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Doug McNicholl Freelance renewable energy development professional

Doug McNicholl is a business and project development professional with specialist expertise in the application of low and zero carbon technologies. He previously worked in the agricultural industry in Australia before moving into sustainable energy production systems where he headed a sustainable development team at a FTSE 250 company. He is now a freelance renewable energy developer.

Latest articles published

Back to the future: What's the problem with the medium-sized wind segment?

Friday, 11 November 2011

Freelance renewable energy developer, Doug McNicholl, asks why the big players in the wind industry, such as Vestas, GE and Siemens seem to be ignoring the medium-size wind segment.

Wind farm planning: Time is money

Friday, 14 October 2011 Time is money, points out Doug McNicholl in his third blog piece, and it can take a great deal of both to take a wind project from concept stage through to an energy generating asset. For large onshor...

The guiding hand: Finding the right balance for renewable energy incentives

Wednesday, 10 August 2011 In his second blog piece, Doug McNicholl takes a look at policy support for renewable energy in the UK, examining which tools provide adequate incentives to investors without passing too much of the c...

Onshore wind energy in the UK: a developer's perspective

Wednesday, 15 June 2011 Freelance renewable energy developer, Doug McNicholl, knows a lot about the issues faced by developers in the clean tech space. In this first contribution to his blog series, Doug sets out these chall...

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