Our wind auction and economics analysis provides the optimum bid strategy and the  quantitative justification for the adoption and growth of renewable energy technologies.

Our work on the wind economics helps you understand the benefits at a national and local level. Offshore renewables in particular provide a unique opportunity to stimulate economic development in regions that suffer from long-term decline in their traditional industries. We have led the way in establishing robust methods for quantifying local content and employment benefits.

Our market leading approach to modelling the cost of energy has helped the renewable energy industry tell a coherent, long-term story of how it can become the most cost effective source of new electricity generation. It also helps individual players to articulate the benefits of their market offerings and enable R&D leaders to focus on the areas of greatest opportunity for cost reduction.

Our insight from this work has made us the leading player in the production of offshore wind supply chain plans for UK projects. We have helped project developers and their suppliers document clearly how they contribute to the sustainability of the offshore wind supply chain. We help project developers and their key suppliers to engage with the local supply chain.

Bid strategy and competitor analysis

Our bid strategy and competitor analysis work:

  • Increases the likelihood of profitable auction wins
  • Provides expert support in auction preparation and implementation phases
  • Supports the development of a robust business case
  • Enhances the breadth and robustness of non-price evidence
  • Increases understanding of competitor likely play-books
  • Provides additional, expert and flexible external headcount
  • Challenges group think for more effective strategies
  • Draws on our deep cost modelling expertise

Bid drafting and review

Our bid drafting and review work:

  • Optimises bid submissions against auction criteria
  • Maximises scores for price and non-price criteria
  • Improves bid content, credibility and creativity
  • Ensures bid teams deliver the best they possibly can
  • Delivers independent mock-scoring exercises to enhance bid content
  • Enables robust, evidence-based submissions
  • Increases credibility of bid evidence
  • Is informed by own passion for clear and concise communication
Strategic review of UK east coast staging and construction facilities, August 2016

Scottish Enterprise “Seize the Opportunity “guide to offshore wind, May 2016

KIC Future renewable energy costs: solar photovoltaics, January 2016

Offshore Wind Project Board The UK content of operating UK wind farms, November 2015

Methodology for measuring UK content for UK offshore wind farms, May 2015

Wave and Tidal Supply Chain Development Plan, February 2015

Generating Energy and Prosperity Economic impact of offshore renewable energy in the UK, March 2014

Northern Ireland Marine Energy Capability Directory, February 2014

UK offshore wind supply chain: capabilities and opportunities, February 2014

Offshore Wind: A 2013 supply chain health check, November 2013

Building an industry, June 2013

Pathways to Cost Reduction Offshore wind technologies for Scotland, October 2012

Towards round 3: the offshore wind supply chain in 2012, June 2012

Pathways to Cost Reduction in Offshore Wind: Technology workstream, The Crown Estate, June 2012

Value breakdown for the offshore wind sector, February 2010

UK content analysis of Robin Rigg Offshore Wind Farm operations and maintenance, July 2012

Marine Energy in the UK, March 2012

UK content analysis of Robin Rigg offshore wind farm, September 2011

Offshore Wind Forecasts of future costs and benefits, June 2011

Offshore wind: Opportunities for the composites industry, June 2011

Wave and Tidal energy in the Pentland Firth and Orkney waters, May 2011

Towards Round 3: Progress in building the offshore wind supply chain, February 2011

Offshore Wind Opportunities in South East England, July 2010

A Guide to an Offshore Wind Farm, February 2010

PowerPark Demand & Need Report, October 2009

UK Offshore Wind: Moving up a gear, October 2007

Doing business with wind turbine manufacturers, July 2006

Offshore Wind: At a Crossroads, April 2006

UK offshore wind Ports prospectus, September 2009

UK Ports for the Offshore Wind Industry: Time to Act, February 2009

Towards Round 3: Building the Offshore Wind Supply Chain, February 2009

Jobs, local economic benefit, and non-price factors

Our jobs, local economic benefit, and non-price factors work:

  • Is globally recognised as being industry leading, providing independent expert analysis
  • Provides robust evidence of project benefits to stakeholders
  • Incorporates non-price factors in bids
  • Encourages community support for projects
  • Measures job creation and economic impact globally, nationally and regionally
  • Supports workforce development strategies
  • Is informed by work we do with governments in shaping policies and auction frameworks
Strategic review of UK east coast staging and construction facilities, August 2016

Scottish Enterprise “Seize the Opportunity “guide to offshore wind, May 2016

KIC Future renewable energy costs: solar photovoltaics, January 2016

Offshore Wind Project Board The UK content of operating UK wind farms, November 2015

KIC Future renewable energy costs: solar-thermal electricity, October 2015

Offshore wind: delivering more For less, a report for Statkraft, July 2015

Approaches to cost-reduction in offshore wind, Committee on Climate Change, June 2015

Methodology for measuring UK content for UK offshore wind farms, May 2015

Wave and Tidal Supply Chain Development Plan February 2015

Future Renewable Energy Costs: Onshore Wind, KIC InnoEnergy, September 2014

Future Renewable Energy Costs: Offshore Wind, KIC InnoEnergy, May 2014

Generating Energy and Prosperity Economic impact of offshore renewable energy in the UK, March 2014

Northern Ireland Marine Energy Capability Directory, February 2014

UK offshore wind supply chain: capabilities and opportunities, February 2014

Offshore Wind: A 2013 supply chain health check, November 2013

Building an industry, June 2013

Industry’s journey to £100/MWh Offshore wind: industry’s journey to £100/MWh, May 2013

Pathways to Cost Reduction Offshore wind technologies for Scotland, October 2012

Towards round 3: the offshore wind supply chain in 2012, June 2012

Pathways to Cost Reduction in Offshore Wind: Technology workstream, The Crown Estate, June 2012

Value breakdown for the offshore wind sector, February 2010

UK content analysis of Robin Rigg Offshore Wind Farm operations and maintenance, July 2012

Marine Energy in the UK, March 2012

UK content analysis of Robin Rigg offshore wind farm, September 2011

State of the Industry Report, October 2011

Offshore Wind Forecasts of future costs and benefits, June 2011

Offshore wind: Opportunities for the composites industry, June 2011

Wave and Tidal energy in the Pentland Firth and Orkney waters, May 2011

Towards Round 3: Progress in building the offshore wind supply chain, February 2011

Your career in offshore wind energy, November 2010

Offshore Wind Opportunities in South East England, July 2010

A Guide to an Offshore Wind Farm, February 2010

PowerPark Demand & Need Report, October 2009

UK Offshore Wind: Moving up a gear, October 2007

Doing business with wind turbine manufacturers, July 2006

Offshore Wind: At a Crossroads, April 2006

UK offshore wind Ports prospectus, September 2009

UK Ports for the Offshore Wind Industry: Time to Act, February 2009

Towards Round 3: Building the Offshore Wind Supply Chain, February 2008

Financial modelling: cost of energy – future, spatial, site finding

Our cost and levelized cost of energy (LCOE) modelling:

  • Is recognised as leading industry best practice
  • Delivers deep understanding of cost drivers across project life cycles and supply chain elements
  • Informs project decisions based on optimum commercial returns
  • Identifies likely competitor cost advantages and disadvantages
  • Provides independent challenge to internal teams
  • Is used to inform and enhance much of the work that we deliver for public and private sector clients