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A closer look at the trends, policies and infrastructure challenges shaping clean energy project development.

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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS

Supply Chain Intelligence: Why Finding Projects Isn’t the Biggest Challenge

Britain’s biggest transmission infrastructure investment is creating new opportunities across the supply chain. Discover why better intelligence, not more information, is becoming the key to making confident decisions.

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Read the latest Olsights articles, updates and analysis.

Out With The Old / In With the New

Out With The Old / In With the New

February suddenly arrived with a boom. We kicked off the morning with lots of "Pinch punch first of the month" around the house, and weirdly it now feels more like A New Year than it did a month ago. It's getting lighter, some interesting things are starting to...

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How many wind turbines to save the world?

How many wind turbines to save the world?

It is both an exciting and depressing time to be part of the energy industry. The excitement is that we are witnessing a major technological revolution as energy transitions from carbon-energy to renewable-energy. We can take offshore wind as an example: The history...

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The Energy Policy Makers Dilemma

The Energy Policy Makers Dilemma

I have been observing (and taking part in) the debate that is raging between two political parties, squaring up to each other on opposite sides of the debating floor. Not the Tory Party versus the Labour Party; and not Trump versus Biden. This is the Hydrogen Party,...

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Why Everyone Should Take an Energy Primer Class

Why Everyone Should Take an Energy Primer Class

There are many smart engineers on LinkedIn, which is evident from the content of posts. Right now, many of those posts are about the energy transition. There is enough technology out there to keep any geek happy for millennia. However, there is something missing from...

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Island Ambassador 2021

Island Ambassador 2021

Spending the last couple of evenings a bit glued to the new 'Island Ambassadors' group chat, and reminiscing about / reflecting on my own 'island' links (past + present), has sent my brain into overdrive - so I thought we should explain a little more on what the...

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Powering Better Islands

Powering Better Islands

Powering Better Islands Around the world there are thousands of small islands. Some remote. Others close to the mainland. Some are inhabited with good levels of development. Others less so. One thing all islands have in common is a need to be self sufficient in a way...

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DYOR

DYOR

This month I've observed not just a continued ramping up of commentary and positivity on clean energy technology/ project / policy activity - but also more measured caution that 'clean' technologies may not be as clean as they seem, or not the 'right' technologies to...

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Getting a Grip

Getting a Grip

A week before starting at Olwg, I went to Devon with two friends from university; a trip which marked the conclusion of an incredibly long post-graduation summer. Between surfing, walks and a fair few beers, conversation inevitably turned to the jobs that we were each...

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REACT

Research and Innovation for Faster Network Planning

REACT combines infrastructure, project and geospatial intelligence to help network operators evaluate opportunities, understand constraints and support faster planning decisions.

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