{"id":24138,"date":"2022-01-10T08:58:17","date_gmt":"2022-01-10T08:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abl-group.com\/abl\/?p=24138"},"modified":"2022-01-11T14:15:00","modified_gmt":"2022-01-11T14:15:00","slug":"owc-to-drive-further-geographical-expansion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abl-group.com\/abl\/all-media\/news\/owc-to-drive-further-geographical-expansion\/","title":{"rendered":"OWC to drive further geographical expansion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Wind consultancy <a href=\"https:\/\/owcltd.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">OWC<\/a> has appointed David Wotherspoon to the newly created role of head of new geographies, with a remit of identifying and planning market entry for emerging onshore and offshore wind markets.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cOWC\u2019s strategy has always been to support developers and operators when they venture into emerging wind markets, with feet on the ground and local value creation and employment. David&#8217;s appointment provides additional focus on this, targeting early stage market entry and will co-ordinate with our local and global group teams. We want to bring our experience to assist emerging markets in realising their offshore wind ambitions as quickly, safely and cost-efficiently as possible and further support the energy transition in these countries,\u201d<\/p><cite>Katherine Phillips, managing director of OWC<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Wotherspoon will work closely with OWC\u2019s parent group AqualisBraemar LOC\u2019s regional and country managers to expand OWC\u2019s services to new geographies for the onshore and offshore service lines. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wotherspoon has close to two decades of experience in the renewables industry. He joins OWC from a role as development director for Enterprize Energy\u2019s Thang Long offshore wind project, Vietnam\u2019s first true offshore windfarm. Wotherspoon also provided development, technical and governance support to Taiwan\u2019s Yushan Energy\u2019s three offshore windfarms totalling 1GW capacity, including their successful auction round bid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier in his career, Wotherspoon acted as project director for the principal contractor role for the construction of the Teeside Offshore windfarm. He has also delivered the first offshore wind strategic environmental assessment (SEA) for Ireland and Northern Ireland, and the wave and tidal energy SEA for Scotland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/owcltd.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/David-Wotherspoon-edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2917\" width=\"220\" height=\"220\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cI am delighted to join OWC, a company that can demonstrate an impressive track record and an ambition to be at the forefront of nascent and emerging offshore wind markets, supporting local and international developers and governments to get projects off the ground. We are already looking at opportunities in Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Americas. We also expect that brand new opportunities will appear in the southern hemisphere. To meet the climate change ambitions set out in COP26, Governments will have to move quickly with policy decisions and enabling actions, and our team can support developers, operators and governments in realising their ambitions,\u201d <\/em>says David Wotherspoon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>OWC, an <a href=\"https:\/\/abl-group.com\/abl\/\">AqualisBraemar LOC Group<\/a> (ABL Group) company, is a leading independent engineering consultancy supporting the development and realisation of offshore wind projects, with a range of services, including project development services, owner&#8217;s engineering and technical due diligence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>OWC is part of Oslo-listed AqualisBraemar LOC ASA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wind consultancy OWC has appointed David Wotherspoon to the newly created role of head of new geographies, with a remit of identifying and planning market entry for emerging onshore and offshore wind markets. \u201cOWC\u2019s strategy has always been to support developers and operators when they venture into emerging wind markets, with feet on the ground [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24140,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"sector":[106],"service":[],"company":[],"class_list":["post-24138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","sector-renewables"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.6 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>OWC to drive further geographical expansion - ABL<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/abl-group.com\/abl\/all-media\/news\/owc-to-drive-further-geographical-expansion\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"OWC to drive further geographical expansion\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Wind consultancy OWC has appointed David Wotherspoon to the newly created role of head of new geographies, with a remit of identifying and planning market entry for emerging onshore and offshore wind markets. \u201cOWC\u2019s strategy has always been to support developers and operators when they venture into emerging wind markets, with feet on the ground [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/abl-group.com\/abl\/all-media\/news\/owc-to-drive-further-geographical-expansion\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"ABL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-01-10T08:58:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-01-11T14:15:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/abl-group.com\/abl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/David-W-OWC.