Wind

Wind power is central to the UK’s ambitions to become a clean energy superpower, as well as creating jobs across the country. A cornerstone of this government’s Clean Power 2030 Action Plan is the commitment to double onshore wind and quadruple offshore wind to increase capacity towards the estimated required 27-29 GW of operational onshore wind. This comes with challenges, from integrating electricity from new sources into the grid to responding to community concerns about local impacts.

Our Advocacy Team - spanning national and local public affairs – is a growing team of over 30 strong cross-party specialists who advise some of the top energy businesses on their projects.

Nationally, we have deep expertise working with government to shape energy and planning policy on behalf of our clients. Delivering campaigns and strategically engaging policymakers for over a decade, our team helped unlock the CfD regime for wind, shape transmission charging plans, and influence connections and electricity markets reform.

Locally, we have been working to support the growth of wind and other forms of renewable energy generation for more than a decade and managed the consultations for some of the first English onshore wind projects since the de-facto ban was lifted last summer. We have supported more than 50 planning applications for wind farms – securing stakeholder buy-in, consulting communities and communicating through construction.

Finally, with onshore wind projects above 100MW in England being reintroduced into the Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIP) regime, our team has unrivalled expertise supporting NSIP projects and has led on producing insights to ensure NSIP projects can enjoy community support as well as conducted research on public perceptions of onshore wind farm development in the UK.