Pragmatic advisory for the global energy transition
Green Man Consulting Ltd is a specialist renewable energy advisory practice led by Scott Hamilton. We deploy over sixteen years of international industry experience across offshore wind strategy, seabed leasing architecture, techno-economic due diligence, and supply chain industrialisation.
Leadership & industry authority
Led by Scott Hamilton, who authored Crown Estate Scotland's INTOG leasing documentation and previously chaired the Supply Chain and Clusters Working Group at the Scottish Offshore Wind Energy Council (SOWEC), the practice bridges commercial project economics with industrial policy and stakeholder reality.
Green Man Consulting works directly with international developers, governments, enterprise agencies, and supply chain organisations to provide pragmatic, respectful challenge to established market practices, delivering actionable strategies that ensure clean energy infrastructure remains bankable, technically viable, and socially sustainable.
Core strategic focus
Techno-economic due diligence
Independent analysis of Levelised Cost of Energy (LCOE), spatial constraints, CAPEX models, and infrastructure bankability.
- LCOE sensitivity analysis
- Consenting & spatial optioneering
- Technology maturity review
Industrial strategy & SCDS
Structuring enforceable Supply Chain Development Statement (SCDS) commitments that align Tier 1 procurement with domestic capability.
- SCDS compliance architecture
- Domestic content mapping
- Public-private cluster governance
Commercial risk allocation
Engaging industry around contract mechanisms and structuring appropriate risk-reward sharing across developers, ports, and contractors.
- Collaborative contracting
- Interface risk mitigation
- Commercial dispute avoidance
Strategic capability areas
Our services combine commercial project finance knowledge with physical engineering awareness, ensuring strategies are executable on quaysides and bankable in investment committees.
Offshore wind strategy & seabed leasing
Guiding developer bid consortia and sovereign estate managers through complex spatial allocation rounds and option agreements.
- Bid campaign leadership across ScotWind, INTOG, and international leasing rounds
- Leasing round design, scoring frameworks, and option agreement architecture
- Spatial boundary mapping, seabed tenure risk, and consenting interface analysis
Industrial strategy & domestic content
Translating national supply chain ambitions into actionable industrial reality without compromising developer project covenants.
- Supply Chain Development Statement (SCDS) authoring, auditing, and compliance
- Regional supply chain mapping, supplier qualification, and gap analysis
- Public-private cluster governance (Clean Energy Cluster, SOWEC, enterprise bodies)
Project origination
Early-stage asset identification, spatial optioneering, and multi-gigawatt pipeline screening across offshore and onshore wind.
- Spatial constraint mapping, bathymetric screening, and seabed optioning
- Grid connection screening, Holistic Network Design (HND) review, and route optioneering
- Consenting feasibility, regulatory boundary assessments, and concept-to-maturity progression
Commercial risk allocation
We work with industry to engage around contract mechanisms and look at appropriate risk-reward sharing in the supply chain.
- Collaborative contracting mechanisms (NEC4 target-cost and alliancing models)
- Suppliers club models and aggregated procurement frameworks
- Interface risk allocation between developer packages and regional suppliers
Three-phase delivery methodology
Every advisory engagement is executed through a transparent, disciplined delivery framework designed to maintain budget control and clear milestone gates.
Discovery
Comprehensive baseline scoping, stakeholder interviews, policy constraint review, and existing data room evaluation.
- Stakeholder engagement sessions
- Data room & technical literature audit
- Constraint & dependency mapping
Detail
Rigorous techno-economic modeling, supply chain optioneering, bottleneck identification, and iterative client workshops.
- LCOE & commercial scenario analysis
- Supply chain & facility capacity audits
- Draft deliverable stress-testing
Delivery
Final document refinement, executive board presentations, implementation roadmaps, and stakeholder handover.
- Final actionable strategy documentation
- C-Suite / investment board slide decks
- Implementation roadmaps & KPI trackers
Proven offshore and onshore wind advisory
Advising the renewable energy industry since 2009
Scott Hamilton advises international developers, institutional investors, sovereign estate managers, and enterprise agencies on offshore and onshore wind market entry, seabed leasing, and domestic content policy.
