On November 8th, we welcomed Jamie, Lesley, Lucas, Leo, Dan, and Brian as the first partners in our brand new partnership program, giving them a stake in the company for their dedication to our continued growth.
Marc Eglon19 March, 2019
In a collaboration with sister alphabet company, Deepmind, Google was able to achieve 20% increase in energy value. Machine learning was able to accurately forecast power output 36 hours in advance.
Marc Eglon27 February, 2019
Industry investment of $28.2 billion USD and $8.7 billion USD in public funding will drive investment in new wind energy technologies by 2028, according to analysis by Intelstor.
Marc Eglon26 February, 2019
As we close out 2018, this conversation between Azeem Azhar and Michael Liebreich for the Exponential View podcast is a concise wrap-up of where we are with renewable energy progress and highlights the urgency to reach our targets before 2030, which sounds like some time in the future but is actually only two business cycles away.
Marc Eglon19 December, 2018
Three companies collectively bid $405.1m to secure development rights for Martha's Vinyard offshore wind farms near Massachusetts.
Marc Eglon19 December, 2018
The latest round of UN global climate talks wound up on Saturday at COP24 in Katowice, Poland. Here are the key points from the event and where we go next.
Marc Eglon18 December, 2018
It’s been just over a year since Taylor Hopkinson closed our 7-figure funding round with our VC partners, SEA Equity so I spoke with our CEO, Tom Hopkinson to reflect on our first year as a VC-backed company. Tom shared how the company has evolved, the challenges of managing rapid growth, and what we learned from the venture capital process. It…
Marc Eglon6 November, 2018
Following an in-depth tender process, Shell New Energies has selected Taylor Hopkinson to be their preferred recruitment partner for their global onshore and offshore wind activities. The initial Framework Agreement runs for 2 years with potential to extend beyond 2020.
Marc Eglon30 October, 2018
From Singularity University's 2018 Summit, Ramez Naam recaps how far we've come and where we're headed with renewables. It's a collision of exponential technologies, policy, and economics that continue to erode costs and accelerate adoption for solar wind and storage.
Marc Eglon3 October, 2018
We did it. 105+ miles coast to coast through the Scottish Highlands on foot, bike, and kayak. We've raised over £4,000 for Children with Cancer UK and we've set a stretch goal of £5,000. Here's how it went down, in photos.
Marc Eglon12 September, 2018
Vineyard Wind, the first commercial-scale offshore wind project in the US will deliver 800MW to Massachusetts at just $0.065/kWhr. The result - lower energy bills for consumers and renewed enthusiasm for US wind amongst the public.
Marc Eglon14 August, 2018
The combined global capacity of wind and solar installations passed the landmark 1000GW in the first half of 2018. Capacity grew 65X since 2000 and took 18 years to get to 1TW. BNEF expects the second 1000GW will take just 5 years. And will cost around half as much.
Marc Eglon7 August, 2018
David Craig is one of our Senior Consultants and he emigrated earlier this year to set up our new Singapore hub. I caught up with David over Skype to talk about remote work, productivity, and how to operate in the multicultural global workplace.
Marc Eglon3 August, 2018
The increasing deployment of renewables brings new challenges. Because the field is relatively new and job creation is growing exponentially, it will be increasingly difficult for companies to find skilled talent to fill the hundreds of thousands of new renewable energy jobs each year.
Marc Eglon29 June, 2018
22,275+ professionals get their updates by following us on LinkedIn, where we discuss the most interesting renewable energy news from around the web every day. Here's what went down in our LinkedIn community in May.
Marc Eglon12 June, 2018
Albert Cheung, Head of Research at BNEF, talks about the race to decarbonize the energy sector, and how the first phase – driving down the costs of clean energy – has been a success. The next phase will be a race to unlock flexibility in each part of the power system.
Marc Eglon21 May, 2018
In April, Taylor Hopkinson established a hub in Singapore, giving us a gateway to the entire Asia-Pac region. Now we can provide consulting to our overseas clients without compromising our high-touch approach to business. Starting from a committed team in our Glasgow office, we’re proud to be a truly international company. We have locations spanning the globe and we’ve helped…
Marc Eglon9 May, 2018
21,422+ professionals get their updates by following us on LinkedIn, where we discuss the most interesting renewable energy news from around the web every day. Here's what went down in our LinkedIn community in April.
Marc Eglon4 May, 2018
As well as this blog and our weekly email newsletter, you can join almost 20,000 professionals who get their updates by following us on LinkedIn. We discuss the most interesting renewable energy news from around the web every day. Here's a roundup of recent stories we've shared with our LinkedIn community.
