Electric cars are now a common sight and will soon be ubiquitous, but where do you re-charge them? Property owners can benefit from the coming boom in electric car usage by installing charging points on their land. Property owners can also benefit from the green energy revolution by developing solar or wind electricity generating facilities.

The National Grid also needs countless additional facilities to convert all this new electricity into useable voltages, and places to store any surplus electricity until it is needed. This book guides the property lawyer through the documentation using straightforward language, and provides useful drafting tips.

It will prove to be a valuable guide to every practitioner who has to give advice to property owners looking to make the most of the changing energy market. This revised edition adds new drafting notes and specimen clauses as well as a new chapter about solar farm development.

ABOUT THE AUTHORAlastair Frew is a partner in Lodders’ Real Estate group. He heads up the Business Property Team and specialises in advising commercial developers, business owners, niche housebuilders, and private investors together with the banks and institutions that fund them.

Alastair created and leads the Renewable Energy team at Lodders, guiding landowners through the complex documentation required to create a solar PV development, battery storage scheme, wind farm, or the installation of gas generators or anaerobic digestion equipment on their land. CONTENTSIntroductionChapter 1 – What is “Renewable Energy?”Chapter 2 – Electric CarsChapter 3 – EV Charging PointsInstallation of EV Charging Points on Commercial PremisesExclusivity Agreement or Option?Works CompoundsThe Lease itselfPlanning Permission and Building Regulations for electric vehicle charging pointsNew Electrical standards for the earthing of EV charging pointsThe future for electric vehicle charging stations?SubstationsThe Grid Connection – Form G99Chapter 4 – Where Will All the Electricity Come From?Load factors and low inertiaBattery storageHydrogenWind TurbinesAnaerobic DigestionGas Reserve Power StationsSolar Panels (Photovoltaic – PV Panels)Power Purchase AgreementsSolar FarmsChapter 5 – Grants and SubsidiesGrant fundingSubsidies.