting regulation and public perception. You get advisers that understand the commercial environment in which your business operates.
AD and food recycling | the opportunity
Anaerobic digestion (AD) is a long-established and sustainable way to process waste, create bio-fertiliser and produce power in the form of electricity and biogas. But, our growing challenges around energy & food security, waste management and climate change are now pushing its benefits firmly into the spotlight.
Find out moreElectric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure and Car Clubs
Our electric vehicle charging point and car club team acts for both housing developers and local authorities nationwide to assist in the roll-out of electric vehicle charging infrastructure and car clubs.
Find out moreOperational Renewables Projects
Ashfords' specialist Energy & Resource Management team has a strong track record advising clients on all matters relating to renewable energy, energy from waste, energy infrastructure and innovation projects. The team and Roadnight Taylor have joined forces to explore the investment opportunities and risks that exist for owners of renewable energy assets and those seeking to diversify.
Find out moreWe work on a wide range of renewable energy projects including solar, wind, biomass and anaerobic digestion. We support our clients from inception, design and financing through to the operational phase, refinancing and sale.
find out moreEnergy from waste
We advise on projects and the implementation of strategies to divert waste from landfill and reclaim the energy and other resources held within the waste. These projects can include the design, finance, construction and operation of local authority and merchant facilities, through to advising on the supply and offtake of resources from waste generators and aggregators.
Energy Innovation
We support businesses at the forefront of energy innovation. Whether you’re inventing new ways of harnessing energy or finding cleaner ways of using existing energy sources, we help push the boundaries in delivering advanced energy solutions.
Project Finance
We have vast experience of advising on PPP, PFI and quasi-project financed projects for a varied client base including procuring authorities, sponsors, investors and lenders. We have an established track record of advising on a wide range of financing structures in the waste, renewable energy and a number of other sectors.
Our team has extensive experience on the regulatory aspects of the Energy & Waste sector: advising on complex compliance issues, negotiating with regulators such as the EA, HSE and Ofgem, advising businesses on the response regulator investigations and crisis management, and the defence of prosecutions and other regulatory action.
Find out moreWe are proud members of the Hinkley C ‘Professional Services Group’ (PSG), a collection of professional advisers who have experience supporting Hinkley C contracts.
Find out moreWe assist public sector organisations and private sector waste companies with waste and resource management infrastructure, buying, selling and advising on operational issues associated with waste sites, treatment, transportation and disposal of waste and the sale and purchase of waste and its derivatives.
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