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"George Lenox\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"George Lenox\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/abl-group.com\\\/abl\\\/all-media\\\/news\\\/owc-to-drive-further-geographical-expansion\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/abl-group.com\\\/abl\\\/all-media\\\/news\\\/owc-to-drive-further-geographical-expansion\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"George Lenox\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/abl-group.com\\\/abl\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1a54a8404066452ce3b217824eadc7f5\"},\"headline\":\"OWC to drive further geographical expansion\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-01-10T08:58:17+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-01-11T14:15:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/abl-group.com\\\/abl\\\/all-media\\\/news\\\/owc-to-drive-further-geographical-expansion\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":423,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/abl-group.com\\\/abl\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/abl-group.com\\\/abl\\\/all-media\\\/news\\\/owc-to-drive-further-geographical-expansion\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/abl-group.com\\\/abl\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/01\\\/David-W-OWC.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/abl-group.com\\\/abl\\\/all-media\\\/news\\\/owc-to-drive-further-geographical-expansion\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/abl-group.com\\\/abl\\\/all-media\\\/news\\\/owc-to-drive-further-geographical-expansion\\\/\",\"name\":\"OWC to drive further geographical expansion - ABL\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/abl-group.com\\\/abl\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/abl-group.com\\\/abl\\\/all-media\\\/news\\\/owc-to-drive-further-geographical-expansion\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/abl-group.com\\\/abl\\\/all-media\\\/news\\\/owc-to-drive-further-geographical-expansion\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/abl-group.com\\\/abl\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/01\\\/David-W-OWC.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-01-10T08:58:17+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-01-11T14:15:00+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/abl-group.com\\\/abl\\\/all-media\\\/news\\\/owc-to-drive-further-geographical-expansion\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/abl-group.com\\\/abl\\\/all-media\\\/news\\\/owc-to-drive-further-geographical-expansion\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/abl-group.com\\\/abl\\\/all-media\\\/news\\\/owc-to-drive-further-geographical-expansion\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/abl-group.com\\\/abl\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/01\\\/David-W-OWC.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/abl-group.com\\\/abl\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/01\\\/David-W-OWC.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":800},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/abl-group.com\\\/abl\\\/all-media\\\/news\\\/owc-to-drive-further-geographical-expansion\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/abl-group.com\\\/abl\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"OWC to drive further geographical expansion\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/abl-group.com\\\/abl\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/abl-group.com\\\/abl\\\/\",\"name\":\"ABL\",\"description\":\"The Energy and Marine Consultants\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/abl-group.com\\\/abl\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/abl-group.com\\\/abl\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/abl-group.com\\\/abl\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"ABL-Group\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/abl-group.com\\\/abl\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/abl-group.com\\\/abl\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/abl-group.com\\\/abl\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/06\\\/ABL-v2-logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/abl-group.com\\\/abl\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/06\\\/ABL-v2-logo.png\",\"width\":481,\"height\":214,\"caption\":\"ABL-Group\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/abl-group.com\\\/abl\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/abl-group.com\\\/abl\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1a54a8404066452ce3b217824eadc7f5\",\"name\":\"George Lenox\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9b7446374cbf3f86062dfe48e7ab6fb0ba56096e09d6e5daab9dfedbb99defb0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9b7446374cbf3f86062dfe48e7ab6fb0ba56096e09d6e5daab9dfedbb99defb0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9b7446374cbf3f86062dfe48e7ab6fb0ba56096e09d6e5daab9dfedbb99defb0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"George Lenox\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"OWC to drive further geographical expansion - ABL","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/abl-group.com\/abl\/all-media\/news\/owc-to-drive-further-geographical-expansion\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"OWC to drive further geographical expansion","og_description":"Wind consultancy OWC has appointed David Wotherspoon to the newly created role of head of new geographies, with a remit of identifying and planning market entry for emerging onshore and offshore wind markets. \u201cOWC\u2019s strategy has always been to support developers and operators when they venture into emerging wind markets, with feet on the ground [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/abl-group.com\/abl\/all-media\/news\/owc-to-drive-further-geographical-expansion\/","og_site_name":"ABL","article_published_time":"2022-01-10T08:58:17+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-01-11T14:15:00+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":800,"url":"https:\/\/abl-group.com\/abl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/David-W-OWC.