Before establishing Green Man Consulting Ltd in 2024, Scott served as VP Origination and Head of Offshore Renewables at Xodus Group, where he established and built a 50-person multidisciplinary advisory team operating across four continents. He previously held leadership and consultancy positions at BVG Associates and Energiekontor. Between 2022 and 2024, he served as Chair of the Supply Chain & Clusters Working Group at the Scottish Offshore Wind Energy Council (SOWEC).
Recent advisory engagements
INTOG leasing round authorship
Lead author responsible for designing and writing the leasing documentation, technical evaluation methodology, and assessment criteria for the Innovation and Targeted Oil & Gas (INTOG) leasing round.
- 13 exclusivity agreements awarded representing over 5 GW capacity
- Pioneered targeted electrification of offshore oil and gas assets
- Structured dedicated innovation pot for deepwater floating technologies
ScotWind 16.5 GW leasing advisory
Directed multi-disciplinary advisory teams supporting international developer consortia through the ScotWind seabed leasing application process.
- Secured 16.5 GW of seabed exclusivity awards for client consortia
- Authored Supply Chain Development Statements (SCDS) and industrial commitments
- Conducted spatial analysis, LCOE modeling, and port capacity optioneering
The Clean Energy Cluster (CEC) operations
Providing retained operations management to establish operational architecture, governance charters, and multi-agency frameworks accelerating domestic supply chain capability.
- Multi-agency governance across Scottish Enterprise, HIE, and SOSE
- Direct liaison with Scottish Renewables and SOWEC frameworks
- Formulating cluster resourcing roadmaps and financial sustainability plans
National offshore wind skills impact assessment
Authored the definitive national Offshore Wind Skills Impact Assessment for Scottish Renewables, evaluating workforce demand and supply bottlenecks across the ScotWind pipeline.
- Surveyed 27 active developers and Tier 1 EPCI contractors
- Quantified technical skill shortages and quayside workforce requirements
- Delivered actionable recommendations to government and educational bodies
Client testimonials
"Green Man Consulting brings rare commercial clarity to early-stage offshore wind developments. Scott's ability to bridge subsea engineering realities with bankable commercial strategy provides immediate value to our developer clients."
"Scott possesses an unmatched understanding of Scotland's renewable energy supply chain and policy landscape. His pragmatic leadership within the Clean Energy Cluster has been instrumental in aligning public enterprise with industrial delivery."
"Green Man Consulting delivers sharp, actionable market intelligence and developer outreach. Scott's strategic guidance across UK onshore and offshore energy infrastructure consistently de-risks commercial positioning."
Associate delivery network
Green Man Consulting collaborates with senior specialist associates to deliver multi-disciplinary engineering, subsea cables, techno-economic, and workforce scopes without unnecessary corporate overheads.
37 years of maritime, naval, and subsea cable experience. Specialises in submarine HV export cables, interconnector operations, and marine logistics.
"Partnering with Green Man Consulting combines high-level commercial leasing acumen with granular subsea engineering rigour."
Senior executive with deep expertise across energy transition infrastructure, clean energy business scaling, and national workforce development programmes.
"Our collaborative delivery model provides developer clients with agile, tier-one expertise without conglomerate bureaucracy."
International authority on floating offshore wind techno-economics, Levelised Cost of Energy (LCOE) modeling, and market development analysis.
"Collaborating with Scott bridges mathematical cost-modelling directly with commercial reality and seabed leasing covenants."
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Contact & inquiries
Engagements are structured on a fixed-fee milestone basis or retainer advisory terms. Contact us directly to discuss your project requirements or submit an outline scope brief.
Corporate office
Green Man Consulting Ltd.
Kippen, Stirlingshire, FK8 3AS
United Kingdom
Direct communications
Email: scott@greenmanltd.com
Alternative Email: scott@gmcltd.org
Telephone: +44 (0)7437 304459
Website: www.greenmanltd.com
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