Our Services

Community Renewables

Head of service Andy McFarlane

WJM - Working with Communities
Making a decision to generate power in your own community is the first step. Whatever your reasons for community generation, we can work with you right from the start.

We’ll help you protect your interests such as your land security, power supply and your project’s unique features. We’ll provide you with a path that starts by securing all your rights, leads onto obtaining all consents, through funding to final construction and, when you get there, selling your power on.

Not only will we work with you to make sure all elements are covered like: property and planning matters, grid connections, financing your scheme – including fundability and compliance, buying your generation equipment, rural and crofting issues but we’ll also advise on structuring the organisation set up to run your project.

At every step of the way, we’ll use our expertise to guide you towards your ultimate goal. We’ve helped communities switch on their own power – can we help you with yours?

WJM’s dedicated Renewable Energy team acts for:

  • Communities
  • Community Groups
  • Individuals
  • Crofters, Farmers & Landowners
  • Funders
  • Small and Large Developers

What types of generation do we support?

We provide advice to clients working in:

  • Wind crofting
  • Small-scale onshore wind – up to 10 turbines
  • Hydro power
  • Biomass
  • Photovoltaic and other solar power
  • Energy from waste
  • Wave and tidal power
  • Large scale onshore and offshore wind

We have experience in all these technologies ranging across small scale, micro and community generation to large-scale projects.

How we’re different
WJM provides outstanding renewables legal advice and has done since 1997 – we have a dedicated Renewable Energy legal team working with communities across mainland Britain and on our offshore islands. A team that will help you bring your renewables project to fruition.

Our dedicated, friendly and approachable team is exactly that – a team. In addition to the breadth of our legal expertise we have an unmatched enthusiasm for the industry and more renewables experience than we care to remember. We’re a fully integrated, commercially aware team who can deal with any aspect of your project, from inception to completion, regardless of scope, generating capacity or timescale.

Agricultural, Rural & Crofting Issues
A key WJM strength is our in-house specialists. One crucial area for communities is sound, practical advice on agricultural, rural and crofting issues in renewable energy developments.

Our agricultural, rural and crofting specialists work with developers, landowners and communities to ensure that renewable energy developments are in harmony with local land uses – both now and in the future.

 

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