Polsinelli has one of the most experienced renewable energy practices in the country, with more than 25 years of experience representing clients in the development, financing and operation of more than 15 GW of renewable energy projects throughout the country. These projects include all forms of renewable energy technologies, including wind, solar, battery storage, green hydrogen, bioenergy and attendant facilities such as transmission. Our team’s depth and breadth of experience, combined with our extensive local presence, provide clients the resources they need to understand each project’s needs and successfully meet their goals. Our attorneys are also actively involved in renewable energy trade groups and state legislative bodies in order to understand, and influence, the evolving framework impacting the renewable energy industry.

Our project development team has extensive experience in all facets of the development process, regularly assisting clients with securing key regulatory certificates/permits, contracts and entitlements for the construction and operation of energy projects, including wind, solar, battery energy storage systems, natural gas, biofuels, biomass, pipelines and electric transmission infrastructure. In addition to our technical experience, our attorneys have a deep understanding of legal requirements and customary practices. We provide our clients with key insights related to state and local matters that help avoid unknown pitfalls, accelerate development and find solutions to achieve a project’s success. 

Polsinelli offers its clients the full spectrum of legal services necessary for the successful development of renewable energy projects, including:

  • Land use, siting, entitlement and state/local permitting matters, including local practices
  • Real estate and site control
  • Community and stakeholder relations and engagement
  • Land use and opposition related analysis, mitigation and litigation
  • Federal and state regulatory analysis and permitting
  • Environmental review and permitting matters
  • Tax analysis and structuring, including the negotiation of incentives and PILOT agreements
  • Development services and joint development agreements with public and private entities
  • Due diligence and project counsel for financing transactions (including debt and tax equity structures)
  • Equipment supply agreements
  • Engineering, procurement, and construction contracts
  • Operating and maintenance agreements
  • Negotiation of power purchase agreements, including structuring and negotiating virtual power purchase agreements
  • Interconnection and transmission service agreements
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2023-2025 County Level Blocks On New Wind and Solar Projects
Alan Anderson joined a panel of experts discussing the growing backlash against wind and solar development projects as more local governments across the United States impose restrictions and moratoriums on new renewable energy facilities. The article highlights how concerns over land use, environmental impact, infrastructure strain and community opposition are increasingly shaping the permitting and development landscape for clean energy projects. The panel noted that the trend reflects the broader challenge of balancing national renewable energy goals with local control and community acceptance.
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Hydrocarbon Tax Policy Trends
As governments focus on clean energy and carbon reduction initiatives, their oil and gas taxation policies have increasingly come under scrutiny. Polsinelli’s attorneys review a few overarching themes concerning expected trends in hydrocarbon taxation, specifically focusing on the effect on U.S. oil and gas producers. Carbon Pricing Carbon pricing, whether implemented through a cap-and-trade system, the direct imposition of carbon taxes or a combination thereof, is an emerging trend in world energy markets as countries seek to reduce carbon emissions. Concomitantly, carbon border adjustment mechanism taxes, such as that proposed by the EU, seek to avoid the relocation of carbon-intensive industries to unregulated countries by imposing a tax on the importation of products not burdened by carbon pricing systems in their home
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