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"George Lenox","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"George Lenox","Estimated reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/abl-group.com\/abl\/all-media\/news\/owc-to-drive-further-geographical-expansion\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/abl-group.com\/abl\/all-media\/news\/owc-to-drive-further-geographical-expansion\/"},"author":{"name":"George Lenox","@id":"https:\/\/abl-group.com\/abl\/#\/schema\/person\/1a54a8404066452ce3b217824eadc7f5"},"headline":"OWC to drive further geographical expansion","datePublished":"2022-01-10T08:58:17+00:00","dateModified":"2022-01-11T14:15:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/abl-group.com\/abl\/all-media\/news\/owc-to-drive-further-geographical-expansion\/"},"wordCount":423,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/abl-group.com\/abl\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/abl-group.com\/abl\/all-media\/news\/owc-to-drive-further-geographical-expansion\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/abl-group.com\/abl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/David-W-OWC.jpg","articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/abl-group.com\/abl\/all-media\/news\/owc-to-drive-further-geographical-expansion\/","url":"https:\/\/abl-group.com\/abl\/all-media\/news\/owc-to-drive-further-geographical-expansion\/","name":"OWC to drive further geographical expansion - ABL","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/abl-group.com\/abl\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/abl-group.com\/abl\/all-media\/news\/owc-to-drive-further-geographical-expansion\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/abl-group.com\/abl\/all-media\/news\/owc-to-drive-further-geographical-expansion\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/abl-group.com\/abl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/David-W-OWC.jpg","datePublished":"2022-01-10T08:58:17+00:00","dateModified":"2022-01-11T14:15:00+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/abl-group.com\/abl\/all-media\/news\/owc-to-drive-further-geographical-expansion\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/abl-group.com\/abl\/all-media\/news\/owc-to-drive-further-geographical-expansion\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/abl-group.com\/abl\/all-media\/news\/owc-to-drive-further-geographical-expansion\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/abl-group.com\/abl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/David-W-OWC.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/abl-group.com\/abl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/David-W-OWC.jpg","width":1200,"height":800},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/abl-group.com\/abl\/all-media\/news\/owc-to-drive-further-geographical-expansion\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/abl-group.com\/abl\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"OWC to drive further geographical expansion"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/abl-group.com\/abl\/#website","url":"https:\/\/abl-group.com\/abl\/","name":"ABL","description":"The Energy and Marine Consultants","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/abl-group.com\/abl\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/abl-group.com\/abl\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/abl-group.com\/abl\/#organization","name":"ABL-Group","url":"https:\/\/abl-group.com\/abl\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/abl-group.com\/abl\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/abl-group.com\/abl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/ABL-v2-logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/abl-group.com\/abl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/ABL-v2-logo.png","width":481,"height":214,"caption":"ABL-Group"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/abl-group.com\/abl\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/abl-group.com\/abl\/#\/schema\/person\/1a54a8404066452ce3b217824eadc7f5","name":"George Lenox","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9b7446374cbf3f86062dfe48e7ab6fb0ba56096e09d6e5daab9dfedbb99defb0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9b7446374cbf3f86062dfe48e7ab6fb0ba56096e09d6e5daab9dfedbb99defb0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9b7446374cbf3f86062dfe48e7ab6fb0ba56096e09d6e5daab9dfedbb99defb0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"George Lenox"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abl-group.com\/abl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abl-group.com\/abl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abl-group.com\/abl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abl-group.com\/abl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abl-group.com\/abl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24138"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/abl-group.com\/abl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24138\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24192,"href":"https:\/\/abl-group.com\/abl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24138\/revisions\/24192"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abl-group.com\/abl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abl-group.com\/abl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abl-group.com\/abl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abl-group.com\/abl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24138"},{"taxonomy":"sector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abl-group.com\/abl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sector?post=24138"},{"taxonomy":"service","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abl-group.com\/abl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/service?post=24138"},{"taxonomy":"company","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abl-group.com\/abl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/company?post=24138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}