Marc Eglon3 May, 2018
As well as this blog and our weekly email newsletter, you can join almost 20,000 professionals who get their updates by following us on LinkedIn. We discuss the most interesting renewable energy news from around the web every day. Here's a roundup of recent stories we've shared with our LinkedIn community.
Marc Eglon9 April, 2018
Taylor Hopkinson are delighted to work with Scottish Power Renewables again after winning a new tendering campaign to provide on-site Quality Services personnel for the 714MW East Anglia ONE offshore wind farm.
Marc Eglon12 March, 2018
At Taylor Hopkinson we've always believed that a balanced workplace results in a stronger work environment, a more diverse culture, and ultimately better business results. Since launching in 2009, we've worked to include women on every shortlist we present to clients and we're seeing more and more of those female candidates being placed based on merit, not just fulfilling quotas.
Marc Eglon8 March, 2018
Fresh back from his trip to Europe’s O&M conference in Munich, I sat down with Scott Thomson, Senior Consultant for Solar & Storage, EMEA to debrief on his findings and unpack the most pertinent talking points from the meeting. We cover the pros and cons of in-house vs outsourced O&M, monitoring systems, the role of big data, and the organisational structures…
Marc Eglon2 March, 2018
We scour through hundreds of CVs every week hunting for the most qualified candidates to fill the ever-expanding roles we're recruiting for. And in terms of CVs. we see everything from outstanding to outlandish. So we decided to share some of our insider advice to help you upgrade your CV and put you in the running for some of our…
Marc Eglon20 February, 2018
How the residents of a small Scottish Island took ownership and turned it into a self-sufficient energy utopia and a model for sustainable energy microgrids around the world.
Marc Eglon2 February, 2018
In January 2018, the EU finally raised the targets for renewable energy from 27% to 35% by 2030, signalling a positive move towards a renewable energy future and encouraging employment growth within the renewable sector.
Marc Eglon26 January, 2018
Drawing from companies like Uber and Airbnb, Seba follows the data and argues that multiple exponential technologies like Lithium-ion battery storage, solar power, electric vehicles, and autonomous vehicles will compound to eradicate demand for fossil fuels in the next decade.
Marc Eglon15 January, 2018
Since establishing our New Markets team in Threadneedle Street in the square mile four months ago, we’ve been making great strides into innovative and less-established clean energy technologies like energy from waste, biomass, and geothermal. Now our entire offshore wind contracts team has moved from Bromley to join our office in The City of London.
Marc Eglon5 January, 2018
Two weeks ago, we held our largest all-hands meeting in Glasgow. When we did this in March of this year, there were 18 people in the room. Just 8 months later, we’ve grown to 38. It’s exciting to experience that inflection point first-hand and we’re super-proud that the vision and culture is just as strong through this growth as it…
Marc Eglon24 November, 2017
If you're unfamiliar with COP23, it's the United Nations Climate Change Conference attended by ministers and heads of state in Bonn this week. For reference, COP21, held in Paris, culminated in the Paris Agreement, where 196 parties reached consensus, forming a collective initiative to limit global temperature rise to below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. But we're already falling…
Marc Eglon17 November, 2017
Should you list your interests on your CV or resumé? You can probably tell from the title what we think about including your hobbies on your CV. Here's our take... Your CV doesn't have to include everything you've ever done in your life and, whether you're into running ultramarathons or restoring samurai swords, your side-interests shouldn't have any bearing on…
Marc Eglon6 November, 2017
Taylor Hopkinson are delighted to be retained by SaltX, again! Update - This role has now been filled. This time to search and select a Senior Commercial Lead for their innovative ‘SunCool’ Energy Storage product. The successful candidate will be responsible for selling this product globally, with an initial focus on Asia, Africa, Europe and India. The chosen candidate will have a strong…
Marc Eglon24 October, 2017
Recruiters are always adopting new interview techniques to gather more insights into a candidate. A CV can tell you a lot about a candidate’s credentials and their ability to technically do a job. But an interviewer uses questions within questions to probe into a candidate’s character.
Marc Eglon20 October, 2017
A conversation with Tom Hopkinson, CEO. Wind energy, particularly offshore wind, has shown some incredible advances over the past few years. Subsidy-free offshore wind, enormous 8MW turbines, floating wind parks that open up deep-water installation sites, and grid-parity are making wind (along with solar) THE cheapest option across all energies, renewable or otherwise. So I sat down with our CEO, Tom Hopkinson,…
Marc Eglon9 October, 2017