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Why should you hire a solar lawyer?

Lawyers in our Intellectual Property practice regularly help inventors of renewable energy technologies and construction methodologies secure and protect their assets, while our Chambers-ranked Corporate practice handles solar-related mergers and acquisitions.

What is a site-control agreement for a solar project?

Whether one uses a lease or an easement as the site-control agreement for a utility-scale project, the table of contents and terms and conditions of the agreement will be very similar. The basic site-control issues for a solar project are the same regardless of the technical form of the site-control agreement.

What happens if a landowner leased to a solar developer?

The landowner is likely to lose all productive use of lands leased to a solar developer. Thus the payment for the use of the project site will not be ameliorated by any offsetting additional income or benefit the landowner might otherwise obtain from joint use of the site.

Are tenant trade fixtures part of a solar project?

In addition to the general rule regarding tenant trade fixtures, most solar project site-control agreements specifically provide that the project facilities will at all times be and remain the sole separate property of the tenant and not part of the real property.

Can a developer use an easement for a solar project?

Developers using an easement for a solar project, unless there is a reason to make the easement longer or perpetual (subject to developer’s termination rights), typically include a term of 20 to 30 years, with extension rights, as they would under a lease. A Right to Install Fixtures and System Equipment.