Renewables
Members of Thirty Nine Essex Street offer expertise across the renewables sector. Members of Chambers regularly advise on issues arising out of offshore and onshore wind farms, including planning inquiries and proceedings for judicial review.
Significant matters include:
• R (Friends of Hethel) v South Norfolk Council and Ecotricity [2011] JPL 192 wind farm
• R (Hulme) v Secretary of State for Communities & Local Government (2008 and 2010) wind farm
• Enertrag (UK) Ltd v Secretary of State for Communities & Local Government [2009] EWHC 679 (Admin) wind farm
• R (Merricks) v Secretary of State for Trade & Industry and nPower Renewables Ltd [2006] EWHC 2698
• Clyde Wind Farm Inquiry (2006) Section 36 public inquiry into an application to build the largest onshore wind farm in Europe
• Acting and advising in an International Arbitration over funding of a wind farm in Mongolia
• Acting and advising on a dispute between the joint venture partners concerning a wind farm in China
• Advising on the termination of wind turbine manufacturing agreements and a related wind farm project in the UK
• Advising the manufacturer of solar panelling in relation to the insolvency of its principal customer and distributor in various regions