- Home
- Capabilities
- Investing in Renewables
Investing in Renewables

Vinson & Elkins counsels some of the pre-eminent and longest standing investors in clean and renewable energy in their most complex investments. V&E has been a leader in renewable and sustainable energy since the beginning.
Chambers USA: Projects: Power & Renewables (Transactional) 2019–2025
The Legal 500 US: Energy – Renewable/Alternative Power, 2021–2025
Our team is helping forge the energy evolution by assisting clients in their investments in the evolving energy mix, including solar, wind, hydro, geothermal, renewable fuels, biofuels, biomass, waste-to-energy, energy storage, fuel cells, smart grid applications, electric vehicles and other cutting-edge technologies. Ranked by Chambers USA as Energy & Projects Law Firm of the Year in 2021 and 2023, V&E’s Clean and Renewable Energy practice advises on the full life cycle of a transaction, from the initial investment in renewable and sustainable energy assets to the later disposition, and finance, tax, regulatory, environmental, real estate and labor advice along the way. As global investments in clean energy sources rise, V&E will be there, as we have always been, empowering clients to achieve their missions.
Experience Highlights
Affiliates of Brookfield Asset Management Ltd. in its preferred equity commitment of $1+ billion to Origis USA, a portfolio company of Antin Infrastructure Partners
Carlyle in its $350 million investment in Aspen Power Partners, a distributed generation platform with the mission of accelerating decarbonization
Brookfield Renewable Power in its investment of up to $500 million in California Bioenergy, a leading developer of dairy digesters for generating renewable vehicle fuel and electricity
Affiliates of Global Infrastructure Partners in the acquisition of a 50 percent interest in the multi-billion dollar South Fork and Revolution Offshore Wind Projects off the East coast of the United States from Eversource Energy, including the negotiation of the joint venture arrangements with Orsted for the construction and operation of the projects and all financing arrangements (IJInvestor Joint Venture of the Year, 2024)
Funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management in its $175 million strategic investment in Summit Ridge, a leading owner-operator of community solar assets
Blackstone Credit and ClearGen, a Blackstone Credit portfolio company, in the formation of a strategic partnership between ClearGen and GreenStruxure, a Schneider Electric and Huck Capital joint venture, to develop, own and operate up to $500 million of renewable energy microgrid systems for C&I customers
Clean Line Energy Partners, a developer of renewable energy transmission projects, in the $50 million equity investment in the company by Bluescape Resources
The Carlyle Group in a $374 million investment commitment to Amp Solar Group, a Canadian-based global renewable energy platform, to support its growth in core markets in North America, Japan, Australia, Spain and the UK
Stonepeak Partners in connection with its investment in Maas Energy Works, a leading renewable natural gas developer in the United States
Funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management in its investment in the Arthur Kill Terminal project, a major offshore wind energy staging and assembly port under development in New York
Apollo Global Management in a strategic partnership with Johnson Controls that will provide sustainability and energy efficiency services to help customers address decarbonization and operating cost goals for their buildings
Archaea Energy, an industry-leading RNG producer, in a joint venture with Republic Services Inc., a leader in the environmental services industry, to contribute approximately $1.1 billion over five years in order to develop 39 landfill gas to RNG projects across the U.S.
8 Rivers Capital in its joint venture with ADM to develop the 280 MW Broadwing Clean Energy Complex in Illinois, one of the world’s first zero emissions Allam-Fetvedt cycle power plants, including CO2 storage capabilities
8 Rivers Capital in its joint venture with The Southern Ute Indian Tribe Growth Fund to develop the 280 MW Coyote Clean Power Project in Colorado, one of the world’s first zero-emissions NET Power natural gas-fired power plants, including CO2 capture and storage capabilities
NALA Renewables and Buckeye Partners in connection with the acquisition of and joint venture structuring for, the Swift Current Energy portfolio, a US portfolio of development wind and solar assets in excess of 10GW, including the construction and term financing and tax equity investments in the portfolio assets
Goldman Sachs’ Alternative Energy Investing Group in the formation of a joint venture with TELOS Clean Energy to develop, construct, own, and operate distributed solar power projects
The Carlyle Group’s Renewable and Sustainable Energy Fund on a range of transactional matters, including in the formation of a joint venture with Alchemy Renewable Energy, LLC (ARE), a renewable energy developer and tax equity arranger
Sixth Street in virtually all of its renewable energy investments, including multiple acquisitions of wind and solar assets, and related financings
Related People
Related Insights
- EventSeptember 23, 2025
- Insight
V&E Governance & Sustainability Update
Published by Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance, September 2025
August 19, 2025