Carbon Capture Utilisation and Storage

Responsive legal advice for complex CCUS projects

Adopting Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage (CCUS) technologies is critical to the development of a low carbon energy system. Investment in this exciting area of energy innovation is growing rapidly globally.

CCUS projects are often complex and expensive, and extend across the power generation and industrial emitter sectors. This means that successful investment and project delivery requires a mix of legal expertise to navigate evolving regulatory and policy frameworks. This is true when retrofitting existing assets and developing newbuild projects, and we can advise on the specific planning and project development issues in both scenarios.

How we can help you

We help investors, developers and other stakeholders deliver CCUS projects: from capture (power generation, blue hydrogen production or industrial emitters) through transport to long-term subterranean storage.

Our expertise includes:

• onshore planning, consenting and real estate developments;
• offshore development and work with the Crown Estate and North Sea Transition Authority;
• experience in upstream oil and gas, and working with conventional energy majors as they invest in renewables and energy transition: specifically CCUS and offshore wind
• joint venture structuring and finance raising, including project finance;
• energy trading, including gas trading and advising on offtake arrangements and revenue stacking: specifically with contracts for difference and revenue aggregators across renewable energy technology classes;
• advising on the specific Dispatchable Power Agreements designed for power generators and industrial emitters (including Energy from Waste operators);
• advising regulated assets and utilities, including on regulated asset base returns (for example in the nuclear industry); and
• construction expertise and sector knowledge in onshore pipelines and transportation.

Our CCUS lawyers

Drawing on over 20 years of experience in energy and power markets, our team includes CCUS specialists from a range of legal disciplines, including planning, construction, project development, regulatory and project financing. The team also includes M&A specialists with extensive experience across the offshore environment.