Michael D. Klaus

Select highlights of his recent experience include:

Solar and Battery Storage Projects

• Represented tax equity investor in the financing of a 690 MW solar and 380 MW/1,416 MWh battery storage project under construction in Nevada, which will be one of the largest solar plus storage projects in the United States.
• Represented tax equity investor in the financing of a 482 MW solar project, paired with a 394 MW battery storage facility, in California, which is one of the largest solar plus storage projects in California.
• Represented tax equity investor in the financing of a 100 MW solar project, paired with a 10 MW battery storage facility, in Arkansas, which was the first solar project in Arkansas to feature battery energy storage.
• Represented equity investors in the financing of utility scale, distributed generation and residential solar projects, including:
  • a 156 MW project in Colorado, which was the largest solar project East of the Rockies when constructed;
  • a 130 MW project in California, which was the largest project with a power purchase agreement with a Community Choice Aggregator (CCA) when constructed;
  • a 200 MW project in Illinois, which was the largest project in Illinois when constructed;
  • a 49 MW project in Hawaii, which was the largest solar project in Hawaii when constructed;
  • a 182 MW project in Texas, which was the largest solar project in Texas when constructed; and
  • a 26 MW project in Connecticut, which is one of the largest solar projects in New England.
• Represented sponsors in the term financing of utility scale and distributed generation projects in New York, Vermont and the Caribbean.
• Represented technology and financial services company in its acquisition of an interest in a joint venture formed to own, develop, construct and operate a 20 MW battery energy storage project in California.
• Represented sponsors in the acquisition and sale of solar projects in California, Minnesota, Nevada and Oregon.

Wind Projects

• Represented equity investors in the financing of utility scale wind projects in California, Colorado, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota and Texas.
• Represented lender in a $100 million senior secured bridge loan to finance a 249 MW wind project in Texas.

Other Power Generation and Biofuels Projects

• Represented syndicate of lenders in an approximately $125 million senior secured nonrecourse credit facility to provide financing for a portfolio of landfill gas to energy projects.
• Represented developer of fuel cell energy projects in a partnership with a utility company to develop a 14.9 MW fuel cell power plant in Connecticut (the largest fuel cell project in North America when completed).
• Represented a US biofuels company in connection with obtaining a Department of Energy loan guarantee for a cellulosic ethanol facility.

Recognition & Accomplishments

Mr. Klaus is recognized as a leading renewable energy attorney by Chambers and Legal 500.