
Bringing the wind industry and UK ports together
Control software commercialisation support
Due diligence on supplier of novel drive train
Failure modes analysis & reliability engineering
Holistic algorithms for offshore turbine condition monitoring
Independent assessment of KPS cost of energy
Marine Energy in the UK: State of the Industry Report
Market assessment and due diligence support
Offshore wind: Forecasts of future costs and benefits
Offshore wind R&D programme technical support
Post-consent wind farm development and construction management services
Progressing UK supply opportunities in offshore wind
Prototyping for Offshore Wind Energy Renewables Scotland (POWERS) fund due diligence
Spatial assessment of the potential impact of floating offshore wind in the UK
Supply chain analysis for leading tidal device supplier
Two-year wind and marine energy supply chain development programme
“Optimising renewables: Minimising OPEX” Thetis EMR (May 2015)
“Opportunities in the Sustainable Energy Value Chain: Offshore Wind” Advanced Engineering 2012 (November 2012)“Offshore wind technology cost reduction: six months on” RenewableUK 2012 (October 2012)
Stock Take Briefing Westminster Energy Forum (October 2012)
“Condition monitoring of onshore wind turbines: independent thinking” WPM Onshore O&M (June 2011)
“Onshore wind farms – can the industry deliver (again)” Joseph Swan Memorial Lecture, (October 2010)
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
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
Wave and Tidal Energy in the UK
Value breakdown for the offshore wind sector February 2010
Marine Energy in the UK March 2012
State of the Industry Report October 2011
Offshore Wind Forecasts of future costs and benefits 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
Bruce Valpy
Managing Director and Founder
Bruce Valpy founded BVG Associates over ten years ago and has created a rapidly growing, diverse client base that includes start-ups, market leaders, trade bodies, governments, utility providers and multi-nationals on four continents.
Bruce has a first class honours degree in engineering (with economics) from Cambridge University and almost 30 years’ hands-on experience in renewables. He uses his technical, business and economic understanding to help you do new things, think in new ways and solve tough problems.
He has delivered projects from the deeply technical to our most visionary, industry building. His ability to communicate effectively with those with much experience or little means he is often asked to present at industry events, but is just as at home working one-to-one with client’s senior leaders and listening to front-line technical staff.
Before founding BVGA, Bruce led all wind turbine hub and hydraulic/electric pitch system R&D activities for NEG Micon, then led development of Vestas’ largest blades. During this time, Bruce grew an experienced and spirited multi-disciplinary team from 10 to 23 people with budget for design, testing, prototyping and early series manufacture. His team built a reputation for being a creative, reliable, responsive and authoritative internal supplier of quality products. Before this, Bruce led turbine development activities at an innovative UK turbine manufacturer, involving detailed engineering of many aspects of a range of different turbine concepts.
Bruce will give you energy, straight talking and creative ideas based on a lot of experience and a quick-thinking mind.
To find out how Bruce can help your business, drop him an email.