
Chapter 10
Business: Legal considerations
of solar development
Jeffery R. Atkin and William DuFour III
This chapter is intended to provide the reader with a general background of certain
legal terms and key documents commonly used in the development of solar energy
projects. This chapter is divided into the following three sections: (I) Entering Into
Business Negotiations, (II) Business/Deal Structuring Decisions, and (III) Project
Development Considerations. However, these sections are not necessarily sequential.
In other words, some of the points made in all three sections will be relevant in most,
if not all, stages of project development.