Renewable Energies & Transformation

Our service portfolio includes comprehensive support for companies, investors, financial institutions and municipalities in projects in the field of renewable energies and battery storage. We also offer comprehensive advice in various specialist areas. This ranges from development to financing and legal protection to successful operation. We work internationally and interdisciplinary. We develop sustainable, economical and legally sound solutions for the energy transition - worldwide.
Kai Imolauer
Partner
Graduate Industrial Engineer
Benjamin Hufnagel
Partner
Industrial Engineer (B.Eng.), M.A. European Energy Management
Lukas Kostrach
Associate Partner
Attorney at Law (Germany)
Maria Ueltzen
Associate Partner
European Graduate Administrative Manager

Our consulting approach

In the area of renewable energies and decentralized generation, we support you with an interdisciplinary and international consulting approach and show you the way. Our specialists from law, tax, auditing and business administration develop solutions that cover all aspects of investments and operation of renewable projects. We support the structuring of projects, advise on market entries, support project implementations and create transparency in regulatory issues. Our expertise includes photovoltaics, wind power, storage technologies, geothermal energy, biomass and hydrogen, as well as local heating solutions.

We also support you with funding, municipal climate change mitigation and decarbonization strategies in all industrial sectors. Through the close integration of economic, legal and technical expertise, we secure investments, exploit the potential of funding and develop sustainable business models. With our worldwide presence in this topic, we create practical solutions in foreign locations that advance your projects and enable you to make a sustainable contribution to the energy transition.

Our services

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​​Financing & investment consulting​

Financing is one of the key success factors for your Renewable energy project. Rödl supports you in structuring and evaluating investments and creates transparency in all financing issues. We pave the way for you: With professional financial modelling, we map all payment and financing flows, calculate key figures and ensure transparency and security with sensitivity analyses. Through careful due diligence, we reliably evaluate projects and companies, thus ensuring well-founded decisions for your sustainable profitability.

Our focus areas

  • Financial Modelling – Review and programming of specific Financial Models as a basis for the individual evaluation of projects or portfolios
  • Evaluation of projects with the aim of Purchase Price Calculation, showing sensitivities and the project’s inherent Risk-Reward-Ratio
  • Project review – monetary risks from approval procedures, grid connection procedures, operating costs (especially land securing) review included
  • Tax especially with more complex structures or Cross Border Deals we work closely with our tax experts to take these into account in the valuation processes
Anton Berger
Partner
Graduate Economist, Graduate in Business Administration
Kai Imolauer
Partner
Graduate Industrial Engineer
Christoph Beer
Partner
Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA), Graduate in Business Administration

Market entry consulting

Rödl offers you tailor-made advice for companies, projects and entry into new markets. With our international presence and cooperation with our colleagues abroad or our partners from the GPSANetwork we support you in all projects worldwide and support project studies as well as country-specific questions. In project development for renewable energies, we help to overcome regulatory, financial and planning hurdles, and together with you, we lead your projects to success in the target country.

Our focus areas

  • Review of markets regarding regulatory and other framework conditions for the development of EE projects
  • Finding cooperation partners, advice on the optimal form of cooperation
  • Support in setting up a project pipeline, especially with regard to land securing
  • Review of financing by means of internationally operating financial institutions
  • Project reviews, due diligence or initial project reviews of projects abroad that have been identified as an investment target (see also Int. Transaction Consulting)
Kai Imolauer
Partner
Graduate Industrial Engineer
Maria Ueltzen
Associate Partner
European Graduate Administrative Manager

Decarbonization strategies for companies

The decarbonization strategy – as an important building block of your sustainability strategy – is a long-term plan with which you can reduce your CO emissions and minimize the impact on climate change. Our approach is comprehensive and takes you from the carbon footprint to the integrated climate transformation plan. The steps are:

  1. Creation of greenhouse gas: Show status quo
  2. Develop decarbonization vision & set targets
  3. Define actions: convince with deeds
  4. Communicate results: Reporting
  5. Monitoring: stay on track

Our focus areas

  • Create (or review) carbon footprint as a basis for strategy development
  • Together develop a vision for the future for the company, in order to continue to operate successfully in a transformed world
  • Actions find – here the regulatory framework and consider funding, in order to be able to implement innovative approaches. We support with all actionsimplementations with our interdisciplinary consulting approach.
  • Build sustainable structures and check the achievement of targets by monitoring and if necessary Readjust. The environment of compliance, regulation and market events requires it to keep decarbonization in mind as a strategic management topic.
Benjamin Hufnagel
Partner
Industrial Engineer (B.Eng.), M.A. European Energy Management
Lukas Kostrach
Associate Partner
Attorney at Law (Germany)

Municipal climate change mitigation

Many municipalities have recognized that sustainable municipal design in terms of climate change mitigation not only brings about restructuring and thus challenges, but also advantages. Through a strategically well thought-out and consistent approach to climate change mitigation, municipalities can: Achieve energy independence through renewable energies , a contribute to regional value creation permanently reduce energy costs, the significantly relieve the financial budget and increase the quality of life for citizens.

