Blog-Topic:
Energy Law

With the rapid growth of Germany's large-scale battery storage market, route-to-market agreements have moved centre stage. Anyone seeking to finance a larger project today can hardly avoid a hedge structure, such as toll or floor. Reason enough to look more closely at some of the more complex topics on the table.

Agrivoltaics brings agriculture and solar energy together - and is developing from a research topic into a business model. In this article, we highlight important legal issues and what farmers and operators should bear in mind when realising projects.

Why keep it simple when you can make it complicated? The German jungle of paragraphs for battery storage is often confusing. This overview sheds some light on current legal issues.

The privileged status of battery storage systems under planning law was intended to provide clarity, but the amendments to the Building Code are already raising complex questions of interpretation. We analyse the new regulations on co-location and stand-alone systems and highlight where pitfalls continue to lurk for project developers.