SOLAR ENERGY
DEVELOPMENTS IN THE MARKET
Catherine Burke
Partner and Head of Renewable Energy
The Story So Far
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Gold rush?
Most successful technology deployed to date?
Costs down, delivery times shortened
All going great UNTIL:
 ROC cuts
 CfD uncertainty
The Story So far (2)
 The death knell to large scale solar?
 A resurgence of interest in < 5MW
 Kick start to the roof top market?
What is happening right now?
 Solar pv - madness!
 Solar thermal – quieter
An Overview of the Support
Mechanisms
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ROCs – soon only for up to 5MW
FITS – only up to 5MW per site
RHI – no upper limits
CfDs – only above 5MW
Do challenges still remain?
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Definitely:
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Land rights
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Grid
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ROC Grace Period
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Shared connections
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Planning
About Us
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Full service top 100 law firm
Offices throughout England
120+ partners
600+ staff
All legal aspects of renewable energy projects
covered
“In a market as demanding as the photovoltaic market,
Freeths is the reliable, flexible and solution-oriented partner
we want to have by our side”
Contact
Catherine Burke
Partner, Head of Renewable Energy
0845 274 6939
07703 515254
catherine.burke@freeths.co.uk