by Stephen Mills | Jul 7, 2024 | Blogs
In designing an offshore wind auction, governments typically have a range of political goals in mind. In some cases, it is the lowest power prices or the best return for the exchequer. In other cases, governments wish to use the auction to achieve wider socioeconomic...
by Stephen Mills | Dec 17, 2023 | Blogs
From an early stage, The Crown Estate has signalled its intention to trigger economic development in the Celtic Sea region, loosely defined as off South Wales and South West England. The Crown Estate’s thinking has evolved in the past year and its Information...
by Stephen Mills | Jul 1, 2023 | Blogs
While the English and Australian women’s and men’s cricket teams battle it out in the historic Ashes series, as a stereotypically cricket-ignorant Scot I am more interested in watching Australian offshore wind compete in the global offshore wind boom (with apologies...
by Stephen Mills | Apr 28, 2023 | Blogs
A crucial part of advice is finding a common language for asset management strategy with your client. The words and assumptions that frame business challenges are the cornerstone of a trusted relationship between consultant and client. For collaborations in the...
by Stephen Mills | Apr 21, 2023 | Blogs
The Crown Estate will shortly issue information about its 4GW Celtic Sea lease auction on the requirements for developers to qualify for the bidding phase of the auction, which will be determined by price. The Crown Estate will pass or fail prospective bidders based...
by Stephen Mills | Mar 22, 2023 | Blogs
A couple of weeks ago I had the privilege of visiting Hanoi in Viet Nam. I was there to take part in an intensive week of meetings, seminars and workshops with government and industry stakeholders to help accelerate the development of the offshore wind industry in...
