A solicitor explains... The jargon in green energy contracts

If a renewable energy developer is interested in your lands, it is typically because they wish to enter into what is known as an Option to Lease Agreement, explains solicitor Stephen Coppinger.

If a renewable energy developer is interested in your lands, it is typically because they wish to enter into what is known as an Option to Lease Agreement, explains solicitor Stephen Coppinger.

Dear Stephen, 

I am a landowner and a farmer, but I am presently leasing my lands. Myself and some of the neighbouring farmers have been approached by various developers in the past couple of years regarding potentially entering into a long term lease for renewable energy for wind turbines, and we have also been approached regarding solar farms in the past.