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Solar Power: A Practical Handbook, 2nd Edition

Solar Power: A Practical Handbook, 2nd Edition

Author: Matthew Williams; John Deacon
Publisher: Globe Law and Business
ISBN: 9781837230280

Previous Edition ISBN: 9781787421325
Published In: February 2025
Format: Hardback , 395 pages
Jurisdiction: China, International, Middle East, U.S. ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only

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Solar power is leading the decarbonisation of the power system. Despite a few challenging years with global supply disruption, solar power has continued its exponential growth. The milestone of 1TW installed solar generation capacity worldwide was passed in 2022, and close to 350GW was added in 2024. Forecasts indicate that the installed solar capacity may almost double every three years. The added capacity is deployed through utility scale projects, rooftop installations, and decentralised generation.

Rapid market growth will see an increase of construction, financing and transactions related to solar power assets. With solar power now being an established technology and a more substantial part of the overall power generation, the regulatory landscape is also adapting. Many jurisdictions are seeing a more mature and comprehensive regulation of solar power, making the development process of projects more complex.

This second edition of Solar Power: A Practical Handbook provides an in-depth analysis of various aspects of solar power including its commercial, technological and regulatory characteristics. It also provides a practical guide to developing, financing, acquiring and disposing of solar power projects. Whilst being a technology which has been adopted on a global basis, each jurisdiction has its own dynamics, so the book considers the market-specific aspects of solar power in a number of key locations including China, the Middle East, the US and others.

This book, featuring chapters by leading practitioners, will be of interest to lawyers, commercial managers, financiers and other consultants.

Table of contents

Foreword

Part I. Introduction

Introduction

Matthew Williams, Addleshaw Goddard & Philip Tonkin, Alight

Part II. Regulation, technology and economics

Legal, regulatory and industry frameworks

George Dundon & Munir Hassan, CMS

Solar power technologies and how they work

David Fernandez, Isabelle Romero & Graeme Steer, ITPEnergised

Economic drivers: support mechanisms, technology pricing and other market dynamics

Peter Lo, ITPEnergised

Part III. Developing solar power projects

The anatomy of a solar power project

Matthew Williams, Addleshaw Goddard

Real estate

Michael Hunter, Peter Mason & Steven McAllister, Addleshaw Goddard

The project agreements

John Deacon & Duncan Parker, Osborne Clarke

Securing project revenues – the route to market and monetisation of generation

Elisabeth Blunsdon, White & Case

Financing perspectives

William Evans, Santander CIB

Part IV. M&A in the solar power market

M&A and corporate structuring

Yolanda Yong, HWF

Part V. Regional perspectives

Brazil

Ana Calil & João Ribeiro da Costa, TozziniFreire Advogados; Urias Martiniano, UMN Advogados

China

Lynia Lau & Ting Su, Loeb & Loeb

France

George Rigo, Orrick

Germany

Tilman Lorenz Petersen, von Bredow Valentin Herz

India

Abhishek Saxena, Phoenix Legal

Italy

Daria Buonfiglio, Carlo Montella, Francesco Palmeri & Maria Teresa Solaro, Green Horse

Japan

Maya Ito, Amane Kawamoto, Rafael Sang-Kyun Bong & Nathan Schmidt, Nishimura & Asahi

Middle East

Keith Bullen, EY Law LLP

Morocco

Ghalia Mokhtari, Mokhtari Avocats

Spain

Nasif Hamed, Fernando Quicios, Sol Sepúlveda & Belén Wert, Pérez-Llorca

United Kingdom

Elisabeth Blunsdon, White & Case

United States: California

Abigail Sharkey & Tony Toranto, Sheppard Mullin

Part VI. Broader perspectives

The future for solar power

Dan Wells, Foresight Group

Consulting editor(s): Matthew Williams and John Deacon

Consulting editors

Contributing firm	Name
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP	John Deacon
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP	Matthew Williams

Contributors

Contributing firm	Name
Ashfords LLP	Brian Hegarty
Bourabiat Associes	Foued Bourabiat
Capital Dynamics	Dario Bertagna
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP	Andrew Sawbridge
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP	Munir Hassan
CMS Germany	Niklas Ganssauge
CMS Germany	Tilman Lorenz Petersen
DLA Piper	Keith Bullen
DLA Piper	Mona Hammadi
Elgar Middleton Infrastructure & Energy Finance LLP	Simon Middleton
Elgar Middleton Infrastructure & Energy Finance LLP	William Evans
Ernst & Young	Lynia Lau
Ernst & Young	Ting Su
Foresight Group	Dan Wells
Foresight Group	Ricardo Pineiro
LRNG Law Firm	João Ribeiro da Costa
LRNG Law Firm	Wagner Rodrigues
Mokhtari Avocats	Ghalia Mokhtari
Mott MacDonald	Alberto Cuellar
	James Larmuth
	Jose Munoz
	Oscar Velasco
Nishimura & Asahi	Edward Rivera
	Maya Ito
	Nathan Schmidt
	Sadayuki Matsudaira
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP	Anthony Riley
	Carlo Montella
	David Spielberg
	Elisabeth Blunsdon
	George Rigo
	Gigi M John
	Rajen Ranchhoojee
	Yolanda Yong
Pérez-Llorca	Belén Wert
	Elena Aldave
	Fernando Quicios
	Nasif Hamed
Phoenix Legal	Abhishek Saxena
Tomanik Pompeu (in association with LRNG Law Firm)	Urias Martiniano Neto