Matthew Williams 
Solar Power [EPUB ebook] 
A Practical Handbook, Second Edition

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.

Innehållsförteckning

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 Mc Allister
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
Tozzini Freire 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