TIER 2 SECTOR COVERAGE

Renewable Energy

Volume XXI of the Sector Coverage Series

For renewable-energy developer general counsel, EPC contractor risk teams, project-finance parties, and independent investigators retained by developers, offtakers, tax-equity investors, and their insurers.

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Renewable Energy, At a Glance

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Investigative Playbooks

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FULL PLAYBOOK LISTING

The 96 Renewable Energy Playbooks

The full catalog is listed below by category. Each entry is a standalone playbook covering the case type named.

  • 01 Residential and Commercial Solar Consumer Fraud

    • Solar sales rep misconduct investigation

    • Solar loan fraud investigation

    • PPA and solar lease fraud investigation

    • Elder consumer solar fraud investigation

    • Brand impersonation investigation

    • Ghost installation and production-guarantee fraud investigation

    • Roof damage claim fraud from solar installations investigation

  • 02 Sales Channel and Installer Fraud

    • Master dealer and installer fraud investigation

    • Rebate and SPIF (Sales Performance Incentive Fund) fraud investigation

    • Financing partner kickback investigation

    • Contractor licensing fraud investigation

  • 03 Tax Credit and Incentive Fraud

    • ITC and IRA bonus credit fraud investigation

    • Transferable tax credit marketplace fraud investigation

    • SREC (Solar Renewable Energy Credit) fraud investigation

    • Net metering fraud investigation

    • State rebate and utility incentive fraud investigation

  • 04 Investor and Ponzi Fraud

    • Renewable energy Ponzi and investment fraud investigation

    • YieldCo fraud investigation

    • Tax equity partnership fraud investigation

    • Community solar developer fraud investigation

  • 05 Sanctions, Forced Labor, and Supply Chain

    • UFLPA compliance investigation

    • Anti-dumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) circumvention investigation

    • Rare earth and critical mineral sourcing investigation

    • OFAC investigation on international project counterparties (renewable)

  • 06 Wind-Specific

    • Wind farm construction and turbine component fraud investigation

    • Wind and solar land lease fraud investigation

    • Wind landowner royalty underpayment investigation

    • Offshore wind development counterparty diligence investigation

    • Bird and bat mortality misreporting investigation (civil)

  • 07 Battery and Energy Storage

    • Battery installation and BESS construction fraud investigation

    • Battery cell counterfeit investigation

    • Battery diversion investigation

    • Battery/EV/module warranty and capacity misrepresentation investigation

    • Battery fire civil investigation

    • Repurposed vs new battery fraud investigation

  • 08 EV Vehicle-Side

    • EV incentive fraud investigation

    • EV dealer misconduct investigation

    • Used EV title washing and odometer fraud investigation

  • 09 EV Charging Infrastructure

    • NEVI/CFI charger installation fraud investigation

    • EV charging station tampering and charge theft investigation

    • Charging station physical theft and vandalism investigation

    • Charging session fraud and payment fraud investigation

    • Charging roaming and interoperability fraud investigation

    • Charging uptime and reliability misrepresentation investigation

  • 10 Land, Site Control, and Development

    • Land option fraud investigation

    • Ghost site and developer site-control fraud investigation

    • Interconnection queue fraud and speculation investigation

    • Permitting corruption civil investigation (renewable)

  • 11 Corporate Compliance and Ethics (Renewable-Specific)

    • Greenwashing internal investigation

  • 12 FCPA and International (Renewable-Specific)

    • Foreign government tender bribery and permitting corruption investigation (renewable)

    • International renewable JV partner misconduct investigation

  • 13 IP, Trade Secrets, and Insider Threat (Renewable-Specific)

    • Battery/EV/module trade secret and departing scientist exfiltration investigation

