Rona is a key member of our Energy Property team specialising in regionally and nationally significant energy projects across a range of technologies.

Rona's experience

  • Advising bp on all the consenting, environmental, and permitting aspects of the Net Zero Teesside and Northern Endurance Partnership, a nationally significant low-carbon power and CCS project. Also advising on bp’s Teesside hydrogen portfolio, including HyGreen (green hydrogen) and H2Teesside (blue hydrogen), the latter expected to deliver over 10% of the UK’s 2030 low-carbon hydrogen target.

  • Advising the project promoter on all aspects of the consenting process for a proposed carbon capture, utilisation and storage project in the UK.

  • Advising Tesco Stores Limited on the lease arrangements with various suppliers for the roll out of roof top solar on Tesco's portfolio of stores in the UK as part of Tesco's pathway to achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2035.

  • Advised Drax Generation Developments Limited on the property aspects of its four proposed 299MW OCGT gas fired projects, two in Wales and two in England including acquisition of the main project sites, AGI sites, substation sites and rights for associated electrical and gas connections.

  • Advised Longfield Solar Energy Farm Limited on the property aspects of its proposed circa 500 MW solar and battery DCO project including the option for lease for the main project site.

  • Advised Intergen (UK) Developments Ltd on the property aspects of its proposed large scale battery storage project at London Gateway Logistics Park.

  • Advised Sunnica Limited on the property aspects of its proposed circa 500MW solar and battery project including options for leases for the main site, options for easement for the cable route and option for lease for the National Grid site.

  • Advised Harworth Estates Investments Limited on the sale of land at the site of the former Skelton Grange Power Station for the development of an energy from waste plant.

  • Advised Cory Environmental Limited on the property aspects of its 96MW Riverside Energy Park on the banks of the River Thames which will include waste energy recovery, waste anaerobic digestion, battery storage and solar generation and associated electrical connections.

  • Advised Drax Power Limited on the property aspects of its Repower Project whereby Drax planned to replace its remaining coal generating units with up to 3.6 GW of gas-fired power generation and up to 200 MW of battery storage.

Credentials

  • 2006
    Qualified - England and Wales
  • 2004
    Qualified - Scotland
  • 2002
    Glasgow Graduate School of Law - Dip LP
  • 2002
    Joined Pinsent Masons
  • 1999
    University of Strathclyde - LLB (Hons)
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Out-Law / Insight by Rona Kostulin

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