Our focus areas

  • Creation of the CO balance and content evaluation of the actual analysis and potential calculations
  • Project management – as energy transition managers, we support the municipality with necessary infrastructure actions, especially in the area of energy supply.
  • Implementation and analysis of interviews and workshops – with the committees of the municipality and citizens; Moderation
  • Develop actions including funding advice and discussion with committees
  • Interdisciplinary support for the implementation of actions

 

Kai Imolauer
Partner
Graduate Industrial Engineer
Victoria von Minnigerode
Associate Partner
Attorney at Law (Germany), Specialist lawyer for administrative law
Hidir Altinok
Senior Associate
Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Supply Engineering, M.Sc. Renewable Energy Systems

Funding systems

Professional funding management is crucial in order to optimally use public funding and avoid risks due to incorrect applications or missed deadlines. We support companies, municipalities and research institutions in structuring funding processes – from the initial project idea to successful implementation.

Our funding advice develops individual funding strategies, takes over the creation of auditable applications, controls the drawdown of funds and is responsible for the complete project documentation. At the same time, we ensure legally compliant funding controlling and guarantee compliance with all compliance requirements. In this way, we maximize your funding efficiency and ensure long-term funding success.

Our focus areas

  • Business consulting and project management
  • EU state aid law review and support
  • Advice and support throughout the administrative procedure
  • Review of the scope of liability of the management

More information about our funding advice

Maria Ueltzen
Associate Partner
European Graduate Administrative Manager
Nadine Juch
Associate Partner
Attorney at Law (Germany), Specialist lawyer for administrative law

Battery storage

Battery storage systems play a key role in making modern energy systems more flexible and resilient. They enable the efficient integration of renewable energy, help manage peak demand and strengthen security of supply. Rödl provides comprehensive advice on the integration and legal structuring of storage projects. We support utilities, companies and investors in optimally exploiting economic potential and complying with regulatory requirements. With our interdisciplinary approach, we create sustainable solutions that reduce energy costs and accelerate the transformation to a climate-neutral energy system.

Our focus areas

  • Economic modelling of multiuse – battery investment projects. For this purpose, we use numerical models to map spot and control energy markets and use projections of future developments
  • Evaluation of projects in cooperation with the colleagues of the legal department in terms of feasibility
  • Review of concepts for the use of battery storage to optimize energy costs for companies
  • Market entry consulting – Given the rapid development of this sector, a thorough understanding of market conditions is essential for the successful implementation of energy storage projects.

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Kai Imolauer
Partner
Graduate Industrial Engineer
Dr. Thomas Wolf, LL.M. oec.
Partner
Attorney at Law (Germany)

Policy advisory & public subsidy systems

Effective policy frameworks and well-designed subsidy systems are key enablers of the energy transition. Governments, public institutions and development organizations face the challenge of creating transparent, investment-friendly market conditions while ensuring the efficient use of public resources. Rödl supports clients in the design, assessment and implementation of energy policies, regulatory frameworks and funding mechanisms that accelerate renewable energy deployment, mobilize private investment and deliver measurable impact. Combining strategic, economic, legal and financial expertise, we develop practical solutions tailored to national and local market conditions and aligned with long-term energy and climate objectives.

Our focus areas

  • Design and review of renewable energy support schemes, subsidy programs and funding facilities
  • Policy, regulatory and institutional framework assessments for renewable energy markets, infrastructure and climate transition
  • Development of market reform roadmaps and investment-enabling regulatory frameworks
  • Support in the design and management of competitive funding and grant allocation processes
  • Evaluation and optimization of public funding programs and their economic impact
  • Advisory on blended finance approaches, risk mitigation instruments and capital mobilization strategies
  • Management and implementation of grant and funding facilities, including proposal evaluation, grant administration, disbursement oversight and compliance monitoring
Maria Ueltzen
Associate Partner
European Graduate Administrative Manager
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Johannes Stollenwerk
Senior Associate
M.Sc. Sustainable Resource Management

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