Duncan is a Chartered Town Planner with over 10 years’ experience across infrastructure consenting, environmental assessment and policy development. He is a Senior Planning & Environmental Policy Analyst at ScottishPower Renewables (SPR), with responsibility for leading policy and strategic work to facilitate the efficient deployment of offshore renewables projects. Duncan advises on major infrastructure consenting regimes, manages strategic stakeholder engagement in the offshore space and co-ordinates SPR’s response to offshore planning and environmental policy consultations across the UK and Ireland.

Duncan also advises on consenting and environmental strategies for SPR’s three ScotWind projects with a total capacity of 7GW, including two deep water floating projects being developed in partnership with Shell in the North Sea. Prior to joining SPR Duncan had 9 years’ consultancy experience, including leading the delivery of planning and EIA services for major infrastructure projects and managing Strategic Environmental Assessments to support the development of spatial plans across the UK.

Duncan is currently a Corporate Member of the Royal Town Planning Institute’s (RTPI) Scottish Executive Committee, lead member of Scottish Renewables’ Offshore Enabling Group and developer representative on the Pathways to Growth (P2G) Co-ordination Group, the UK Offshore Wind Sector Deal’s workstream focused on addressing consenting barriers.