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Capabilities 2 results
Cleantech / Alternative Energy
...of clean energy assets and technologies, including “conventional” renewable assets (such as solar, wind, sustainable hydro, biomass, geothermal), distributed generation, renewable energy transmission, battery storage,...
Middle East and Islamic Finance and Investment
...Banking & Finance: Islamic Finance practice Global-wide Chambers Global 2025 Awarded “MENA Solar Deal of the Year”, 2020 Project Finance International Awarded “MENA Power Deal...
News & Insights 104 results
Energy Law Exchange
May 8, 2015
Generating Revenue from a Solar Project – the Power Purchase Agreement
King & Spaldings renewable energy practice group described the bright future of solar power in its April 2015 Energy Newsletter. Ongoing photovoltaic (PV) projects in...
Energy Law Exchange
April 10, 2015
Global Solar Energy – A Bright Future
...year was 4% while that for other renewables (primarily wind energy and solar energy) was nearly 17%. Even though wind energy is currently far more...
Energy Law Exchange
December 9, 2015
Guaranteed Sunshine: Performance and Testing of Solar Power Projects
This article is the third of three articles on solar power projects [1] and discusses testing and performance guarantees in the context of engineering, procurement...
Energy Law Exchange
March 8, 2016
The Potential and Process for Solar Projects in Pakistan
...years has been concentrated more in the wind and hydel sectors than solar. There is currently only one utility scale solar project (of 100 MW)...
Cases & Deals
October 11, 2023
King & Spalding Advises SP On $280m Solar Deal In The Philippines
Solar renewable energy energy transition Asia the Philippines King & Spalding represented Solar Philippines Power Project Holdings, Inc. (SP) on its agreement with Meralco Powergen...
Cases & Deals
October 15, 2014
King & Spalding Advises Patagonia on $27 Million Hawaiian Solar Fund
...company’s $13 million tax equity investment in a fund that will deliver solar energy systems to residential customers in Hawaii. Patagonia joined with local solar...
Energy Law Exchange
July 1, 2012
FERC Issues New Rule to Facilitate Integration of Wind, Solar, and Other Variable Energy Resources into the Grid
...resources into the electric grid. Variable energy resources (such as wind and solar) are devices used for the production of electricity that use a renewable...
In the News · Source: Energy Intelligence
In the News · Source: Washington Examiner
March 20, 2025
Jim Bowe discusses the impact of the 40-acre solar farm that is owned and operated by Catholic University in Washington, D.C.
In the News · Source: Law360
January 10, 2025
Andy Bayman and Charles Spalding counsel Silicon Ranch on its settlement in a solar farm damages dispute before a Georgia federal court
In the News · Source: Law360
November 8, 2024
Andy Bayman and Charles Spalding advise Silicon Ranch in a solar farm damages dispute before a Georgia federal court
In the News · Source: Law360
Article · Source: Absolut Report
July 1, 2024
Solarenergie und Immobilienfonds - kommt endlich der langersehnte Durchbruch?
Client Alert
May 23, 2024
Solar Energy and Real Estate Funds – Now for Real
Article · Source: Immobilienkapitalmarkt
November 28, 2023
Dienstbarkeiten für Solarstrom – Stolperfallen bei Finanzierung und Immobilientransaktionen vermeiden
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In the News · Source: Global Arbitration Review
In the News · Source: Manila Standard, Philippine Real Estate News and Global Legal Chronicle
In the News · Source: Law360 and Reuters
In the News · Source: Law360 and Bloomberg Law
In the News · Source: Law360
In the News · Source: The Economic Times, Business Standard, The Manila Times, The Philippine Star, The Financial Express, Hart Energy and IJ Global
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Client Alert
November 30, 2023
IRS and Treasury Issue Section 48 Investment Tax Credit Proposed Regulations
...functional interdependence and integral property concepts are described in more detail below.
Solar Energy Property The Proposed Regulations modify the current statutory definition of “solar...
Energy Law Exchange
February 5, 2016
The Paris Agreement on Climate Change – Implications for Africa
...Half of this sum will go towards investment in renewable energy, particularly solar energy, and the other half will be used to fund sustainable infrastructure...
Energy Law Exchange
July 1, 2014
Russia’s Second Renewable Energy Auction Gives Both Glimmer of Hope and Cause for Concern
...following year. Generators need to deliver 14 percent of installed capacity for solar projects, 27 percent for wind projects and 38 percent for hydropower projects....
Energy Law Exchange
September 1, 2012
Securities Litigation and the Energy Sector, Part II
...Oil and Gas Reserves, Safety Policies, and Fracking. This months portion examines solar companies, Chinese companies, and recently filed class actions. Throughout the past ten...
Energy Law Exchange
September 12, 2016
Implementing Islamic Financing for Renewable Energy Projects
...recently seen a surge of interest in developing renewable energy, in particular solar energy projects. Led by Morocco and Jordan which have successfully implemented numerous...
