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Driving early-stage success

From concept to consent, our Development & Origination discipline provides the strategic insight, technical capability, and specialist talent required to transform ideas into investable, construction-ready projects. We support developers, utilities, IPPs, and major infrastructure owners by supplying the critical skills needed across feasibility, design, permitting, land, grid, and early-stage commercial work. 

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Cross-functional expertise from day one

We source and deploy specialists across planning, environmental, grid, design, commercial, and technical workstreams - ensuring every early-stage dependency is aligned from the outset. 

Bespoke early-stage delivery models

 Whether you’re scaling development pipelines, entering new markets, or strengthening in-house capability, we design flexible permanent, contract, and project-based solutions that match your strategy. 

Accelerating approvals and reducing risk

 Our talent ecosystem and sector intelligence enable faster feasibility, smoother permitting, and stronger technical assurance - giving your projects the right foundation for long-term success. 

Powering development across the full energy & infrastructure landscape

Our development and origination specialists operate across the world’s most complex and fast-evolving sectors. With access to multidisciplinary talent and deep industry insight, we support clients in building robust, scalable pipelines that meet future demand and drive global progress. 
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Industries We Support

Development & Origination

Onshore Wind

Development & Origination

Onshore Wind

We provide end-to-end development support for onshore wind projects, supplying specialists across land sourcing, feasibility, environmental planning, permitting, and grid applications. Our teams strengthen your front-end capability, helping accelerate approvals and build bankable project pipelines.

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Offshore Wind

Development & Origination

Offshore Wind

For offshore wind developers, we deliver expert talent across site origination, early-phase engineering, survey coordination, consenting strategy, and stakeholder engagement. We embed cross-functional specialists who streamline complex early-stage workflows and reduce risk through the pre-construction phase.

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Solar

Development & Origination

Solar

We support solar developers with the full spectrum of development expertise - from site origination and interconnection planning to permitting, environmental studies, and commercial analysis. Our teams enable scalable growth by reinforcing critical early-stage workstreams.

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Development & Origination

BESS

Development & Origination

BESS

We supply development talent for battery storage projects, including market analysis, grid and siting assessments, planning support, and technical modelling. By strengthening your origination processes, we help bring storage assets to market faster and more efficiently.

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Development & Origination

T&D

Development & Origination

T&D

Across transmission and distribution, we provide early-stage planning, routing, environmental permitting, and right-of-way specialists. Our capability supports utilities and developers in delivering compliant, buildable network upgrades and expansions.

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Data Centers

Development & Origination

Data Centers

We provide front-end specialists in site due diligence, utilities planning, environmental and permitting compliance, and early-stage design coordination - ensuring rapid and secure origination of new data center projects.

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Development & Origination

Power Generation

Development & Origination

Power Generation

For conventional and alternative generation projects, we provide development engineers, planners, environmental managers, and permitting specialists who guide projects through early approvals and technical validation.

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Development & Origination

Rail

Development & Origination

Rail

For rail infrastructure, we supply route planners, feasibility specialists, environmental managers, and permitting experts who streamline the development of new lines, upgrades, and electrification programmes.

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