The Anaerobic Digestion Team offer expert legal guidance on AD projects, from navigating complex regulations to establishing commercial agreements between operators and feedstock producers.
The team is well-versed in advising clients on all aspects of AD projects, ensuring that you navigate these challenges smoothly. Our lawyers assist with securing the necessary planning permissions, ensuring compliance with environmental regulations, dealing with grid connections and negotiating long-term contracts between AD operators and feedstock suppliers.
Our lawyers also help operators and feedstock producers establish clear, enforceable agreements covering quantity, cultivation, quality, harvesting, delivery schedules, and pricing mechanisms.
Moreover, the sustainability credentials of an AD operation are key to unlocking government incentives, such as Feed-in Tariffs (FiTs), the Renewables Obligation (RO), or Contracts for Difference (CfD). Our Team ensure that AD plants comply with all relevant sustainability criteria, negotiating appropriate provisions and remedies to manage risk if the feedstock does not meet the required standards.
For landowners and agricultural businesses, the digestate produced by AD offers additional value, often used as a fertiliser on farms. We advise on digestate off-take agreements, setting out clear terms for collection and use, including the timing and quantity of digestate removed, and managing any regulatory considerations, such as restrictions in nitrate-vulnerable zones.
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