Andy is the Project Developer for NMK Renewables, focusing on property and grid management. Andy brings over 40 years energy industry experience to our projects, working for over 30 of those years in Northern Ireland Electricity (NIE). In the 1990s he managed the NI Non-Fossil Fuel Obligation (NI NFFO) and subsequently the NI Renewables Obligation (NIRO). In 2003 he established Action Renewables – a joint venture between NIE and the then Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment – and was the Managing Director and CEO until 2011. He then joined international engineering consultancy, AECOM as a Grade 1 Director in the Belfast Office. Andy subsequently established his own renewables consultancy company, Renewables Connect, working on a range of gas and renewables projects. This included acting as the NI manager of onshore wind development company Windy Fields for several years. He has also managed contracts in gas, landowner services, project economics, PPAs, contract and consultant management. Andy is a recognised renewables expert and environmentalist and was awarded an MBE for services to the electricity industry.
