Energy

Hydrogen, Bioenergy & CCUS

As global demand increases for both Energy Security and Low Carbon Energy, Hydrogen, Bioenergy and CCUS solutions are increasingly being turned to as a key element of countries’ Energy Transition strategies

Global leaders on Carbon Capture, Usage and Storage solutions we advise clients on all aspects of the CCUS chain from capture to transportation through to injection and storage

Offering full life cycle support on low carbon hydrogen projects globally We support clients across the entire hydrogen value chain, including projects for H2 production, transportation, storage and use

A global market leader in the bioenergy sector we have advised contractors, investors, developers, lenders and procuring authorities on some of the biggest and most complex projects in the world

Technologies such as low carbon hydrogen, CCUS and bioenergy are considered by many to be the key to significantly reducing global carbon dioxide emissions. The energy team at Pinsent Masons has and continues to work with participants across the entire hydrogen, CCUS and bioenergy production chain globally, from policy-makers, developers, financiers, construction contractors, plant operators, technology suppliers and offtakers.

Our team are experienced in the policy, regulatory and financial incentives and structures that are supporting investment in these energy transition solutions. We provide full-service legal support in multiple jurisdictions across the various legal specialisms needed to successfully deploy projects in this sector. In addition to a deep understanding of the legal risks that need to be addressed in hydrogen, CCUS & bioenergy projects, our clients benefit from our unrivalled knowledge of the evolving market practice in those sector and how legal risks can be allocated on these cutting-edge projects.


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Our latest work

Our advisers act on domestic and international projects of all shapes and sizes, working with many of the leading names across this diverse sector. Browse our experience below, or use the filters to look-up recent work in particular geographies and legal disciplines.

  • Client confidential

    Advised a UK-based engineering company on the review of terms and conditions for a construction agreement concerning a hydrogen production plant in Tees Valley, including considerations relating to grant funding from Innovate UK and the Net Zero Hydrogen Fund, which supports the UK’s transition to net zero emissions.

  • Enagas Infraestructuras de Hidrogeno S.L.

    Advised Enagás Infraestructuras de Hidrógeno, a Spanish hydrogen infrastructure developer, on drafting and negotiating development contracts with several developers for hydrogen production facilities.

  • Energy Market Authority

    Advising the Energy Market Authority, a Singapore Government body, on multiple aspects of its flagship cross-border carbon capture and storage project for the aggregation and sequestration of CO2 produced in Singapore.

  • Cory Environmental Holdings Limited

    Advised Cory, an energy from waste operator, on the consenting and implementation of the Cory Decarbonisation Project, involving carbon capture at the existing Riverside EfW facility and the Riverside 2 EfW development, following our prior advice on Cory’s successful Development Consent Order application in 2020.

  • Client confidential

    Advised an energy company, on the consenting strategy for the Morecambe Net Zero carbon capture and storage project, repurposing gas fields to accept up to 1 gigaton of CO₂, including onshore and offshore works in England and Wales.

  • client confidential

    We have been appointed as advisors to a major UK energy generation company in relation to the development of three green hydrogen projects and the installation of Carbon Capture Storage (CCS) plants in connection with two Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT) generating plants.

  • Castle Cement Limited

    Advised Heidelberg Materials on developing the UK’s first cement carbon-capture plant, at its Padeswood facility in the UK. The multi-million-pound project will capture the CO2 produced by the cement process and transport it via a c12-kilometre pipeline to the HyNet Northwest CO2 main pipeline for offshore storage.

  • CRRC (Hong Kong) Co. Limited

    Advised CRRC HK in relation to a Virtual Rail Transportation project with Hydrogen Power in Sarawak, Malaysia.

  • Carlton Power Limited

    Advised Carlton Power & Schroders Greencoat JV on the development, construction, and operation of multiple green hydrogen production schemes in the UK, which are part of the UK’s first Hydrogen Allocation Round processes.

  • Client confidential

    Advising a developer on a natural hydrogen project in South Australia, including advice on corporate structuring and development matters

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With over 490 partners and 3000 people around the world, we are well-placed to support you across a full range of legal and advisory services.

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