Solar Development Consultancy

Alder King’s Solar Development team advise landowners and solar operators regarding commercial scale solar opportunities created by the introduction of the Feed-in-Tariff for Solar Energy in April 2010.

The team provides a wide range of services including:

Site Finding

Alder King has developed and refined site finding techniques to meet the requirements of its solar development clients. Techniques range from large scale targeting, reliant upon the trusted position of Alder King in the market place, through to very specific and targeted activities based upon the established links between Alder King and land or property owners throughout the region.

Using the strong agency skills within Alder King, transactions are structured with landowners reflecting the risk profile and specific requirements of retained developer clients. The team is now processing a large volume of sites for its retained clients.

Advice to landowners

The ability to identify land suitable for solar development also applies to landowners. Alder King is acting for several landowners with land considered to be suitable for solar development, providing advice about developer selection, market activity, values, risk reduction and transaction structure.

Planning Consultancy

Alder King Planning Consultants has developed a specialist expertise in the negotiation of planning consents for solar development. Using the established and well developed relationship between the planning consultancy team and local authorities, the team is retained by solar developers to negotiate consents for commercial scale projects. Alder King Planning Consultants hope to be the first consultant to secure a consent for a 5MW scheme in the UK, and are processing a significant volume of applications on behalf of clients across the region.

In addition to the specific services detailed above, Alder King is also well positioned to provide advice to both landowner and developer clients in relation to project structuring, project finance and exit strategy.

For more information, please contact:
Simon Smith, Associate, on 0117 317 1069, ssmith@alderking.com
Nick Tyrrell, Partner, on 0117 317 1170, ntyrrell@alderking.com
Andrew Maynard. Partner, on 01823 445080, amaynard@alderking.com
or your local Alder King office.