Renewable energy consultancy Natural Power has made three new senior appointments in its offshore planning team.
Nancy James joins as associate technical director offshore permitting, Rich Morris as associate technical director and Iain Corrigan is advisory lead for offshore wind.
James has more than 20 years of experience in the construction and engineering sectors.
She has coordinated, managed and undertaken environmental impact assessments, strategic environmental assessments, catchment flood management plans, shoreline management plans, rail infrastructure projects, harbour improvement works, coastal defence schemes, managed realignment research and development and a range of ecological surveying and environmental management.
Morris joins from ScottishPower Renewables and has a track record in project delivery in both the onshore and offshore wind sectors throughout the last 15 years.
He led the East Anglia 1 North and East Anglia 2 teams through the nationally significant infrastructure projects examination process.
He also previously led the consent compliance team during the delivery of the East Anglia 1 offshore wind farm.
Corrigan is a chartered electrical engineer, has been in the renewable energy industry since 2007.
He focusses on offshore advisory services, providing due diligence reviews, strategic advice and operational expertise.
He has worked for and with three UK utilities on offshore projects including Walney 1 and 2, Greater Gabbard, Galloper, Beatrice, East Anglia 1 and East Anglia Hub.
Natural Power head of offshore Rick Campbell said: “As growth in the renewables market accelerates and we emerge from the pandemic and adapt to the changes, we now need to ensure we have the structure and capacity to deliver what the market needs to achieve its carbon targets.
“We have seen tremendous progress in growing our business through our strategies of sector and international diversification.
“Notably, as offshore projects become larger and more complex, our joined-up approach between countries has been successful, and as a result, we need to accelerate the expansion of our offshore team.
“These new appointments will enable us to increase our client focus at senior levels and provide more management support to our frontline teams as we continue to grow globally.”