Michael Buckle
Michael is an Executive Director of Global Markets and leads the Renewable Energy Practice. Based in London with more than 24 years’ insurance experience, he is a trusted authority on clean energy and has advised some of Europe’s largest power companies, helping them to realize capital investment through his detailed appreciation of the risk in renewable energy projects.
Judging by the enquiries we receive on a regular basis from all over the world there seems to be an emerging trend surrounding the future uncertainty of renewables in many countries’ energy policies.
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Offshore wind insurance has fortunately not had the industrial mega claims yet, but there are a few close calls around that raise concern in the insurance sector.
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Last week the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) offshore wind conference in Amsterdam certainly threw up some dilemmas about Europe’s energy future. The overwhelming feeling amongst the senior conference delegates was that the renewable energy debate has to be won …
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With the next phase of offshore wind power development set to dwarf current projects, the industry faces two major challenges: To reduce the cost and the time it takes to build the massive structures out at sea. These two topics …
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Willis Renewable Energy expert looks at the implications of the IEA's World Energy Outlook report for the renewable and insurance sectors.
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Renewable entrepreneurs are fearless and passionate about their projects but we have a “scary” register of risks that occasionally gets their knees knocking.
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In the ongoing debate about rising energy prices, UK Energy Secretary Chris Huhne said yesterday that it’s up to consumers to shop around for the best tariff.
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I came across a really interesting innovation online. A 13-year-old boy in the US has spotted the best solar collector ever and they’ve been around since the year dot…trees!
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