We counsel municipalities and project developers on the accelerated expansion of renewable energies. We have been supporting our clients for many years in the sectors of wind energy, open-space photovoltaic plants, and the construction of hydrogen plants, in the supervision of planning procedures, and the drafting of urban development contracts, and in the facilitation of participation processes in the municipalities. We counsel project sponsors in the approval procedures under building and emissions control law.
Our experts
Wind energy
- Counseling regarding the zoning of wind energy areas in regional plans
- Communal urban land use planning
- Urban development contracts
- Financial participation of municipalities pursuant to section 6 of the Renewable Energies Act [Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz; EEG] and state regulations
- Statements and counseling during approval procedures pursuant to the Federal Emissions Control Act [Bundesimmissionsschutzgesetz; BImSchG]
- Workshops on the extensive new legal regulations (wind-on-shore legislative package)
- Representation in norm control proceedings and in legal actions before the Higher Administrative Courts and the Federal Administrative Court
Open-space photovoltaic plants
- Counseling on the creation of planning law for open-space photovoltaic plants
- Urban development contracts
- Financial participation of municipalities pursuant to section 6 of the Renewable Energies Act [Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz; EEG] and state regulations
- Statements and counseling during building permit procedures
- Workshops on the extensive new legal regulations (solar legislative package)
Hydrogen plants
- Counseling on the creation of planning law for hydrogen plants
- Combined planning with open-space photovoltaic plants and wind turbines
- Emissions control approval procedures and special features due to classification as a major accident plant
- Nature conservation law
- Coordination with competent government authorities