Cleantech

Cleantech

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As the international appetite for renewable generation increases, there is an obvious focus on providing solutions to global challenges. The right solutions provide opportunities for investors and users to enjoy competitive returns.

Clean technology and renewables have related issues that are often expansive and include a variety of renewable energy sources and storage solutions, energy efficiency technologies, clean water, clean land, clean air and an array of additional technologies that reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and other types of pollution. The common driver is that they involve a smarter way of doing things, use resources more efficiently and provide a return to investors and users. Renewable energy and cleantech projects may also provide opportunities to monetize resulting emission reductions, which can be a critical component of a project’s financing.

In such a smart and forward-thinking environment, you want to work with lawyers who are equally adaptable and innovative. Dentons works in partnership with you to identify potential impacts of new and existing regulations, as well as to develop forward-thinking planning to help you achieve compliance and uncover growth opportunities generated by new regulatory regimes.

Partner with a firm that has advised on carbon offset purchase and sale agreements, offset projects, aggregation and project development agreements, CO₂ supply agreements and regulation reviews, and impact assessments and strategies. With a global focus on cleantech, emission reductions and renewable energy, Dentons offers the local wherewithal to drive your projects and the international breadth to assist you on a global scale. Look to our lawyers for innovative solutions across the renewable energy industry.

Experience

Continental Wind Partners: Advising the investment fund on the sale of the first significant wind project in Romania to Czech-based CEZ, including liaising with the Romanian public authorities. Following this project, Dobrogea became the preferred location for renewable energy source (RES) investments in Romania.
Domtar Corporation: Advising on the sale of its hydro assets in Ottawa, ON and Gatineau, QC for CA$45 million. The purchaser is Energy Ottawa Inc. (Energy Ottawa), the renewable energy subsidiary of Hydro Ottawa Holding Inc. The agreement with Energy Ottawa signed on April 4, 2012 is subject to customary closing conditions, including certain third party approvals.The transaction includes Domtar's three power stations (21 MW of installed capacity), Domtar's water rights in the area, as well as the company's equity stake in the Chaudière Water Power Inc. (CWPI) ring dam consortium. Domtar currently has 12 workers operating its hydro assets in Ottawa/Gatineau and all employees are to become employees of a subsidiary of Energy Ottawa upon closing of the transaction.
Solarwatt AG: Advising one of the leading German manufacturers of high-quality crystalline solar modules as well as a provider of innovative complete photovoltaic packages and energy management systems, on a petition for a protective shield proceeding as a debtor-in-possession, pursuant to section 270b of the German Insolvency Directive.
Solarwatt AG: Advising on a successful restructuring in the context of a protective shield proceeding as a debtor-in-possession. Our team drafted the restructuring plan and implemented the restructuring concept via a capital reduction to zero with a subsequent cash and capital increase. Furthermore, we advised Solarwatt AG on the negotiations with the works council regarding personnel measures, which resulted in a successful settlement.
Sungevity: Advising this leading provider of home solar systems in a US$125 million financing consisting of US$40 million in venture financing led by Brightpath Capital Partners and retailer Lowe's and US$85 million in project financing with Energy Capital Partners and a leading commercial bank.

Insights

Inching toward the finish line: Alberta releases Request for Full Project Proposals for Carbon Capture and Storage in Alberta

December 16, 2021

Canada: The Government of Alberta released its Request for Full Project Proposals (RFPP) from Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage (CCUS) project proponents on December 2, 2021.

Alberta carbon sequestration tenure and CCUS developments

May 18, 2021

Canada: On May 12, 2021, the Government of Alberta’s Department of Energy issued a new Information Letter on carbon sequestration tenure management whereby carbon sequestration rights will be issued to qualified operators to develop strategically located carbon storage hubs in Alberta.

Innovation in nuclear energy in Canada - Alberta signs memorandum of understanding for the development and deployment of small modular reactors

April 16, 2021

Canada: In December of 2019, Ontario, Saskatchewan and New Brunswick signed a memorandum of understanding (“MOU”) between the provinces, establishing a framework for the deployment of nuclear energy by way of Small Modular Reactors (“SMRs”) in each jurisdiction.

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Dentons advises German climate startup Phlair on seed financing round

September 23, 2024

Global law firm Dentons has advised the climate start-up Phlair (formerly Carbon Atlantis) on a seed financing round with new investors. Extantia was the lead investor in the
€14.5 million financing round, which also included Planet A, Verve Ventures, Atlantic Labs, Counteract, and other VC funds and business angels.

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