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Delivering Major Solar Installations
How do you deliver major solar installations?![]()
In the third episode of ‘making solar simpler’ the green steves pose this very question to guest Peter Walker, Associate Consultant at Apse Energy. Peter has been heavily involved in solar development and storage projects across the UK; including the first local authority solar project back in 2009/2010. They explore the practical issues for solar farm development, the business case for local authority solar projects, grid connections, battery storage and much more.
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Steve Gummer Steve is the Head of Net Zero at Sharpe Pritchard LLP. Previously at Allen and Overy, he returned to Sharpe Pritchard in 2017. Steve has extensive experience on regulated and net zero projects. He has acted for investors, utilities, government and innovative developers on all types of projects. This includes regulated water, where he has experience advising on environmental matters and licence conditions and creating and developing financeable regulated project structures. He has worked on a number of bespoke regulated projects, including in the nuclear sector and in the water sector including on the Thames Tideway Tunnel and Portsmouth Water in developing a unique form of bulk supply arrangement on the Havant Thicket Project. Steve is an expert on regulated asset base delivery models. |
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