A fresh approach to wind farm development

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Who we are

Kincardine Wind Partners is an independent UK wind developer headquartered in Scotland. As the name suggests, our team’s experience originates from working together on the Kincardine floating offshore wind project.

We bring together many years of offshore wind experience, having played key roles in developments that have redefined what is possible in the sector. Extensive experience across multiple major projects and jurisdictions ensures we understand what is needed at each stage – and, perhaps more importantly, what is not!

Leadership Team

Al Rayner
Founding Partner

Seasoned Project Delivery executive with 25+ years’ experience leading complex, multi-disciplinary projects in offshore renewables, utilities, oil & gas, and maritime sectors. Chartered Naval Architect with an MBA and a strong track record of successful delivery across the full project lifecycle. Recent responsibilities include leading the White Cross Floating Offshore Wind project and the Morecambe Offshore Windfarm as Projects Director, with accountability for project delivery and managing joint venture relationships.

Rich Wakefield
Founding Partner

Dr Richard Wakefield has over 20 years of experience working in the marine environment, with a PhD in coastal marine sediment dynamics. He has been heavily involved in all phases of early development of offshore renewables over the last 20 years. With a background in marine spacial planning, major infrastructure consenting and significant knowledge in offshore geotechnical/geophysical and metocean. He has recently been involved in a number of industrial lead work streams for SOWEC (B2D), OWIC offshore radar and the ScotMer working groups for ornithology and physical processes. Richard has been a Fellow of IMarEST and a Chartered Marine Scientist since 2017.

Jaime Altolaguirre
Founding Partner

Senior executive with 15 years of experience in the offshore wind industry, having led major projects and corporate growth initiatives at Grupo Cobra and Copenhagen Offshore Partners. During his time at Grupo Cobra, he served as Managing Director of the Kincardine Offshore Wind Farm (50 MW), the world’s largest floating project
at the time, and of Offshore Wind Ltd (Cobra–Flotation Energy JV), the entity responsible for the development of the Morecambe (480 MW) and White Cross (100 MW) projects. During his time at Copenhagen Offshore Partners, he served as Country Director for Spain and Project CEO for the Morecambe Offshore Wind Farm.

What we do

At Kincardine Wind Partners we take a fresh approach to wind farm development.

We concentrate on the early phases of wind farm development, identifying projects with robust economic fundamentals and competitive potential. Our ‘lean developer’ business model is built on efficiency – with minimal headcount, low overheads and carefully selected partnerships.

We adopt a disciplined, step-by-step investment approach – spending only where value and risk reduction are clear. We avoid unnecessary commitments until the project is fully mature and ready for construction.

Our objective is to drive down the cost of wind farm development while accelerating timelines. This will help to unlock the investment needed to scale clean energy rapidly and reduce costs for consumers.

Wind energy is vital to tackle climate change and preserve our environment. We work with local communities and believe that proactive, transparent and responsive engagement is essential to building strong stakeholder relationships.

Our ambition

To make disciplined project investments where our expertise adds value.

Our motivation

To deliver efficient projects that accelerate wind deployment to power a better future.

Through innovation and determination, we will accelerate a future beyond carbon.

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