Jonathan M.A. Melmed
Partner
New York
Enrico Granata
Partner
New York
Aaron Hullman
Partner
Washington, D.C.
Simon Cowled
Partner
Singapore
Tristan Pelham Webb
Partner
New York
Adam Hankiss
Partner
New York
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,...
Energy
...and their portfolio companies across all major power sectors: Conventional power Wind
Solar
Hydropower Geothermal Hydrogen Biofuels District energy, cogeneration and trigeneration Energy storage Nuclear
Middle East and Islamic Finance and Investment
...practice Global-wide for the 6th straight year, 2021 Chambers Global Awarded “MENA Solar Deal of the Year”, 2020 Project Finance International Awarded “MENA Power Deal...
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...
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...
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...
September 26, 2022
Delaware Chancery Court Decision Dismissing Claims Against SolarWinds Corporation's Board Illuminates Contours of Director Oversight Liability
...al., C.A. No. 2021-0494-SG (Del. Ch.) dismissing claims asserted against members of SolarWinds Corporation’s (“SolarWinds” or the “Company”) board of directors supplies instructive guidance...
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)...
January 7, 2022
Algeria Launches A Call For Tenders For The Long-Awaited “Solar 1,000 MW” Project
Algeria Solar project After several postponements since it was first announced back in 2020, Algeria finally launched a call for tenders for a 1GW solar...
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...
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...
May 12, 2022
Axium Infrastructure Acquires BlueWave, a Solar and Energy Storage Development Company
...advised Axium Infrastructure, a leading North American infrastructure private equity fund, on the 100% acquisition of BlueWave, a leading Boston-based solar and energy storage developer.
September 1, 2015
Guaranteed sunshine:Performance and testing of solar power projects
May 8, 2015
Generating Revenue from a Solar Project – the Power Purchase Agreement
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...
July 1, 2024
Solarenergie und Immobilienfonds - kommt endlich der langersehnte Durchbruch?
May 23, 2024
Solar Energy and Real Estate Funds – Now for Real
November 28, 2023
Dienstbarkeiten für Solarstrom – Stolperfallen bei Finanzierung und Immobilientransaktionen vermeiden
November 22, 2022
Paul Bessette and Michael Biles counsel SolarWinds in its class action data breach settlement
October 3, 2022
Paul Bessette, Michael Biles and Daniel Wodnicki represent SolarWinds in a class action dispute with shareholders related to a cyberattack
July 12, 2022
Jamieson Greer comments on the new U.S.-Canada agreement on solar product trade
May 31, 2022
K&S advises Axium Infrastructure on its acquisition of BlueWave, a Boston-based solar and energy storage developer
February 9, 2022
K&S advises Blackstone on its strategic partnership with Strata Solar
November 5, 2021
K&S represents SolarWinds in a stockholder derivative dispute
June 7, 2017
Debating The Value Of Distributed Rooftop Solar
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
Ongoing
SunTrust Equipment Finance & Leasing's Suit Against Track Owner Concludes Litigation
...International Speedway Corporation (“ISC”), arising out of a sale-leaseback transaction with DC Solar (whose bankruptcy case is pending in the District of Nevada). STEFL purchased...
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...
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...
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...
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...
October 3, 2022
H2ypothetical - Clean Electricity Credits
...all of our other H2ypotheticals here. HYPOTHETICAL Taxpayer owns and operates a solar or wind farm that is eligible for either the Section 45 production...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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