    • Reverse engineering investigation by competitors

    • Chinese state-linked recruitment investigation in renewable

    • Renewable non-compete enforcement investigation

    • Renewable departing employee data exfiltration investigation

  • 14 M&A, PE, and Reputational Diligence

    • Renewable developer acquisition diligence investigation

    • Battery and storage company diligence investigation

    • EV startup diligence investigation

    • Renewable project portfolio and YieldCo acquisition diligence investigation

  • 15 Corporate Internal Fraud (Renewable-Specific)

    • Renewable company employee embezzlement investigation

    • Renewable expense and T&E fraud investigation

    • Renewable ghost employee and payroll fraud investigation

    • Renewable vendor kickback investigation

    • Renewable fictitious vendor and duplicate invoicing investigation

    • Renewable fictitious sales and phantom installation fraud investigation

    • Renewable warehouse and inventory theft investigation

  • 16 HR and Workplace (Renewable-Specific)

    • Renewable sexual harassment and workplace misconduct investigation

    • Renewable workplace violence and threat assessments

    • Renewable discrimination and EEOC investigation

    • Renewable substance abuse and impairment investigation

    • Renewable FMLA, ADA, and disability fraud investigation

    • Renewable union organizing countermeasures investigation

    • Renewable contractor misclassification defense investigation

    • Independent contractor solar sales rep misclassification defense investigation

  • 17 Executive Protection (Renewable-Specific)

    • Renewable executive protection investigation

    • Renewable family protective intelligence investigation

    • Renewable foreign travel security investigation

  • 18 Public Safety and Installation Incidents (Civil, Renewable-Side)

    • Rooftop injury and installation-site civil investigation

    • Solar fire civil investigation

    • Wind tower climber accident civil investigation

    • Solar and wind farm trespass and attractive nuisance investigation

    • Solar-caused wildfire subrogation and origin-cause investigation

  • 19 Litigation Support (Renewable-Specific)

    • Consumer solar class action defense fact investigation

    • Product liability defense investigation

    • Land use and zoning litigation investigation

    • Renewable expert witness sourcing

    • Failed panel, inverter, and cell preservation and documentation investigation

    • Renewable contract dispute investigation

    • Renewable insurance recovery litigation support investigation

  • 20 Cybersecurity (Renewable-Specific)

    • Renewable OT/ICS cybersecurity incident response investigation

    • Renewable ransomware response investigation

    • EV charging network cyber incident investigation

    • BEC recovery investigation at renewable companies

  • 21 Activist Investor and Short-Seller

    • Renewable activist investor and short-seller defense investigation

  • 22 ADA

    • Renewable ADA and accessibility investigation

ADJACENT COVERAGE

Where Renewable Energy Meets the Rest of the Catalog

Renewable Energy investigations regularly cross into adjacent sectors. The volumes listed below carry the framework and playbooks that most often surface alongside a renewable energy matter. Tier 2 subscribers have access to every volume; the cross-references identify where to look first.

Volume III · Oil and Gas

Energy-transition acquisition diligence and hybrid oil-and-renewables project disputes.

Volume V · Mining

Battery-mineral supply diligence and critical-mineral sourcing investigations.

Volume VIII · Construction

Solar-and-wind EPC investigations and tax-credit basis disputes involving construction costs.

Volume XII · Technology

EV-charging platform fraud, energy-tech IP theft, and renewable software matters.

Volume XV · Insurance

Renewable property claims, operational-performance shortfall investigations, and warranty matters.

Volume XX · Utilities

Grid-interconnection fraud, net-metering matters, and storage-project utility disputes.

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Operational Playbook

The doctrinal chapter: case overview, business and practice framework, investigative blueprint with step cards covering purpose, actions, output, restrictions, and gates, evidence considerations, interview strategy, report considerations, common mistakes, a tabletop exercise with worked answers, closing take, and the case-specific Client Communication Pack of email templates for every touchpoint from proposal through invoicing.

TALON Brief

The actor model for the case typology, the artifact map, and the reverse-trace sequence. This is the doctrine layer that tells the investigator not just what to do, but why those steps in that order, grounded in how actors in that typology actually operate.

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