Energy Law Exchange
January 1, 2013
Energy Discrimination And International Rules In Hard Times: What's New This Time Around, and What Can Be Done
...on developing, manufacturing and installing products needed to create energy though wind, solar and other renewable sources of power. During times of economic crisis, governments...
Energy Law Exchange
January 12, 2016
Congress Passes End of Year Spending Bill Containing Significant Energy Related Provisions
...and extends for five years critical tax credits for the wind and solar industries. Democrats strongly supported the extension of expired or expiring tax credits...
Client Alert
August 7, 2025
PPP Projects: Challenges and Opportunities
...the high number of bidders and record low rates being achieved on solar PPPs, which are frequently used and well understood across the GCC,[[--footnote_start--]]See “Saudi...
Client Alert
May 14, 2024
USTR Releases the Results Of Its Four-Year Review Of China Section 301 Tariffs
...Section 301 China Tariffs Review US-China Steel Aluminum Semiconductors EV lithium battery Solar Critical Minerals medical products cranes Chinese goods imports duties trade action The...
Energy Law Exchange
July 11, 2016
LNG In Morocco
...advantage of its favorable geography and climate to increase renewable energy (wind, solar, hydropower). Morocco is building the world's largest concentrated solar power plant (named...
Energy Law Exchange
April 6, 2016
Renewable Energy In Russia: Recent Developments
...renewable energy investment projects conducted by the competent authorities for each of solar, wind and small hydropower types of renewable energy. In total, Russia has...
Recognition
May 2, 2025
King & Spalding Wins IJGlobal MENA Deal of the Year Awards
...involved the financing, development and operation of a multi-plant integrated utility system (solar PV, bio diesel ICE, BESS, water and wastewater plants). The project, valued...
Client Alert
January 24, 2025
President Trump’s Day-One Executive Orders: Energy and Environment
...government support for the development of certain technologies (such as wind and solar) in favor of fossil fuels and other natural resources. The EOs are...
Client Alert
July 28, 2023
Field Guide to Clean Hydrogen
...hydrogen can be produced using increasingly diverse means, including photobiological, photoelectrochemical and solar thermochemical processes. “Gray” refers to hydrogen produced through steam methane reforming, a...
Energy Law Exchange
January 14, 2015
Have the Challenges of the Energy Transition been Overcome?
...and 2010 the government made two reductions in the feed-in tariffs for solar facilities and imposed a four-month moratorium on new solar projects in an...
Energy Law Exchange
July 1, 2012
Chinese investment in U.S. Energy: What works?
...in Louisiana, Mississippi, Ohio, Colorado, and Michigan. *In March of 2011, LDK Solar, a large Chinese manufacturer of solar cells invested $33 million in Solar...
Energy Law Exchange
January 1, 2012
Earnouts on the Rise in Renewables M&A
...elimination of consumer incentives that support product demand (e.g., tax rebates for solar panel installation), and (iii) price pressure resulting from increasing supply (particularly with...
Energy Law Exchange
July 1, 2011
Government Support for Renewable Energy Sources and WTO Rules
...crucial role in the development of renewable energy sources, including wind and solar. Recently, two such government support programs of Canada and China were challenged...
Energy Law Exchange
July 1, 2012
Renewable Energy Initiatives in the Department of Defense
...plans to proceed with four utility-scale renewable power projects: a 20 MW solar project at Fort Irwin, California; a 20 MW solar project at Fort...
Client Alert
July 31, 2025
“One Big Beautiful Bill Act”
...out for facilities that begin construction after December 31, 2032, except for solar and wind. No credits under section 48E/45Y are available for solar and...
Client Alert
July 17, 2025
Sweeping Tax Legislation Signed into Law
...out for facilities that begin construction after December 31, 2032, except for solar and wind. No credits under section 48E/45Y are available for solar and...
Newsletter
December 20, 2023
Beyond the Fenceline: Environmental Justice Updates – December 2023
...fund projects that address, among other things, “air monitoring, indoor/outdoor air quality, solar panel installation, small-scale cleanups, community education, EJ tool development, green jobs and...
Newsletter
February 22, 2023
H2ypothetical - Prevailing Wage and Apprenticeship Requirements
...that need additional guidance to resolve. HYPOTHETICAL Taxpayer owns and operates a solar or wind farm that is eligible for either the Section 45 production...
Energy Law Exchange
July 11, 2016
Will PPPs Provide the Catalyst for Waste to Energy Projects in the GCC?
...per year. This is particularly useful in a region increasingly turning towards solar for energy generation. As solar is reliant upon sunlight hours, without economically...
Energy Law Exchange
March 4, 2016
Public-Private Partnerships In The GCC: Challenges And Opportunities In A New Economic Landscape
...tender process for the third phase of the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum Solar Park on a PPP basis; the Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA)...
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Buy American and Supply Chain Policy Roundup
...President Biden said: “[w]e will get America off the sidelines on manufacturing solar panels, wind farms, batteries, and electric vehicles to grow these supply chains,...