Clean Energy Dumps Spur New Law Practice on Solar and Wind Waste

Oct. 29, 2021, 7:05 PM UTC

A photo shared on social media shows decommissioned wind turbines lying across a dusty Wyoming field, a sprawling graveyard for clean energy.

The viral image captured the issue that Tom Dougherty, a partner at Lewis Roca, wanted to tackle when he launched the firm’s Renewable Energy End-of-Life Planning Group.

“It illustrates exactly what we’re talking about,” Dougherty said after the firm’s announcement this week.

Dougherty and two other lawyers at the Phoenix-based law firm are aiming to get in on the ground floor of a multi-sided problem for clean energy development: making sure the disposal of wind turbines, ...

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