TLT advises Blackfinch and Santander on 6.4MW wind project acquisition 

Adam Kean

The TLT team was led by Adam Kean and Nick Rains in corporate and Gary Roscoe and Emily Huish in banking, alongside Richard Turnbull and Laura Blyth in real estate (Scotland), Katherine Evans in planning and environment, Nick Pincott and Andrew Russell in projects, infrastructure and construction, and Stuart Urquhart in offtake and regulation.

Guy Lavarack, investment director at Blackfinch Investments, said: “Renewable energy continues to be a growth area for us. This was a significant deal in terms of the scale of the project and the opportunity for our clients, and we are grateful to TLT for their expert knowledge and support from drafting the relevant materials to coordinating the transaction.”

Mark Cumbo, director, renewable energy at Santander UK Corporate and Commercial, added: “We are excited to work with TLT once again, and support Blackfinch with this significant wind project in Scotland. This represents the fifth renewable energy transaction which we have supported Blackfinch on and we are delighted to continue to build on this strong relationship and demonstrate our capability in financing mid-market renewable energy projects.”

Adam Kean, associate at TLT, commented: “The clean energy sector in Scotland is still in a transitional period following the removal of subsidies. However, there are still investment opportunities around for commissioned ROC projects and we expect to see an increasing interest in new technologies like energy storage, energy efficiency and electric vehicles.”

TLT published its Clean Energy Investment Trends 2018 report in May, which revealed a 42 per cent reduction in the number of project finance deals for onshore wind in 2017 and a 62 per cent reduction in deal values.