“UK offshore wind projects update” Offshore Wind North East (November 2016)
“Learning to love supply chain plans” Offshore WIND (October 2016)
“From discontent to UK content” RUK ACE (October 2015)
“UK content and EMR” GOW 2014 (12 June 2014)
“50% UK content. Is that all?” RUK Offshore (June 2013)
“UK content in offshore wind” All Energy UK (May 2013)
“Jobs, GVA and UK content in offshore wind O&M” RobinRigg OMS , June 2012
“Composites for offshore wind” Composite Engineering (November 2011)
“Measuring the UK’s offshore wind economic returns” UK Windfarm (October 2011)
A new methodology for measuring the economic impact of offshore wind January 2017
Economic benefits from the development of wind farms in the Western Isles February 2017
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
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
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
US Job Creation in offshore wind, November 2017
Value breakdown for the offshore wind sector February 2010
UK content analysis of Robin Rigg Offshore Wind Farm operations and maintenance July 2012
UK content analysis of Robin Rigg offshore wind farm September 2011
State of the Industry Report October 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
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
Alun Roberts
Associate Director
Alun Roberts leads projects in supply chain analysis and economics. He has led many of BVG Associates’ studies of the offshore renewables supply chain for public and private sector clients, drawing on his wide-ranging understanding of the technology and industry drivers. High profile examples are ‘Offshore Wind: A Supply Chain Healthcheck‘ for the Crown Estate and ‘UK Offshore Wind ‘Supply Chain: Capabilities and Opportunities’ for the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills.
A key area of his work is helping clients understand the economic impacts of renewable energy projects. He developed a rigorous method of calculating local content, which has been adopted by the UK Offshore Wind Industry Council on behalf of the sector. Recent work has been extending the approach to calculate gross value added and job creation in partnership with academic economists. This can be applied to any sector or market.
Alun’s understanding of the offshore wind industry has made him perfectly placed to help developers and their suppliers produce supply chain plans, to communicate to the UK government the work they are doing to enhance the sustainability of the supply chain. He has led the production of supply chain plans for several major UK projects.
Alun joined BVGA in 2008 from Research Councils UK, the partnership of the seven Research Councils, where he headed external relations. He therefore has provided the interface with a large number of organisations and central Government. Previously he worked as a specialist for the House of Commons Science and Technology Select Committee, where he project managed high profile inquiries on a range of political and technical issues.
To ask Alun how he can help you, send him an email