Jessica Hastings
Jessica Hastings joined the finance team in Bracewell’s London office in 2021. She advises lenders and sponsors on finance transactions in the energy and infrastructure sectors, including project finance, acquisition finance and syndicated lending transactions.
Prior to joining Bracewell, Jessica undertook a secondment to Mexico City, advising on energy matters including the implementation of the Mexican energy market reforms.
Practice Area
Panel
- Contributing Author
Qualified Year
- 2018
Education
- LPC with MsC, The University of Law, London (2016)
- Law with Hispanic Law LLB, University College London (2014)
1 Contributions by Jessica Hastings
PRACTICE NOTES
Co-located renewables and battery storage in the UK: project finance structuring, contracted revenues and optimisation, ancillary services, construction and grid connection risk, sequencing and degradation
An increasing cohort of developers is reporting that co-located battery storage schemes have secured project finance. This marks significant progress, given that as recently as 2018 grid-scale batteries were treated as an emerging asset class, with many funders having written them off as unsuitable for project finance.
This Practice Note sets out key considerations for both lenders and developers looking to project finance co-located battery storage projects.
For more information on:
construction considerations for co-located battery storage projects, see Practice Note: Energy storage—construction issues
property aspects regarding co-located battery storage projects, see Practice Note: Battery storage projects—property issues
planning matters, including in relation to co-located battery storage, see Practice Note: The planning regime for energy storage in England and Wales
battery storage projects more broadly, see Practice Notes: Scaling up energy storage—revenue opportunities in Great Britain and Energy storage technologies in the UK
UK regulatory and licensing matters associated with energy storage projects, see Practice Note: Energy storage—the evolving regulatory regime and renewable subsidy position
For further practical guidance on the financing of energy, power and resources projects across a number of sectors, including those...
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