Renewables

CLEANTECH AND RENEWABLE ENERGY Supporting the journey to global targets

Bird & Bird’s involvement in renewable energy and cleantech forms part of our longstanding and broadly based work in the energy and utilities sectors.

Our Renewables & Cleantech Team advise commercial and public sector organisations on a wide range of legal issues within the renewables and cleantech sector including advice on the use of carbon credits and trading schemes, solar and wind feed-in tariffs, unbundling of European energy supplies and protection and maximisation of intellectual property assets.

Our clients include many organisations who are developing or investing in projects and technological solutions to the challenges presented by the combined forces of climate change and energy security. We advise these clients on a wide range of issues such as corporate work, projects, intellectual property, regulatory, commercial contracts and dispute resolution.

Our dedicated renewables & cleantech team acts for:

  • Developers
  • Landowners
  • Funders, including banks and private equity
  • Local authorities / Government bodies
  • EPC contractors
  • Corporate purchasers of renewable energy

We provide advice to clients working in:

  • Onshore and offshore wind
  • Solar
  • Biomass
  • Wave and tidal power
  • Hydro power
  • Energy from waste
  • Transmission systems including subsea cables
  • Carbon capture and trading.

Our team also has a passion for advising on the hot topics that arise in this fast paced and changing sector, including:

  • Corporate Power Purchase Agreements (Corporate PPAs)
  • Integration of storage with renewables technologies
  • Innovative renewables financing structures, such as vendor financing and forward financing
  • Grid sharing arrangements
  • Regulatory advice, for example renewable benefits eligibility or financial services regulation of corporate PPAs
  • Technology development agreements.

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Solar canopies on UK car parks: an innovative step along the road to net zero?

4 minutes May 30 2025

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Turbulent Seas: Navigating Delays & Uncertainty in Dutch Offshore Wind

3 minutes May 30 2025

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UK-India Trade: Opportunities for UK business under the new Free Trade Agreement

3 minutes May 19 2025

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Bird & Bird named most active clean energy M&A and Project Finance adviser

Our Energy & Utilities Group has been recognised by the Clean Energy Pipeline Legal League Tables 2025 for being the Most Active Legal Adviser in both Clean Energy Project Financing and M&A transactions, resulting in being named as one of the Most Influential Law Firms in Renewable Energy.

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Corporate PPAs: An international perspective - 2022 Edition

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Accolades

An experienced renewables team across legal departments - enabling a full commercially focused legal service level.

Legal 500 UK, 2025

Matt Bonass has a deep understanding of the renewables' industry - enabling a commercially focused approach to any legal advice.

Legal 500 UK, 2025

A well-structured team that puts together all the necessary competences to assist a client in this sector. Their experience in project financing is very helpful in the development process of renewable projects.

Legal 500 Europe, 2024

Experienced, qualified, up to date on what is happening in the market, and down to earth.

Legal 500 Europe, 2024

The team at Bird & Bird are not only good at what they do, but they also take the effort to deepen their knowledge of the industry they are working on/with. So as clients, it will be easier when speaking in industry lingo.

Legal 500 APAC, 2024

Bird & Bird has excellent knowledge of both the UK and EU energy sectors.

Chambers UK, 2025

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Deal Bird & Bird advises Terrenus Energy on Green Financing

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Nov 03 2023

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Deal Bird & Bird advises Energa Wytwarzanie in connection with the acquisition of a wind farm and four PV installations from Greenvolt Power

Aug 18 2023

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